The Alabama Supreme Court won’t transfer a defamation lawsuit against former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore by a woman who says Moore molested her decades ago. The court on Friday denied Moore’s request to have the case heard in Etowah County instead of Montgomery. Leigh Corfman accused Moore of sexually molesting her decades ago when she was 14. Moore has…
A Montgomery woman has been found guilty of shooting into a vehicle multiple times in an attempt to kill another woman. Cheryl Blount was convicted by a Montgomery County jury of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and attempted murder. Due to her lengthy criminal record, Blount faces a mandatory life in prison sentence or life in prison without…
Alabama’s unemployment rate is unchanged from last month. State officials said Friday the July jobless rate was 4.1 percent, the same as it was in June. That rate is also the same as it was in July of last year. It is higher than the national unemployment rate of 3.9 percent. However, the Alabama Department of Labor says the number…
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: The weather becomes unsettled as the temperatures aloft will be colder, and the air becomes more unstable. Also, some short wave energy approaches and we expect the weather to be rather unsettled on these three days. It will be occasionally cloudy with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Most of the showers will come from during…
The Montgomery Police Department has filed charges against two people in connection with the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Samuel James. Taketrin Bivins, 28, and Jay’Shun Edwards, 16, are charged with one count each of capital murder during the commission of a robbery and capital murder during the discharging of a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Bivins and Edwards were taken…
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery has announced several exciting changes for the 2018-19 season. As Alabama News Network reported Live from tonight’s announcement, there will be 14 productions — the most in ASF’s history. The inaugural New Festival Season will have a full six weeks of spring repertory format with more than one show running at a time. That’s…
The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a homicide investigation following the August 15 shooting death of Terrell Grant, 19, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 800 block of Clarmont Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 15, after receiving a report of a subject shot. At the scene they located the victim, Grant, who had sustained a…
Police say a woman who was being beaten and robbed at an Alabama shopping center had been rescued by passersby. Midfield police and witnesses tell news outlets the woman was punched by a man Wednesday morning after she finished grocery shopping at a Piggly Wiggly. It’s unclear what condition she’s in. Sgt. Jesse Bell says the man was assaulting the…
DETROIT (AP) – Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” ”I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer. Publicist Gwendolyn Quinn tells The Associated Press through a family statement that…
TODAY: The seabreeze front will move in from the south today and that means we will have higher rain chances today. By this afternoon, as highs reach the lower 90s, we will see those randomly scattered, showers and storms. For tonight and into the overnight hours, any showers and storms will diminish soon after we lose the sunlight and the…
