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Challenge Targets Alabama Power Fees on Rooftop Solar Systems

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Alabama citizens and conservation groups are challenging Alabama Power’s unjust monthly fee imposed on customers who install and use rooftop solar systems to power some of the energy needs at their homes, businesses, and schools. The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of Gasp, and Ragsdale LLC, on behalf of two private Alabama citizens, jointly filed a complaint late…

Missing 11-Year Old Girl Found Safe, Returned to Family

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Jabrelle Rogers, 11, has been located. The Montgomery Police Department officially notified CrimeStoppers that Jabrelle Rogers was found safe and unharmed. She has since been returned to her family members. No other information was released. Jabrelle went missing from the 4400 block of Clemice Lane in Montgomery on Sunday, April 22. Categories: News

Montgomery Zoo Director Retires After 20 Years of Service

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After twenty years of dedicated service to the Montgomery Zoo, Doug Goode retires leaving a legacy tremendous growth and expansion.  Deputy Zoo Director, Marcia Woodard, was named as Doug’s successor, effective April 20 Doug began his career at the Montgomery Zoo in January of 1994 as a Zookeeper.  He briefly left the zoo in 1997 to further his management skills…

Montgomery Man Faces Capital Murder Charges for 2017 Shooting

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The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in the shooting death of Justin Adams, 21, who was fatally wounded on November 16, 2017. MPD charged Damani Taylor, 20, with capital murder after he was taken into custody by MPD patrol on April 26. Following his arrest, Taylor was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he was…

Sunny and Dry Weather into Next Week

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TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: We are forecasting a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the mid 70s today. The weekend is still looking exceptional as a nice surge of dry air rolls into Alabama. We are forecasting sunshine in full supply both Saturday and Sunday, with highs in the upper 70s Saturday, followed by mid and upper 70s…

New Concerns on MPS Board, Superintendent

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“When we are in the financial problems that we have right now…. it totally blows my mind.” MPS board member Lesa Keith vents her frustration after learning the rest of the board may have already made a plan without her. “The board has already made decision as to who the next superintendent will be, which will be Dr. Ann Roy…

Montgomery Police Make Arrest in January Cherry Hill Road Murder

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The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in the shooting death of Damion Clarke, 28, who was fatally shot Sunday January 7, after a verbal dispute. MPD charged Clyde Jones, 25, with capital murder after he was taken into custody by detectives on April 26. Following his arrest, Jones was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he…

Student Arrested for Making Threat Against Montgomery High School on Social Media

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Police say a student made a video threatening an Alabama high school and posted it on social media. Montgomery Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Martha Earnhardt says that the female student was taken into custody Wednesday evening. The video posted on Facebook shows the student making a threat to cause harm at Jeff Davis High School. The student’s identity has…

Bill Cosby Found Guilty of All Counts of Sexual Assault

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the “Cosby Show” star of three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday. The guilty verdict came less than a year after another jury deadlocked on the charges. Cosby was…

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