Caleb Kornosky and his therapy dog, Gracie, used to go everywhere together. They were best friends. “She would like, if I had a panic attack, she would be there and sit there, snuggle. And if I had a bad nightmare, she would wake me up,” said Caleb. One day, Gracie got loose in their neighborhood in Arrowhead and was hit…
RENO, Nev. (AP) – The Latest on an appearance in Reno by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and protests outside (all times local): 12:50 p.m. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced a $2 million grant for Nevada from the Justice Department to help defray costs from the deadly shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1, 2017. Most…
MPD has arrested Jimmie Sanders, 51, of Montgomery related to the murder investigation of Liberty Anthony. Sanders has was taken into custody, charged with Murder, and transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility. He is being held under a $150,000 bond. The initial investigation indicates that Sanders and Anthony were known to each other and the shooting appears to be…
A Georgia man and his young grandson avoided injury when a small airplane crashed and burned while making an emergency landing in Alabama. Reports say the engine of a small aircraft quit as the pilot was attempting to land at the Alexander City airport on Sunday morning. The plane had left Peachtree City, Georgia. Officials say the pilot managed to…
HOT & HUMID: Temperatures will rise into the middle 90s this afternoon. Heat indices could reach 105 degrees or above for a few hours. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check…
Republican Second District Congressional candidate Bobby Bright has issued a statement on today’s endorsement by President Trump of Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby. Despite Roby saying in 2016 that she would not be voting for Trump because of her disappointment with his personal conduct, the President says he supports her re-election. Bright and Roby’s other Republican challengers had made an issue…
A coalition of progressives in Nevada upset with the Trump administration’s immigration policy is urging a national association of school-based law enforcement officers to withdraw its invitation to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to speak at a school safety conference in Reno next week. Sessions is scheduled to address the National Association of School Resource Officers at a Reno hotel-casino…
The Business Council of Alabama says it’s looking for a new chief executive following a wave of high-profile departures. The Montgomery-based nonprofit issued a statement Thursday saying it will have a new leader to replace president and CEO Billy Canary no later than Jan. 1. The move comes after four of the state’s largest companies quit the organization, with some…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced Jason Edward Barber, 31, a resident of Thomaston and Uniontown, to 56 months imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The judge ordered that Barber undergo three years of supervised release after finishing his…
Amazon reportedly will build a distribution center near Birmingham that will eventually employ about 3,000 people. Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens is quoted saying agreements were signed Thursday to locate the $325 million facility west of Birmingham in Bessemer. Officials are set to announce the project during an event on Friday. The more than 850,000-square-foot center will initially employ…
