Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced plans today to open a 400,000-square-foot distribution center in Alabama, adding 20 new jobs to its significant manufacturing presence in Auburn. The new facility is expected to be operational by spring 2019. Briggs & Stratton’s decision to add the Alabama distribution hub comes less than one year after the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company launched a major expansion…
Two men have been arrested on charges of stealing nearly $200,000 from an Indian casino in Montgomery. Federal court records show that Timothy Dean Pettiway and Jory D’Michael Trayvunn Dumas were arrested Tuesday on theft charges in the August 10 heist at Wind Creek casino. However, court records show prosecutors are seeking to dismiss Dumas from the complaint. An FBI…
Uber Eats launches in Montgomery and Auburn, offering food delivery at Uber speed. The Uber Eats app is free to download, offering menus from restaurants including Osaka, The Cork and Cleaver, and NYC Gyro in Montgomery and Pho Lee, Amsterdam Cafe, and D Square Donuts in Auburn. Uber Eats offers a convenient way for people to get the food they…
The Alabama Supreme Court won’t transfer a defamation lawsuit against former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore by a woman who says Moore molested her decades ago. The court on Friday denied Moore’s request to have the case heard in Etowah County instead of Montgomery. Leigh Corfman accused Moore of sexually molesting her decades ago when she was 14. Moore has…
A Montgomery woman has been found guilty of shooting into a vehicle multiple times in an attempt to kill another woman. Cheryl Blount was convicted by a Montgomery County jury of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and attempted murder. Due to her lengthy criminal record, Blount faces a mandatory life in prison sentence or life in prison without…
Alabama’s unemployment rate is unchanged from last month. State officials said Friday the July jobless rate was 4.1 percent, the same as it was in June. That rate is also the same as it was in July of last year. It is higher than the national unemployment rate of 3.9 percent. However, the Alabama Department of Labor says the number…
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: The weather becomes unsettled as the temperatures aloft will be colder, and the air becomes more unstable. Also, some short wave energy approaches and we expect the weather to be rather unsettled on these three days. It will be occasionally cloudy with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Most of the showers will come from during…
The Montgomery Police Department has filed charges against two people in connection with the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Samuel James. Taketrin Bivins, 28, and Jay’Shun Edwards, 16, are charged with one count each of capital murder during the commission of a robbery and capital murder during the discharging of a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Bivins and Edwards were taken…
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery has announced several exciting changes for the 2018-19 season. As Alabama News Network reported Live from tonight’s announcement, there will be 14 productions — the most in ASF’s history. The inaugural New Festival Season will have a full six weeks of spring repertory format with more than one show running at a time. That’s…
The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a homicide investigation following the August 15 shooting death of Terrell Grant, 19, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 800 block of Clarmont Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 15, after receiving a report of a subject shot. At the scene they located the victim, Grant, who had sustained a…
