Alabama’s first openly gay lawmaker will head an LGBTQ coalition in Florida after her retirement this year. Democratic Rep. Patricia Todd from Birmingham has accepted a job as executive director of One Orlando Alliance, a coalition of LGBTQ organizations formed after the 2016 PULSE gay nightclub shooting. Todd said “only an experience like this would take me away from Alabama.”…
WARM WEATHER CONTINUES: A ridge is the main feature controlling our weather the rest of the week and will keep us dry and will bring the warmest weather so far this year to Alabama. With mainly sunny conditions through Friday, look for highs in the mid 80s tomorrow followed by mid to upper 80s Thursday and Friday. There could be…
Montgomery Board of Education candidates took turns answering questions at Tuesday night’s forum. One issue they talked about was charter schools. “I don’t think this school system is designed for charter schools,” said parent Michelle Summers-Hines. “Number one- we already have private schools. Number two- we already have magnet schools that siphon off your top performers out of schools. So…
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Multi Grammy Award-winning country music group Alabama has announced it will headline a tornado-relief concert at Jacksonville State University later this year. It will be the group’s only performance in the state in 2018. Alabama will perform at JSU Stadium on September 26 with their close friends and many special guests. They will donate all concert proceeds after expenses to…
The Montgomery County Board of Education has released the names of the four finalists for the superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools. In alphabetical order: Larry E. DiChiara, Ed.D. Dr. DiChiara has 35 years of professional educational experience in public schools in Lee County, Phenix City, and Selma. That experience includes over nine years as superintendent of Phenix City Schools, one year…
CALM PATTERN FOR ALABAMA: A ridge is building in over the eastern half of the country and stays put until Friday. At the surface, a large high pressure system will move across the Southeast through the week. This will keep us dry and will bring the warmest weather so far this year to Alabama. Look for a high in the…
On Monday, the Montgomery County Board of Education narrowed the field from 12 candidates to 4 in their search for superintendent. Then they ranked the candidates privately from 1-5 each. While the names of the candidates can not be disclosed, school board member Lesa Keith tells us interim superintendent Dr. Ann Roy Moore had the highest points. She said she…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a second Montgomery man in the shooting death of Damion Clarke, 28. Clarke was fatally wounded Sunday January 7, after a verbal dispute. MPD charged Mark Robinson, 30, with murder after he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force on April 30. Following his arrest, Robinson was transported to the…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Mario Dion Woodward for the murder of Montgomery Police Officer Keith Houts in 2006. Woodward was convicted in Montgomery County Circuit Court in 2008. “This case is a tragic reminder of the debt we owe to law enforcement officers…
