A group of nearly three dozen people have left Minnesota on a long bus ride to Alabama to attend the opening day of a new national memorial highlighting the history of lynching in the United States. Minnesota Public Radio reports that the Duluth group is attending the Thursday opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama….
Authorities say a man fell to his death while inspecting a ride at a fair in Alabama. Reports say the death happened Wednesday afternoon at the Kiwanis Club Fair in Alexander City. Tallapoosa County Coroner Mike Knox says the 45-year-old man from Belarus fell about 30 feet (9 meters) from the “Ring of Fire” ride after performing a safety inspection….
The public is getting its first look at a lynching memorial and museum in Montgomery. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened Thursday. It commemorates 4,400 black people who lost their lives in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950. Their names, where known, are engraved on 800 steel rectangles, one for each U.S. county where lynchings…
Today will be mainly cloudy and you should expect a wet day with widespread rain, and there will also be a slight chance of thunderstorms. The best rain chances for most will be in the morning through midday. The SPC has introduced a “marginal risk” for severe storms for much of Central Georgia and that area does extend into far…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the office manager of a Montgomery daycare center has been sentenced for electronic solicitation of a child. Deggi Hardwick, 34, was sentenced to 10 years, which was suspended, and a term of five years of supervised probation. The Attorney General’s Office had requested that he be sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment but…
Authorities are searching for a missing child. Jabrelle Rogers, 11, was last seen at 11:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Clemice Lane in Montgomery on Sunday, April 22. It is unknown what clothing Jabrelle was wearing at the time she ran away. She is described as being 4’6 in height and weighing approximately 100 pounds. If you know the…
Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a “Face to Face” with Gubernatorial candidate, Sue Bell Cobb. Bell is the former Alabama Chief Justice and is running as a Democrat. Categories: Face 2 Face
Millbrook police have arrested two people on robbery charges. Authorities have charged both, Dominique Jones, 24, and Briona Lawson, 24, with two counts of 1st Degree Robbery. Lawson and Jones were located and detained in Montgomery by the United States Marshal’s Service. Both suspects are from Montgomery. Police say the two suspects robbed two people at gunpoint in the 2100…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Gerald Barber, 40, a resident of Marengo County, to 120 months imprisonment in a crack cocaine case. The judge ordered that Barber undergo eight years of supervised release after finishing his term of imprisonment, receive substance…
The Morning Pledge is brought to you by the Montgomery Biscuits and was presented by Mrs. Taylor’s 1st grade class from Saint James School! Categories: The Morning Pledge
