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Update: Supt. Margaret Allen Sends Email on Delay of Teacher Paychecks

Alabama News Network is following the delay in Montgomery Public Schools’ employees getting paid. They were supposed to be paid today. But after what is being called a “system glitch”, they are still awaiting payments through direct deposit. School Superintendent Margaret Allen has sent the following email to school system employees on the delay: Regarding the electronic distribution of payroll…

The Last Day of August

REST OF THIS WEEK: We are going to see more sun than clouds, with hot temperatures as highs will be in the mid 90s through Friday. We continue to have easterly flow across the state, and that is allowing for somewhat drier air into the state, which is really limiting our rain chances. A few very isolated storms are certainly…

Gov. Robert Bentley Appeals Court Decision on Refugees

Gov. Robert Bentley is appealing the dismissal of the state’s lawsuit against the federal government over refugee placement. The governor’s office said the appeal was filed Tuesday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Bentley in January asked a federal judge to block refugees from coming to the state unless federal officials provided a full background check…

Hot, Breezy, and Mainly Dry

THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUST: The upper ridge is holding across the Deep South, and we continue to see little change in our day to day weather. This will continue through the rest of August, which is tomorrow. That means we are going to see more sun than clouds, with hot temperatures as highs will be in the mid 90s….

Staying Hot, Active Tropics

This week, a persistent forecast is expected through the middle of the week as the upper-level ridge will remain in place. Expect hot and humid days, muggy nights, with highs in the low to mid 90s with a very small chance of widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms on each day. Overnight lows will be in the 70s….

Mainly Dry and Hot Through the Weekend

RIDGE IN PLACE: Little day to day change in our weather through the weekend. Each day will feature plenty of sunshine as well as hot and humid conditions, but also each day we will see a few widely isolated showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. Rain chances are rather low, but not zero, and the chance…

Hot and Mainly Dry Through the Weekend

TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND: The upper ridge will hold across Alabama and the Deep South through the weekend, meaning little day to day change in our weather. Each day will feature plenty of sunshine as well as hot and humid conditions, but also each day we will see a few widely isolated showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon and…

Scattered Storms Today, Then Hot and Dry

WEDNESDAY: Today will feature the highest rain chances of the next week. It will be a hot and humid day with highs in the mid-90s but we should see scattered showers and storms this afternoon as a weak upper-level feature moves from east to west across the state. A few strong storms are possible, with gusty winds, intense rainfall, and…

Campaign 2016: The City Vote

Click here for election results from city elections in our area. Voters in many cities and towns across Alabama cast their votes in municipal elections. However, this is not an election year for the city of Montgomery. People in Selma, Prattville, Wetumpka, Alexander City, Tallassee and Opp are just some of those who went to the polls. In some cities, there…

A Tale of Two Air Masses

The state of Alabama is currently being bisected by a stalled frontal boundary roughly parallel to the U.S. 80 corridor running from Meridian, MS east to Troy. Just to the north of this boundary and across South Alabama, it remains rather muggy with dew points in the 70s, however, across northern portions of Alabama, dew points are in 50s and…