CRISP, FALL MORNING: A clear sky overnight has allowed temperatures to fall into the upper 30s and lower 40s; the kids will certainly need the jackets heading back to school in the morning. THE WEEK AHEAD: Nice fall weather should stick around for much of the week. We are forecasting sunny skies with highs warming back up into the upper…
Montgomery Police are investigating a shooting that happened at Eastdale Mall Friday evening. Authorities say a man was seriously injured. Authorities are investigating what may have led up to the shooting. No word on if anyone has been arrested. Stay with Alabama News Network for the latest developments. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 4.1%. September’s rate represents 2,117,027 people working. In August, 2,112,099 people were counted as employed, and 2,082,085 were counted as employed in September 2017. Average weekly earnings increased over the year by $53.82.——about $1 a week. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are all in the Black Belt: Wilcox County at 9.3%,…
Vehicles, computers, office furniture, TVs, refrigerators, metal detectors and even marine radar and sonar equipment are just a few of the more than 600 lots of items up for bid at the state surplus property auction on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The Surplus Property Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is hosting the auction at its warehouse…
A single-vehicle crash at 8:23 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, has claimed the life of a Troy woman. Heather Brantley, 21, was killed when the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt she was driving left the roadway and overturned. Brantley, who was not using a seat belt, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred on U.S. 231 at the 90 mile marker,…
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Today will feature morning sunshine followed by increasing afternoon clouds; the high will be in the mid 70s. We will forecast periods of light rain across South and Central Alabama late tonight into Saturday and it still looks like the main window for rain comes from about midnight tomorrow night through 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Moisture will…
Alabama gubernatorial challenger Walt Maddox is asking Governor Kay Ivey to release more information on her 2015 hospitalization, including if her office told the state trooper accompanying her to keep it secret. Maddox said in a press conference today, the issue is not Ivey’s health, but if there was a “cover up”. Maddox said voters need to know if Ivey…
The G League is planning to offer an option to players who are not yet eligible for the NBA draft a chance to turn pro out of high school and avoid the college one-and-done route. Players will be eligible to sign a “select contract” if they turn 18 by Sept. 15 prior to the season that they would spend in…
Montgomery Public Schools is asking for help from the community to create a system-wide middle school softball and baseball program. The drive is being led by a community committee headed by David Thomas Sr. The group is seeking funds to help purchase the equipment necessary to begin these programs in every middle school. The committee is asking businesses, individuals, churches…
The Alabama Department of Transportation would like to advise motorists that beginning Friday, October 19 at approximately 7:00 a.m., weather permitting, U.S. Highway 31 at the railroad crossing at Well Road will be closed. The closure will be in place for CSX Railroad to repair the crossing. A signed detour will take motorists to Birmingham Highway to Air Base Boulevard…
