The Opp Rattlesnake Rodeo is happening this weekend. There is great food, including fried rattle snake. Vendors of all kinds are site with one of a kind arts and crafts. There is plenty for the kids to do and live music daily. Of course we cant forget about the snakes. This is a chance to see rattle snake races and…
The head of the Southern Poverty Law Center is stepping down, the latest high-profile departure from the watchdog organization. Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen on Friday announced his resignation to staff. A spokesman for the organization said he could not comment on personnel matters. The law center is best known for its work monitoring extremist groups. The organization…
Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits has announced that it will return to Montgomery. The fast-food restaurant chain says on its website and on social media that it will reopen the location on Eastchase Parkway soon. That location, along with other restaurants in Montgomery and in Selma, closed suddenly in January 2018. The company said the closures were due to…
Two suspects were arrested and taken into custody Thursday night following an attempt to smuggle narcotics onto state prison property near the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka. Â Agents from the Alabama Department of Corrections made the arrests after the suspects were involved in a vehicle crash that left a third suspect dead. Rufus Brown, 31, and Jonisha Jordan,…
The Alabama Department of Corrections says a hunger strike by inmates protesting solitary confinement has ended after authorities shut off the water to their prison cells. Corrections spokesman Bob Horton said on Thursday that the water was shut off so that Holman medical staff could monitor the inmates’ water intake. He said the strike ended late Thursday. The eight prison…
Alabama’s jobless rate has dipped to a record-low 3.7 percent as more workers continue joining the workforce. The state unemployment rate announced Friday for February is one-tenth of a percent worse than the national rate. But it’s down from the February 2018 state rate of 4 percent. A statement from Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington says the state has broken record…
Papa John’s has a new pitchman: Shaquille O’Neal. The chain says the basketball Hall of Famer will appear on TV commercials and other advertisements. He will also join the company’s board of directors and invest in nine of its restaurants. Papa John’s is trying to revive its image after the company’s founder and namesake, John Schnatter, was reported to have…
Cleddie Ferlisi Stone, 41, of Montgomery, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Stone was previously indicted on this charge by a federal grand jury. On Tuesday, March 19, a detention hearing was held in federal court to determine whether Stone would remain in custody, pending a…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by ASE Credit Union, is presented by Ms. McKinney’s 2nd grade class at Dalraida Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
FANTASTIC FRIDAY: Today will be an incredible day of weather for Alabama. We are expecting sunshine in full supply and highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s across the state. WONDERFUL WEEKEND WEATHER: The weather will stay dry, and both Saturday and Sunday will be sunny and warmer with a high in the mid and upper 70s. As we…
