Montgomery is about to get a second slice of Cicis, the original unlimited pizza buffet restaurant where flavor runs free and individuality rules.  Cicis – known and loved for its unlimited pizza, pasta, salad, soup and dessert buffet – has broken ground on its second Montgomery restaurant located at 6649 Atlanta Hwy. When the new restaurant opens in late September, it…
An Alabama physician has been sentenced to 12 years and one month in prison for his role in a Montgomery pill mill. U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin Sr. says that 56-year-old Gilberto Sanchez was found guilty last week of prescribing unnecessary controlled substances for his patients. He was also guilty of committing health care fraud and laundering money. Prosecutors say Sanchez…
RINSE AND REPEAT FORECAST: We will see a mix of sun and clouds today as highs should climb into lower and mid 90s across Alabama. A few isolated showers and storms are expected across South/Central Alabama again today, mainly during the peak heating of the afternoon, but these will once again be few and far between as rain chances are…
Montgomery Public Schools, the Montgomery Police Department and Alabama State University are working together to ensure that all participants and visitors enjoy themselves in a safe environment. Thankfully, following reports of gunfire in the vicinity of the Carver/Jeff Davis football game, authorities confirmed there were no injuries with the exception of a teenage female who sustained a minor injury in…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) today announced three directives, including new procedures for reviewing contractor compensation practices, a program to verify that contractors are in compliance with federal affirmative action program (AAP) requirements, and an initiative establishing a recognition program for contractors with high-quality and high-performing compliance programs and initiatives.  These new…
A family is shaken after being victims of a carjacking. Early this morning, a family of three was travelling on Interstate 65 and stopped at the Greenville Chevron on Fort Dale Road. The father and son entered the store while the mother remained in the front passenger seat of their vehicle. A suspect then approached the victims car and got…
On Thursday, August 23, Byron Jamar Esco, 30, of Prattville received a sentence of 57 months (4years and 9 months) in prison for a illegally possessing a firearm and shooting a cow, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The prosecution was the result of Esco senselessly using a firearm to shoot and kill a pregnant cow. On November…
For Friday expect plenty of sunshine with highs in the 80s and comfortable humidity levels. We do note, those humidity levels will begin to increase as we roll into the afternoon and we will need to mention the chance for a few, widely isolated afternoon showers dotting the Alabama landscape. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Many high school teams open the season…
From creating parking spaces to painting walls and moving furniture, it’s been a nonstop effort to get Hayneville Road Elementary up and running again. “This has been a monumental task,” said director of Maintenance Lee McKenzie. “We have brought in a lot of people to do this. Our whole department has been on this about 15 hours a day we…
NOT TOO SHABBY: The drier air continues to settle into the state and conditions, though very warm, are nice with our lower humidity. We are seeing plenty of sunshine across the state, and no rain today; temperatures are in the 80s this afternoon. For tonight, expect partly cloudy conditions as lows will drop into the 60s area wide. A few…
