SOS youth leaders, other youth leaders from across the state and other leaders held a news conference at the Alabama State House today calling for continued protests and a boycott of ALL Hoover businesses until Hoover city officials release the complete videotape of the killing of Army Veteran E.J. Bradford. They also want to criminally charge the off-duty Hoover police…
This week’s Golden Apple award winner comes from the Lowndes County School system. Latasha Bruce is a 4th grade teacher at Jackson-Steele Elementary School, where she has been teaching for 13 years. Categories: Golden Apple
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Whatley’s Kindergarten class at Macmillan International Baccalaureate Magnet Academy Categories: The Morning Pledge
Credit: Montgomery Fire/Rescue Montgomery fire officials are looking into the cause of a late night house fire. The fire happened just before midnight in the 600 block of North Maryland Street. Montgomery fire officials say there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Categories: News Tags: house fire, Montgomery News
Two women are charged with taking drugs into Staton Correctional Facility while visiting inmates. The Department of Corrections says Delicia Sweet, 46, of Enterprise was arrested Sunday after an officer at Staton prison in Elmore found her with a package containing marijuana. She was visiting an inmate at the time. The agency says Donna Stewart, 51, of Brookwood was arrested…
A new report suggests that Alabama has the deadliest prisons in the country. The Montgomery-based nonprofit organization Equal Justice Initiative says Alabama prisons are the nation’s most lethal. Prison system statistics show 18 inmates have been killed in state prisons since October 2016. An attorney with the nonprofit, Charlotte Morrison, says violence is an epidemic in state prisons. She says…
A Florida man has been charged in Alabama with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act. Reports say that Robert Henry Ruffner, 31, of Orlando was also charged with electronic solicitation of a child for an unlawful sex act. He appeared Monday for a preliminary hearing before a judge. Ruffner was arrested Nov. 8 in Autauga County….
Long-Lewis Automotive Group has announced that it is taking over the Moore-Stewart Ford and Honda dealerships in Selma, effective immediately. The dealerships will now be known as Long-Lewis of Selma, with the change in signage expected to take place tomorrow. Long-Lewis is Alabama’s oldest car dealership owner, beginning in 1889 as a hardware store in Bessemer. It became a Ford…
A hearing has been set for an Alabama man seeking a new trial over his death sentence for kidnapping and killing an Auburn University student. Reports say U.S. Army veteran Courtney Lockhart has a Dec. 17 hearing in Opelika, prompted by a 2015 appeal request. Lockhart was sentenced in 2011 to death by lethal injection for the 2008 slaying of…
The theme for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey inauguration will be “Keep Alabama Growing.” Ivey and other constitutional office holders will be sworn into office on Jan. 14. Ivey’s inaugural committee announced the theme for the ceremony. Ivey inaugural committee co-chairs Jimmy Rane and Cathy Randall say the theme underscores Alabama’s campaign promises on job growth and education. Ivey, who had…
