Montgomery police are investigating after a man walked into Jackson Hospital with a gunshot wound and later died. Meanwhile, police say the man accused of shooting him has also died after a wreck fleeing the scene. Police say late last night, they went to the hospital after 40-year-old Daniel McCall Montgomery had walked in with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He…
The funeral for one of the first black members of the Alabama Legislature will be held in the same church where his daughter died in a racist bombing in 1963. A service for Chris McNair will be held May 17 at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. McNair’s daughter, Denise McNair, was among four black girls killed when Ku Klux…
A Prattville man says he was the target of a phone scam claiming to be from the Autauga County Sheriffs Office. The man says he received a call, and a male voice on the other end of the line said he was from the Autauga County Sheriffs Office. The man was told he had two warrants out for his arrest…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Ellis, 34, of Selma was sentenced to 100 months for possession of a .38 caliber Rohm pistol after being convicted of a felony. On January 28, Ellis was found guilty after a jury trial in Selma, being a felon in possession of a firearm. The…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has announced that two airports in our area as well as three others in the state will get $20.8 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants. Franklin Field in Union Springs is scheduled to receive $3,866,048 for construction of a runway. Vaiden Field in Marion will get $2,262,634 for the continuation of construction on a…
Montgomery Fire/Rescue is reporting the second fire fatality of 2019. The victim, a 93-year-old man, died this morning in a hospital of injuries he suffered in the fire on Wednesday. The fire happened in a home in the 3400 block of South Perry St. Investigators say they had performed a successful initial resuscitation. Investigators say four people were taken to the hospital….
Alabama News Network has learned a church van has been stolen from a Montgomery church. Montgomery police have confirmed the van was stolen from St. Luke United Methodist Church, which is located in the 2500 block of Upper Wetumpka Road. The van is a 2003 Chevrolet passenger van that has the name of the church printed on both sides and…
U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) led a letter, signed by 117 of her colleagues, that today was sent to Dr. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging him to crack down on Aid Access and Rablon, two foreign companies that have been known to distribute Mifeprex, a chemical abortion drug, by mail-order to U.S….
TODAY-SUNDAY: A stalled front across Alabama and will keep the weather unsettled through the weekend. The forecast for each day will be warm with muggy conditions, and highs in the lower to mid 80s. The sky will feature more clouds than sun, and we will deal with occasional showers and storms, which will be possible at anytime, anywhere. Of course,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Following concern about the release of violent offenders, Alabama’s House of Representatives has approved legislation to give the governor more control of the state parole board. Representatives voted 73-27 for the bill Thursday after contentious debate. It now moves to the Senate. Under the bill, the governor would appoint the Parole Board director. It would also…
