Investigators in Butler County are searching for new leads in a double murder investigation. Ladarious Lymon and Javon Banks, both 22 years old, were both found dead in a car on Airport Road in October. Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden says investigators have followed up on several leads, but no arrests have been made. Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a…
Roy Moore and his legal team have filed a petition for Writ of Mandamus with the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. They are asking the court to order the Montgomery County Circuit Court to transfer the case filed against Moore to Etowah County where both the plaintiff and he live. The plaintiff, Leigh Corfman, filed a lawsuit in January, accusing Moore of making unwanted…
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Rev. Dr. Fredrick Douglas Reese, a civil rights leader who was well known in Selma and elsewhere across the country. Reese died Thursday in Atlanta at the age of 88. Reese was one of the local leaders of the Selma Voting Rights Movement of 1965, inviting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Selma in…
District Attorney Randall Houston says Jesse Madison Holton of Eclectic has been indicted by an Elmore County grand jury for the murder of his parents, April and Mike Holton. Holton was originally indicted in October 2017 for the murder of his father, Mike Holton. That original indictment will be dismissed and Holton is now charged with two counts of murder,…
Courtesy of Kat West Facebook page A former police officer charged with murder in the death of his exhibitionist wife has pleaded not guilty, and the victim’s mother says she believes him. William Jeffrey West entered the plea Monday during a hearing in Columbiana, Alabama. He’s charged in the January death of Kathleen Dawn West, whose partially clothed body was…
State Auditor Jim Zeigler spoke to the Montgomery Rotary Club Monday almost one year since former Gov. Robert Bentley stepped down. Just last week, supernumerary district attorney Ellen Brooks announced there were no new charges against Bentley. Zeigler says there should have been more consequences for him and his top aid Rebekah Mason. “Gov. Bentley’s senior policy adviser Rebekah Mason…
CALM WEEK OF WEATHER: For much of the week ahead, the overall pattern is relatively calm for April in Alabama. Both Monday and Tuesday will feature partly sunny conditions and we cannot completely rule out a passing shower or two, but most of us will be staying dry. Both days will feature a high around 70°. WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY: An upper ridge…
Students strut their stuff on the runway for family and friends gathered at the Parking Crossing High School gym Friday night. “Tonight is all about the children. It’s all about ‘disabling the label’ and allowing children with exceptionalities to shine like diamonds,” said Stacy Varner, Special Ed director at Park Crossing High School. They each had a special outfit to…
Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that Alabama has set aside $11 million in its recently passed budgets for the Alabama Department of Mental Health to expand behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children and youth. When combined with federal matching funds, the money is expected to generate more than $36 million in total spending during the 2019 fiscal year, which begins October 1. The…
Collin Sexton, Alabama’s dynamic freshman point guard, is heading to the NBA. Sexton announced his decision on Friday and says he plans to hire an agent. A projected lottery pick, he led Alabama to its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2012, thanks partly to a personal hot streak in the Southeastern Conference tournament. Sexton was a consensus top 10 recruit…
