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Nearly 500 to Graduate Saturday from Tuskegee University

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As part of its spring commencement exercises, Tuskegee University will confer 490 degrees on its newest graduates. At its 133rd Spring Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 12, the university will award 392 bachelor’s degrees, 31 master’s degrees and one doctoral degree. At its College of Veterinary Medicine Spring Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 5, the university awarded 66 doctoral degrees in…

State election systems still waiting for security checkups

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With the midterm primaries about to go into full swing, the Department of Homeland Security is playing catch-up in helping to ensure that state election systems are secure against cybertampering by the Russians or others bent on mischief. The department says it has completed on-site risk assessments of election systems in just nine of 17 states that have formally requested…

Noon Update: Getting Almost Hot Out There

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FOR TODAY: A weak surface boundary will be working through Central Alabama today bringing with it a very small risk of isolated showers or thunderstorms. If any of these showers pop during the afternoon or early evening hours, they will be over the northern parts of the area, and will be gone by sunset. The sky will be mostly clear…

Wetumpka Rodeo to Help Future Farmers

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Folks in Wetumpka saddled up Friday night to rope and ride at the rodeo. It’s all to help Future Farmers of America at Wetumpka High School. Cowboys and cowgirls have come from all over. “All over, we even got some people from Canada that are entered in the rodeo this weekend. Everything is really good. Really looking for a big…

UPDATE: Troy Police Identify Bank Robbery Suspect

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The Troy Police Department has identified the suspect in the recent Regions Bank robbery as 41-year-old Joey Takashima Howard from Skipperville, Alabama. Howard is also a registered sex offender. The robbery happened at the Regions Bank located on George Wallace Drive on Friday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. Still shots from video surveillance shows the suspect’s uncovered face.  Investigators say the…

Chantilly Hotel Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested

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The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in reference to an ongoing robbery investigation. The Sleep Inn & Suites EastChase hotel, on Chantilly Parkway, was robbed at gunpoint by a man that was later identified as Aaron Pouchie, of Montgomery. Pouchie was was arrested on Thursday, May 3. He now faces first degree robbery charges. Pouchie is being held…

Cavanaugh Leads Fundraising in Lt. Governor Primary

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Public Service Commission president Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has outpaced her Republican opponents in fundraising for the lieutenant governor’s June primary. Cavanaugh raised nearly $150,000 in April to reach $1.1 million in total contributions. She came into the campaign with more than $500,000 from past runs. Her closest contender, state Rep. Will Ainsworth, has received just shy of $950,000 total. He…

Challengers Question the Health of Kay Ivey

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s challengers are indirectly trying to raise questions about the 73-year-old frontrunner’s health ahead of the primary, releasing their own medical information and saying the public should have confidence in the next governor’s health. State Sen. Bill Hightower, who is 58, released a copy of his medical records and urged other candidates to do the same. Sixty-two-year-old…

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