A body was found in the Coosa River after a high speed chase ended in the river late last night. The car crashed into the Coosa River at Gold Star Park. Police say that Alabama Department of Corrections officers were chasing a car that left Tutweiler Prison Thursday. They say the driver then took a turn into gold star park…
Alexander City officials and Alabama Municipal Electric Authority are doing their part to go green. A new solar power research facility was commissioned in the city today. The project has 160 solar panels. Electricity is collected from the panels and integrated into the Alexander City power grid. The panels make enough electricity to power 5 homes or 30 apartments. Customers…
The Alabama Senate has voted to repeal the Common Core academic standards by 2021. Senators voted 23-7 for the bill Thursday. It now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, who sponsored the repeal, said state test scores have failed to improve since the state adopted the Common Core standards. Marsh said, “It’s time…
On March 19, the Tuskegee Police Department arrested Charles Reeder, III, of Macon County, and charged him with Attempted Murder and Burglary 1st. Reeder was also charged with certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm. The incident happened on February 23, between 7:00 pm & 8:00 pm, in the 2100 block of Reed Ave. in Tuskegee. The Tuskegee Police Department…
Cody Eugene Mobley, 29, of Montgomery, was convicted last week of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley, ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson, and Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley. On June 6, 2018, a federal search warrant was executed at Mobley’s residence on Butler…
The Alabama Senate is debating a bill that would allow Alabamians to donate part of their state tax refunds to help build a border wall with Mexico. Senators on Thursday began debating the bill by Republican Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh. It would allow residents to check a box on their state income tax form and donate to Build…
On Thursday March 21, members of Prattville Police Department, Montgomery Police Department, Alabama Attorney General’s Office, ALEA State Bureau of Investigations, and the US Marshalls Fugitive Task Force, conducted a search warrant for Dynasty Kevon Ford, 18, of Montgomery. Ford was apprehended in Montgomery on outstanding felony warrants for Sexual Extortion and Electronic Solicitation of a Child. Ford is currently…
The Alabama Senate has approved a bill to abolish judge-signed marriage licenses as some conservative probate judges continue to object to giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Senators approved the bill Thursday on a 26-0 vote. It now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives. Under the bill, couples would still get a form at the local courthouse to get…
A two-vehicle crash at approximately 1:15 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2019  has claimed the life of a Elgin, South Carolina man. Isaiah Wilson, 75, was critically injured when the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche was struck by a tractor trailer driven by James Bourgeois, 48, of  River Ridge, Louisiana. Wilson’s injuries proved to be fatal. The crash occurred on Interstate 65 at…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in the Monday afternoon shooting death of Warrick Ruggs, 29, of Montgomery. MPD has charged Terence Chames, 42, with murder. He was taken into custody by MPD detectives. Following his arrest, Chames was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he was being held under a $150,000 bond. On Monday,…
