The Montgomery County Board of Education approved a budget for fiscal year 2019. But there’s still a nine million dollar deficit. Superintendent Ann Roy Moore says they are doing what they can to tighten up spending. But leaders say the lack of local support is putting a burden on the system. Montgomery has the lowest millage rate in the state…
A Mobile pastor has cut up a Nike headband and wristband before his congregation to protest the company partnering with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Reports say Rev. Mack Morris told his congregation Sunday that he had bought his last pair of Nikes. Morris says his actions are in protest to the apparel company’s advertising campaign that features Kaepernick, who…
A Troy University student was robbed at gunpoint on campus around 12 a.m. this morning. The incident happened as the student was walking toward his residence hall from the parking lot adjacent to Sorrell Chapel. A man wearing a hoodie, armed with a handgun, approached the student from behind. He took the student’s wallet and two books from his book bag before…
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $150,000 grant in support of a program that provides continued educational and specialized training for law enforcement personnel.            The grant to Auburn University at Montgomery will fund the training as part of their Alabama Crime Prevention Clearinghouse and Training Institute, which according to their website, “delivers continuing education opportunities that assist law enforcement,…
TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND: Little change in the overall thinking of the forecast as Alabama’s weather will trend hotter and drier in the coming days. We will be in the ring of sinking air on the periphery of Hurricane Florence, meaning afternoon showers should be few and far between. The chance of any one spot getting wet each day is…
Nine students at LAMP High School have been named semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship program. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition of scholastic achievement that began in 1955. Every year more than one-million students apply for the scholarships, but only 7,500 students are awarded the scholarships. High school students apply each year and enter…
Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced Alabama is sending state personnel and resources to North Carolina to assist with hurricane response efforts. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) has received requests for assistance from North Carolina and South Carolina as Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast. Currently AEMA has one mobile communication site vehicle, one AEMA staff member and one Mobile County…
Former Tuskegee Police Department Lieutenant Alex Huntley, 54, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years’ supervised release for beating a handcuffed and compliant arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., of the Middle District of Alabama, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell, and Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights…
FOR TODAY: The stalled front remains in place and once again the greatest coverage of showers and storms will be for southern portions of the state, along and south of the front. It looks like northern portions of Alabama should remain fairly dry, but temperatures will be hotter today as lower 90s look to return. THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND:…
Moving the Capital City forward. Two organizations came together Tuesday night to find ways to improve Montgomery. The Downtown Business Association and Emerge Montgomery partnered together to help the city get ideas for the long range plan for the project Envision Montgomery 2040. Many people gave their ideas on what they would like to see. “What I would like to…
