An organizer of protests following the shooting of a black man by an Alabama police officer last month has been arrested on protest-related charges. Carlos Chaverst Jr., 25, was arrested Tuesday night when he and about three dozen other people showed up at the Hoover Public Safety Center. Police say he had three outstanding warrants for disorderly conduct and loitering….
A federal judge is considering whether to hold Alabama prisons in contempt of court for failing to provide inmates with adequate mental health care. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson is hearing testimony on a request by inmate attorneys to sanction the department. On Tuesday, testimony showed that a contractor hired to provide medical and mental health care for more than…
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison. U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III says that Michael Cohen deserved a harsh punishment for crimes including tax evasion, lying to Congress and arranging illicit payments to silence women who posed a risk to Trump’s presidential campaign. The judge rejected arguments by Cohen’s lawyers that he…
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Wednesday will feature a mainly sunny sky and temperatures should be about ten degrees warmer than they were yesterday, so upper 50s for most, with perhaps a few lower 60s to the south. USA BRIEF: A vigorous system will slide from the Northwest to the Rockies on Wednesday to keep intact the wet pattern across the extended region. Heavy to…
Music filled the sanctuary of Frazer United Methodist Church in Montgomery Tuesday evening. It was the 18th annual Christmas choral concert with area high schools. “This will be my first year and it shows a lot how much people really care about the community and schools and about Montgomery and a lot of joy and happiness in Christmas,” said Vincent Beckles…
Authorities say a Selma man who was reported missing over the weekend has been found safe. 21-year-old Ja’Terrious Peasant had last been seen last week, when he left his home in the 800 block of 2nd Avenue. Police did not say where Peasant was found. Categories: News, West Alabama Tags: Ja’Terrious Peasant, Missing Man, Police, selma
A man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting that led to a teen’s hit-and-run death earlier this month in Montgomery. 19-year-old Terrance Webster is charged with reckless murder. Police say Webster shot a gun during an argument the night of December 1. A group of teens were in a nearby parking lot and fled when they…
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is praising what he calls President Donald Trump policy accomplishments while adding that he doesn’t “follow tweets as closely” as he used to. Sessions spoke to a business organization Tuesday, telling a crowd in Montgomery he was proud of his time as U.S. attorney general. Sessions says he knew running the Justice Department involved making…
On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges publicly reaffirmed Tuskegee University’s accreditation status for an additional 10 years. The announcement is the successful outcome of a process that began three years ago, and comes as part of the accrediting organization’s annual meeting held this week in New Orleans, Louisiana. “This is outstanding news…
