Relatives of an Alabama man fatally shot by Hoover police inside the Riverchase Galleria on Thanksgiving have filed a lawsuit against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall to make the state release more evidence about the case. The parents of Emantic “EJ” Bradford Jr. have joined the Alabama NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union in suing Marshall and the police chief…
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $15,000 to help improve safety in several south-central Alabama schools. The award to Central Alabama Crimestoppers will provide training for 40 school resource officers in Montgomery, Autauga, Butler, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Pike and Tallapoosa counties. School resource officers who complete the training this summer will receive certification. “Our schools are for learning, and no…
Late this afternoon, the Montgomery Police Department announced that it’s now conducting a homicide investigation following the shooting death of Laquanda Parker, 31, of Montgomery. Police and fire medics responded to the 2800 block of Fairwest Street this morning at about 7 a.m. after getting a call about a dead body. Police say that’s where they found Parker, who had suffered…
An Alabama Senate committee has approved a proposed 10-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax increase, keeping the bill on the fast track in the special session that Gov. Kay Ivey called last week. The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee approved the gas tax increase and related bills without a dissenting vote. The measures now move to the Alabama Senate floor where they could…
Tasked with service area of more than 83,000 properties, the City of Montgomery tapped a high-tech solution to sift through data and pinpoint potentially distressed or abandoned properties. “This is another innovative opportunity to leverage technology to better serve our residents and impact overall quality of life in our community,” Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said. “Like many of the tools…
In response to the deadly tornado that devastated Lee County, on Sunday, March 3, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA) is donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. The EF-4 tornado was the deadliest to hit the U.S. in nearly six years with 23 total fatalities recorded and dozens of homes destroyed. The twister was a…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation says it will need to close the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Wednesday for nearby maintenance. Crews will be performing maintenance to an area of pavement near the bridge. ALDOT says that due to the nature of these repairs and equipment needed, the bridge will be closed for the safety of the traveling…
For eight consecutive months, the number of people counted as employed in Alabama has reached record highs. In January 2019, this number measured 2,123,398, breaking December 2018’s revised count of 2,120,769. “People are working in Alabama. Employers are hiring in Alabama. We continue to report record numbers of people with jobs, and we are seeing fewer and fewer people counted as unemployed, which…
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $16,624 grant to help the Linden Police Department upgrade its equipment to better serve residents and protect its officers. “Like police officers throughout Alabama, Linden police never know what they are going to face when they put on their badges at the beginning of a work shift,” Ivey said. “I am extremely proud of…
