National Rural Health Day is an annual observance that emphasizes the importance of rural America and promotes the need for accessible, high quality health care. National Rural Health Day falls on the third Thursday in November each year and recognizes the efforts of those serving the health needs of over 60 million people across the nation. This year’s observance will…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Copeland’s Kindergarten class at Prattville Christian Academy. Categories: The Morning Pledge
WET WEDNESDAY: Rain will increase in coverage as the upper trough to the west crosses the state and lifts towards the northeast. Rain should be fairly widespread today and tonight, with additional rain amounts of one inch likely. Temperatures will hover in the upper 40s all day, which remain a good 20-25 degrees below average for mid-November in Alabama. FREEZE…
State inmate Teddy Roosevelt Cotton has escaped from the Red Eagle Work Release in Montgomery. Cotton was serving 20 years for robbery and assault. He has served 7 years of that sentence. If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of this escapee, please notify your local law enforcement agency, the facility from which the inmate escaped or call the…
Law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made multiple arrests following a two-month investigation into a prison money card and insurance fraud scheme. Willie Edward Wells, 71, of Pike Road, Adrianne Mary Collins, 32, of Tuskegee, Latoya Howell, 25, and Alexia Danielle Collins, 22, of Montgomery, were arrested Thursday on felony charges ranging from…
The Montgomery Police Department is searching for Christopher Lee Dotson for Murder. Investigators say that a warrant has been signed for Dotson, charging him with the murder of Adam Jordan. Jordan died on Friday, November 9, in the 2700 block of Highland Avenue. Jordan and Dotson were engaged in an altercation which led to Jordan’s death. If you have any…
Auburn University is helping launch a massive new effort in which 130 public universities and systems will work together to increase college access, close the achievement gap and award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025. The participating institutions will work within “clusters” of four to 12 institutions as they concurrently implement innovative and effective practices to advance student success…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it has cited Sabel Steel Service of Montgomery for “exposing employees to amputation, fall and other hazards” at four of the company’s facilities. Sabel Steel faces $320,261 in penalties. OSHA says it conducted inspections at Sabel’s facilities in Montgomery, Dothan and Theodore, Alabama, and in Newnan,…
Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday will continue an Alabama tradition that dates back more than 60 years when she officially grants a Thanksgiving pardon to Clyde the Turkey. The turkey comes from the Bates Family Farm which supplies Bates House of Turkey in Greenville. The Bates Family has provided the turkey to be pardoned every year since 1949. The event…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Rambo’s Kindergarten class at Prattville Christian Academy. Categories: The Morning Pledge
