The Alabama Shakespeare Festival welcomes five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald to headline the 3rd annual Benefit the Bard fundraiser. McDonald was part of legendary rock bands the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. Smokey Robinson and Michael Bolton headlined the fundraiser in the past, which raises money for the theaters cultural and educational efforts. ASF officials say they’re looking forward to…
It’s time for the final golden apple of the school year before we begin our process for finding the golden apple teacher of the year. This week, we are heading to Reeltown High School in Tallapoosa County. Categories: Golden Apple
The fired head of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Spencer Collier, has just filed a lawsuit against Governor Robert Bentley, his former Senior Political Adviser Rebekah Mason, the current head of ALEA, Stan Stabler and several others. The suit alleges that Collier was wrongfully fired from his position. It also claims invasion of privacy, defamation and other allegations against the defendants….
Two Tuskegee University students are injured after an early morning shooting. The university says the students’ injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Police have Ras Hodari Akanbi Jacobs-El  in custody for the shooting. He is also a student at Tuskegee University. Officials say Jacobs El was arguing with the two victims off campus. He followed them on campus and shot both…
IMPROVING WEEKEND WEATHER: For Saturday morning, we will start with pesky clouds over most of the state, and there still may even be a few areas of very light rain or drizzle in spots during the morning. As we head through the day, expect a gradually clearing sky, as the upper ridge finally begins to build in across the Southeast….
Gov. Robert Bentley’s office has issued a statement concerning a trip the governor took with several staff members to attend the Republican Governors Association Conference in Las Vegas last year. One of those staffers was his then-Senior Political Adviser Rebekah Mason. Bentley has acknowledged making inappropriate comments to Mason, but says they didn’t have a physical affair. Their relationship has been…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the Wednesday, April 13, shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Rogers of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged James Thomas, 21, of Montgomery with one count of murder. Thomas turned himself in to MPD detectives on April 14. He was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he was being held under a $250,000 bond. MPD and Fire…
CLOUDY, COOL, DAMP: These words are the best way to describe the weather across Alabama, and much of the Southeast. We continue to deal with scattered showers, clouds, some peeks of sunshine, with gusty winds out of the east today. Temperatures continue to hold into the 60s this afternoon. Heading into the overnight, more of the same. Expect cloudy conditions,…
The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to vote next week to establish a 15-person investigatory committee to probe the possible impeachment of Governor Robert Bentley. Bentley last month acknowledged making sexually charged remarks to a female aide but denies a physical affair or misuse of his office. He says there is “no basis” for impeachment. The committee will be…
We are expecting periods of rain through Friday for the entire state. No severe weather, but there could certainly be some embedded rumbles of thunder the next couple of days. All this is thanks to a stalled front over the northern Gulf of Mexico, and impulses of energy that are riding up and along the front. No constant rains, but…
