An Alabama teacher who was put on leave for using a racial slur in a classroom has resigned. The Birmingham news reports former Hoover High school teacher Teddie Butcher’s resignation Thursday follows a Jan. 19 incident where she used the slur while talking to a student. School superintendent Kathy Murphy says Butcher admitted to using the slur. Shenita Morrow says…
The Alabama Senate has approved a modest state income tax cut for low-income earners that will save families an average of $21 each year. Senators voted 28-0 for the proposal to allow more taxpayers to take the maximum standard deduction. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives. Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh said the tax cut is…
An Alabama man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after attacking two people. Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger says Preston Howard, 40, was charged Wednesday for stabbing one person and trying to shoot another. He says Howard walked into a gun shop that morning and stabbed a male shopper several times. A woman shopping with the victim…
On Wednesday, January 24, a joint narcotics investigation conducted by the United States Postal Service, ALEA State Bureau of Investigation, and the Covington County Drug Task Force culminated in the arrest of three individuals. During the course of this investigation, agents learned of a scheme involving multiple pounds of marijuana being sent through the U.S. Mail from California to an…
Regulators say a New Jersey company has recalled more than 3,400 pounds of beef meatballs that may be tainted with a bacteria known to cause listeriosis. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced the recall involving Rich Products Corporation of Vineland, New Jersey. The ready-to-eat frozen meatballs were produced December 17. The 6-pound bags of Member’s Mark Casa Di…
Today and Friday the weather remains fairly tranquil, but expect a bit of a warming trending. Both days will feature ample sunshine; highs in the mid and upper lower 60s today, followed by lower and mid 60s Friday. Nights will be chilly with lows in and around the freezing mark. WET WEEKEND WEATHER: An area of low pressure will track…
The Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless took to the streets over the last two days to count the number of homeless residents in Montgomery. Every year volunteers break out into teams and canvas the city providing everything from hygiene kits to winter clothes to those in need. The Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless is required to do this each year…
Troy Police have a charged Summer Ann Griffin, 24, of Banks with three counts of Unlawful Breaking and Entering a Motor Vehicle and one count of Burglary 3rd degree. All are class C felonies. Police say Griffin stole fuel from three buses in December 2017. One bus belonged to a local church. The other two buses were hit at the…
Alabama inched closer to abolishing judge-signed marriage licenses, a change that would let conservative probate judges avoid issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. A few Alabama probate judges for years have refused to issue marriage licenses to anyone so they do not have to give them to gay couples. The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved the bill on a…
On Monday, January 22, Steven Edwin Cox, 61, of Tallassee, pleaded guilty to drug distribution conspiracy and health care fraud charges arising out of the ongoing investigation and prosecution of a Montgomery “pill mill,” announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The “pill mill” at issue was the Family Practice medical office located at 4143 Atlanta Highway in Montgomery….
