Selma police are investigating two shooting deaths in a city where a police officer was also shot and wounded. Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier says officers were called around 10:30 p.m. Sunday to a shooting behind an elementary school. Collier says a man in his early 20s was found shot to death in a vehicle. He says there is nothing…
THE WEEK AHEAD: The weather looks rather unsettled for much of the week; the sky will be occasionally cloudy each day with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Rain distribution will be rather uneven, but it certainly looks like a week where many places will see a good chance of getting some needed rain thanks to a moist, unstable air…
Ozark Safety Services LLC – based in Montgomery – has paid a former employee $10,095 in lost wages after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the company violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). WHD investigators found Ozark Safety Services LLC discharged the employee for absences that qualified for FMLA-protected leave. Rather than categorizing the…
Shortly after 8:00 a.m. Friday, Montgomery police received a 9-1-1 call from an anonymous male reporting that a man wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun was on campus at Bellingrath Middle School. Police responded quickly but found no threat. MPD developed a suspect and they have now arrested a 13-year-old male student from Southlawn Middle who was not…
Authorities say someone fired shots at a courthouse in Alabama. Reports say that several windows at the Montgomery County Courthouse were shattered by gunfire early Friday morning. Chief Deputy Kevin Murphy says the incident happened around 2:06 a.m. when someone drove up and unleashed gunfire. Authorities have not been able to locate shell casings and do not have any suspects…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Gamble’s Kindergarten class at Pike Road Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
Around 10:30 PM Thursday, September 20, Andalusia police officers responded to a call of a shooting incident on Barton Street. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim is identified as 39-year-old Marvin Wayne Moose, of River Falls. Moose was transported to Andalusia Health emergency room, where he was pronounced dead…
It was a big night in Pike Road Thursday as the town kicked off its first varsity homecoming celebrations with a pep rally. The Pike Road community came out to cheer them on at the town hall. “It’s absolutely amazing to see as many people as we did on a night like this when they could be at home relaxing with…
The Alabama Hospital Associated has launched a campaign to push for Medicaid expansion in the state. The Hospital Association began a campaign Thursday that it said will highlight the “importance of expanding Medicaid.” The hospital group said that expansion would provide health care coverage for 300,000 uninsured Alabamians, create 30,000 jobs and $28 billion in new economic activity. More than…
Parade applications are now being accepted for Alabama State University’s acclaimed 95th annual Turkey Day Classic Parade, which will begin at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22), in downtown Montgomery. The deadline to register is Nov. 2. Last year’s parade was a tremendous success with more than 160 campus organizations, businesses and churches participating in it. This year’s parade is shaping up to…
