The Alabama Ethics Commission has cleared a district attorney of a complaint that he improperly paid an employee. According to reports, the ethics panel investigated a complaint that 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Randall Houston improperly paid an employee from grand funds. Houston is in his third term as prosecutor for Autauga, Chilton and Elmore counties. He said the complaint…
Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it proceed with the execution of an inmate who won a stay on religious grounds. The Alabama attorney general’s office on Wednesday asked justices to vacate an execution stay for Dominique Ray. Ray’s execution was scheduled for Thursday. Ray, who is Muslim, is asking that his imam replace a Christian prison…
SPRING PREVIEW CONTINUES: Today will be generally dry with a mix of sun and clouds, and we project a high in the lower 80s. The record high today for Montgomery is 81° set in 1957, we are forecasting a high of 82°. A cold front will push through late tonight with some scattered showers, but at this time there is…
Someone is killing deer in Autaugaville , cutting off heads, and leaving the whole carcass on the side of the road. Luther Atwell made the discovery when driving back from visiting a friend on County Road 3. “You got people out here killing deer and just throwing them out after they cut the heads off. I mean its unreal.” The…
Today in a statement emailed to Alabama News Network, Montgomery Co. Probate Judge Steven Reed announced his candidacy for mayor of Montgomery. In the statement, Reed said he will announce the details of his campaign kickoff event and will release the members of his campaign leadership team soon. “I reached this decision after much prayer and many discussions with family,…
FEELING LIKE SPRING: Alabama’s weather won’t change much today with more clouds than sun, and there will be some risk of scattered showers…but nothing really heavy or widespread. Look for a high in the mid to upper 70s. Thursday will be generally dry with a mix of sun and clouds, and we project a high in the near 80°, very…
Twenty-one states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let Alabama ban a commonly used second trimester abortion procedure. The states filed a brief with the high court Monday asking justices to review the constitutionality of the Alabama law that was blocked by lower courts. Justices haven’t said if they’ll hear the case. The 2016 law banned the procedure known…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today informed the Hoover Police Department and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation that he has concluded that the Hoover police officer who shot and killed Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. at the Riverchase Galleria mall on November 22, 2018, did not commit a crime under Alabama law and thus will not be criminally charged for…
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Unseasonably warm weather will highlight much of the work week as temperatures will be running 15-20 degrees above average through Thursday, with afternoon highs in the 70-80 degree range for a very nice spring preview. Scattered showers remain possible today, but they should become fewer in number Wednesday and Thursday as an upper ridge noses in here from the south….
