A Selma woman is charged with murder in the death of her estranged husband. Police say 38 year old Jackquelin Dixon told investigators that she shot and killed 44-year-old Carl Dixon on Tuesday when she became afraid for her safety during a domestic dispute. Police found the victim lying in the driveway of the suspect’s home on the 2100 block…
Authorities say a high-speed chase through several south Alabama counties ended with a suspect dead after he jumped off a bridge over a river delta. News outlets report the incident began Tuesday night with reports of a car being stolen and gunshots fired in Monroe County, which is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Mobile. The chase went down…
THROUGH OUR WEDNESDAY: We’ll continue to have showers and thunderstorms form throughout the day, while plenty of moisture continues to flow in from the southwest. Much of South/Central Alabama could see some very heavy rainfall at times today that could lead to some localized flash flooding issues and a Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 7PM Thursday for the…
The Montgomery County Board of Education meets once more before the start of the school year, and president Robert Porterfield says there are goals he plans to achieve. “MPS will remain an accredited school system. Not only that, we will do what is necessary to do that the structure is retained here at this board and this district will move…
Aaron Cody SmithFor a second time, Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin has denied motions filed by attorneys for Montgomery Police Officer Aaron Smith to recuse himself from the case and a change of venue. Smith is the MPD officer charged in the 2016 murder of Greg Gunn. The motion was filed over the weekend, following a lengthy hearing in…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a crash that resulted in one fatality. On Monday, July 30, Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to the Northern Boulevard at Coliseum Boulevard in reference to a two- vehicle crash involving a 2007 GMC F7B, and a 2014 Toyota Corolla. The driver of the Toyota Corolla, Gina Peters, 50, of Prattville sustained fatal injuries…
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant to the town of Eclectic to assist in expansion of a production facility, creating 20 new jobs. The town will use grant funds to improve the existing roads leading in and out of the industrial park where Madix Inc. is located. Madix, which designs and manufactures displays, panels and…
On Thursday, July 26, Elvis Mark Hartrick, 42, of Panama City, Florida, received a sentence of 84 months for assaulting a correctional officer with a deadly weapon, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Hartrick pled guilty to the charge in April. The assault took place in September 2017 while Hartrick was an inmate at Federal Prison Camp (FPC)…
UMBRELLA NEEDED!!!: At the surface, moisture-rich southerly flow off the Gulf of Mexico will continue to transport moisture north. In the upper-levels, a trough is digging down into the Mississippi Valley and the cooler air and enhanced uplift associated with it will help ignite showers and storms on a daily basis and could even allow for a few “marginally” severe…
It’s a trip that Dr. Jewell Dickson wants to take her students on every year. A trip that makes a difference in the lives of children suffering. “We treated children with epilepsy, cerebral palsy, sickle cell disease,” said Dickson. Dickson says there are only about 89 therapists for 44 million people in Uganda. As part of the Occupational Therapy masters…
