Governor Kay Ivey has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated five Alabama counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. The primary counties include: Barbour, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike Counties. On October 15, Governor Ivey requested a primary county disaster designation for several counties in Alabama, due to damage and losses caused by significant rainfall, wind and flooding,…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Currenton’s 1st grade class at Prattville Christian Academy. Categories: The Morning Pledge
FRIDAY & THE WEEKEND: Sunshine returns in full force today with a high in the upper 50s to near 60°. Both Saturday and Sunday will be dry, with mild days and fair cold nights. Highs on these days will be in the mid and upper 60s for most of South/Central Alabama, lows between 35 and 42 should be fairly common….
A train service from Birmingham to Mobile may be in the future. But AECOM, the company conducting the study wants input from the public first. “What we want our stakeholders and what we want the public to tell us tonight, what makes sense? What would be important to them? What are the cities that they would like to connect with…
On Thursday, the Alabama Department of Corrections Training Academy graduated 35 correctional officers who took one step closer to a career in corrections.  Former New York City Department of Correction Deputy Commissioner and 28-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Charles Daniels, delivered the commencement address. “The Alabama Department of Corrections is in good hands because of the men…
Alabama News Network has confirmed that Marengo County District Attorney Greg Griggers has been shot in Demopolis. Authorities say the suspected shooter was a former state trooper. Griggers is District Attorney for the 17th Judicial Circuit, which includes Marengo, Greene and Sumter counties in West Alabama. District Attorney Michael Jackson says Griggers was shot in the face but is expected…
The Alabama Dept. of Public Health has announced that the state infant mortality rate has fallen to the lowest level in history. Alabama News Network was at the State Public Health Committee meeting this morning in Montgomery when the announcement was made. The 2017 rate of 7.4 deaths per 1,000 live births is an improvement over the 2016 rate of…
An Alabama Bureau of Investigation agent has released the name of a man fatally shot by Hayneville police officers while serving outstanding arrest warrants. Agent Joe Herman says that 55-year-old George Crenshaw was shot and killed Wednesday. Herman says Crenshaw fled from two officers and later approached them armed with a roughly 9-inch (22-centimeter) kitchen knife. He says witnesses reported…
Today’s  Morning Pledge, brought to you by Trinity Presbyterian School, is presented by Ms. Blakinchip’s 1st grade class at Prattville Christian Academy. Categories: The Morning Pledge
Montgomery fire officials are investigating two early morning fires.   The first fire happened in the 800 block of Gardendale Drive. Capt. Jason Cupps with the Montgomery Fire Department tells us this is the second time in the last week the vacant house has caught fire. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze quickly. There were no injuries. Fire officials…
