Governor Kay Ivey applauded United Launch Alliance’s decision to select Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine to power ULA’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket, saying it will provide a major boost to Alabama’s aerospace industry and extend the state’s leadership position in rocketry. ULA, which produces Atlas V and Delta IV rockets at a facility in Decatur, announced today that Blue Origin’s BE-4…
Bond is set at $5 million for a man charged in what authorities are calling the ambush-style shooting of a police officer in Selma. District Attorney Michael Johnson says 21-year-old Kevin Devonta Johnson Jr. is charged with attempted murder and other offenses in an attack on Officer Michael Hale, who was wounded but survived. A hearing is set for Nov….
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that seven residents of Selma entered guilty pleas to violating Title 18 United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) – the felon in possession of a firearm statute. On September 14, Daryl Dewayne Struggs pled guilty to possession of two Smith & Wesson, 9mm pistols found in his possession…
A partnership between Auburn University at Montgomery and Lurleen B. Wallace Community College will enable students to complete their bachelor’s degrees through concurrent enrollment and provide scholarship opportunities for transfer students who meet grade point average requirements. The concurrent enrollment program took effect Wednesday after AUM and LBWCC officials signed a partnership agreement. Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) will offer…
Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, registered nurses, and retail salespersons, with 6,232 ads placed for those occupations in August. Overall ads were over the year by 13.3%. The Help Wanted Online (HWOL) data is compiled from all…
The University of South Alabama’s president says a student has been suspended for hanging two nooses on campus and a cafeteria employee has been fired for an insensitive tweet that said it was a sign of their “killer” fried chicken. University President Tony Waldrop said in a Wednesday night statement that the student was suspended after admitting to hanging two…
Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a “Face to Face” with Montgomery City Council District 4 candidate, Audrey Graham. Graham will face Quartez Dan Harris in a runoff election on October 9. Categories: Face 2 Face
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Shelton’s 1st grade class at Pike Road Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has gaveled into session Thursday’s dramatic hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Ford, in prepared remarks submitted to the committee, alleges that Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes when they were teens. Kavanaugh, in his prepared testimony, says he’s never done anything “remotely resembling” what Ford…
FOR THURSDAY: We will forecast occasional rain and thunderstorms with additional rain amounts of 1-2 inches likely by tonight, with isolated heavier amounts. Due to clouds and rain, temperatures will stay in the mid 80s today. FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Showers and thunderstorms will become more scattered in nature Friday as the front stalls and the upper trough lifts out….
