Alabama lawmakers ended the 2016 session with three big items of unfinished business: the oil spill settlement division; Medicaid funding and prison construction. Gov. Robert Bentley recently said he’s considering calling a special session later this year for another try, but says legislators need some vacation time before he makes that decision. Bentley on Wednesday said he would decide on…
Lawyers for the state of Alabama are asking an appellate court to allow the execution of a death row inmate this week. Vernon Madison is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday night for the 1985 murder of Mobile police office Julius Schulte. The state attorney general’s office told the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday that a…
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there today. Hope you have an incredible day! FOR TOMORROW: Most of Monday will be dry, but our winds will have more of a southerly component to them and that will allow moisture levels to increase. We will notice that by increasing clouds across the area as well. It will be another…
TONIGHT: The sky will remain clear and temperatures will not be as cool. After 40s for many of us this morning, we are going to add about ten degrees to tonight’s lows, meaning mid and upper 50s, but still very nice! ELSEWHERE ON THE MAPS: Several areas of active weather today, with the threat of severe weather in the Western…
UNSETTLED WEATHER: We have been sort of locked into this weather pattern this past few days, and it looks to continue through Monday. For tomorrow, expect more in the way of scattered showers and storms, with temperatures in the lower 80s. Â Once again, much of Central Alabama has been highlighted for much of Central Alabama. Gusty winds, lightning, and hail…
HELLO MAY: Sunday will be a rather warm and muggy with showers and storms once again a possibility. Tomorrow will be very similar today, with most of the day expected to be dry, but showers and storms will occur. Due to the unstable air mass, specific start and stop times are nearly impossible to pin point, but have the rain…
MARVELOUS MONDAY: We will see more sun than clouds this afternoon and temperatures will climb into the mid-80s for most locations. There is a chance of an isolated shower, mainly east of Interstate 65. WEEK AHEAD: Unseasonably warm weather is expected all week. Average high this time of year in Montgomery is 79°. We should see temperatures 5-10 degrees above…
Former Alabama Chief Justice Perry Hooper Sr. has died at the age of 91. His son told The Associated Press that he died Sunday morning at his home in Montgomery. Hooper Sr. was elected to serve as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 1995. He had previously served in the Marine Corps and also once worked as staff attorney for…
SUNNY SUNDAY: Another gorgeous day is ahead with nothing but sunshine and blue sky. It will be a warmer day with most locations likely making it into the lower and mid 80s. No chance of rain and any outdoor plans you have will be A-OKAY as far as the weather. THE WEEK AHEAD: A ridge builds in over the Southeast…
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: The weather doesn’t get much better for late April in Alabama, than it will be this weekend. As the slow moving upper-level trough finally slides east of the state, dry air works into the area, and then ridging begins to establish itself, which will make for wonderful weekend weather. Expect plenty of sunshine, warm afternoon temperatures, cool…
