TODAY/WEDNESDAY: Sunshine returns later today with cooler temperatures as highs hold in the upper 50s to near 60° in most locations. We will drop into the lower and mid 30s overnight and after the cold start, the day Wednesday will be nice with a sunny sky and a high around 60°. TRAVELING WEDNESDAY?: Good news this year, much of the…
Montgomery police are investigating a fatal shooting that left one man dead and another man injured. Authorities say a man was shot and killed in the 4200 block of Woodley Square Monday afternoon. A second man was hospitalized in critical, but stable condition. Police are working to determine what led up to that shooting. No word on any arrests in…
Project Lifesaver has been active in Alabama since 2006. It was implemented after law enforcement officials realized that the most difficult search and rescue missions were for elderly people, and those with Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Autism. This is where the technology used in this program shines brightest. The patient wears a wrist band similar to a smart watch. The device…
An Alabama law that allows the state to suspend a person’s driver’s license for unpaid traffic tickets without notice and any consideration for their ability to pay is unconstitutional and harms thousands of low-income families across the state, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). “A suspended driver’s license has disastrous implications for individuals…
Law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made multiple arrests following three separate incidents that occurred at a security checkpoint during visitation at the Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs on Saturday. Emily Giles, 22, of Porterdale, Ga., was arrested when a K9 unit detected and found a package containing a controlled substance inside…
Trey Glenn Mugshot The Trump administration’s top environmental official for the Southeast has resigned after being indicted on state ethics charges. Environmental Protection Agency Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson told agency employees that Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler accepted Trey Glenn’s resignation on Sunday. Glenn had served as the regional administrator for the EPA office that oversees eight Southeastern states. The…
To ease Thanksgiving traffic congestion statewide and as an added safety precaution, the Alabama Department of Transportation is announcing there will be no temporary lane closures on Alabama interstates from noon, Wednesday, Nov. 21, through midnight, Sunday, Nov. 25. Road improvement and maintenance projects are in place along several segments of Interstate 65 and Interstate 85 throughout Alabama. Lowered speed…
Former Sidney Lanier High School and University of Alabama fullback Johnny Davis has been selected as the 2018 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Alabama Football Legend Award, presented by Regions Bank. “We are proud recognize Johnny Davis as the 2018 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Alabama Football Legend Award, presented by Regions Bank,” Johnny Williams, Executive Director of the Raycom Media Camellia…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has announced that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has awarded Uniontown a $23,437,500 grant to rehabilitate the city’s entire wastewater collection system. Alabama News Network has covered Uniontown’s sewage problems for years. “Water and wastewater systems across the country are aging, overburdened and in need of replacement,” said Sen. Shelby in a statement. “Failure to invest in these…
A nonprofit health care organization wants to put clinics on Montgomery school campuses to provide medical and dental care. Reports say the plan would involve a partnership between Health Services Inc. and Montgomery Public Schools. Health Services Inc. CEO Gilbert Darrington recently told the school board that the partnership would be at zero cost to the school system and would…
