UPDATE: Police have now released the names of the three people involved in the apparent murder-suicide outside the Walmart store in Tallassee. Police say when they arrived around 10:15 this morning, they found two cars that had hit each other near the garden center. Officers found 65-year-old Harold Miller lying in the parking lot dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot…
CRANKING UP THE HEAT!: Lower rain chances are ahead for the next few days and that means we are gonna see a lot of heat in the coming days. Afternoon highs will make it up into the lower and mid 90s throughout the area, with heat index values in the lower 100s. Any showers and storms that develop should taper…
The Wetumpka City Council listened to concerns over a newly proposed sales tax increase. Some people say they are against it. “I am on a very fixed income,” said resident Barbara Sims. “All my money goes to paying my power bills and buying my medicine and things like that. I don’t think it would do senior citizens very much good.”…
Gov. Kay Ivey is separating herself from President Trump on the issue of trade, saying import tariffs like those supported by the administration would hurt the state. Gov. Kay Ivey released a statement Monday saying import tariffs could cause retaliatory tariffs that would drive up the cost of items made in Alabama and sold abroad. “In 2017, Alabama reached a…
Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that the Alabama Supreme Court has denied the appeal of the capital murder convictions and death sentence of Oscar Doster. Doster, 43, of Andalusia, was convicted in 2006 of three counts of capital murder in the death of Paul LeMaster. According to court documents, on November 4, 2002, four inmates escaped from the Covington County jail,…
THE WEEK AHEAD: Hard to believe it is still officially spring even though it has been feeling like summer for weeks now. So, for the final few days of spring expect a mix of sun and clouds; hot, muggy days will continue with scattered showers and storms, mostly during the peak of the daytime heating process. It appears rain chances…
According to the Alabama Department of Transportation road work on Interstate 85 from the Montgomery County line to the Lee County line will begin Monday, June 18. Crews will be widening two bridges northbound and one bridge southbound to accommodate the future acceleration lane extensions at exits 26, 38, and 42. Cable guiderail will be installed throughout the corridor. Drivers…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a Montgomery man in connection with the death of Tervaris Payne, 30. Payne sustained a fatal gunshot wound during a violent altercation in which a second male, Kalvin Sankey, 23, also sustained a fatal gunshot wound. The incident occurred on Saturday, April 14. MPD, on June 14, charged Quartez Luster, 19, with murder in connection…
For tractor enthusiasts and collectors, you could say this week at Garrett Coliseum has been hog heaven. “The International Harvester is a collectors club that basically collects tractors, memorabilia, anything made by international harvesters corporation. They made tractors all farm equipment, refrigeration equipment. They made rifles for WWII. They made trucks, anything you could use on the farm or in…
 In-state students at The University of Alabama will not see a tuition increase for the upcoming academic year. The university announced that tuition for in-state undergraduate and graduate students will remain the same as last year. “At a time when other universities across the state and around the country are continually raising tuition, we are very pleased to keep tuition…
