RINSE AND REPEAT FORECAST: With an upper ridge is centered over the Carolina still, hot and mostly dry weather continues for Alabama today. With a good supply of sunshine temperatures will be in the low 90s this afternoon; with a few mid 90s in spots. Better rain chances in the 20-40% range, but many locations stay dry. USA BRIEF: A…
The results are in for the special election to fill Senator David Burkette’s city council seat. Seven candidates were vying for the seat. Audrey Billups- Graham and Quartez Dan Harris are headed to a runoff. Billups-Graham took the most votes with 33.1 % of the vote. Harris -21.7 % William Boyd- 17.3 % Doris Cooper Anthony – 9.8 % Nathaniel…
Jason Malcolm McDonald, 29, of Troy, was arrested Monday by the Troy Police Department on 17 counts of Transmitting Obscene Material to a Child. On August 25, Troy police received a complaint of a subject sending inappropriate images to a minor via social media. During the investigation, investigators were able to identify a suspect and obtained arrest warrants. On August…
A Jefferson County Democrat has filed a complaint with national party officials arguing rules and diversity requirements were broken when the Alabama Democratic Party elected leaders. Ralph Young said Tuesday that he filed the complaint with the Democratic National Committee, challenging the election of state chairwoman Nancy Worley. The complaint follows a dispute about the party’s direction. Worley was re-elected…
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) says the relationship between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is “dysfunctional” and “beyond repair.” Graham told NBC that the Justice Department needs a leader who can work with the president and that Sessions was not the only person for the job. But he said anyone picked to replace Sessions would…
The Biscuits (74-60) had a chance to clinch a playoff berth for a team-record fourth-consecutive season with a victory on Monday night, but fell, 3-1, in the fourth game of their five-game series against the Tennessee Smokies (65-67) at Riverwalk Stadium. Benton Moss tossed eight innings for the second-straight start, and had a 1-0 lead in the first thanks to…
Students from a private school in the Capital City got a surprise visit from actor Michael B. Jordan, who dropped in when he spotted them exercising in the midday heat. Reports say that Jordan was in Montgomery on Monday to begin filming “Just Mercy,” which is based on the memoir of attorney and criminal justice advocate Bryan Stevenson. The “Creed”…
The Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) today reported that more than 200 active investigations of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency-related investment products are underway by state and provincial securities regulators in the United States and Canada as part of “Operation Cryptosweep,” an initiative of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), of which ASC is a member. The ASC said,…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictments of two Monroeville men on drug charges that arose out of an investigation that also brought criminal charges against Conecuh County Commissioner John William Andrews Jr. Jack Lamar Jordan, 57, and Jimmy Coy Salter, 64, are each charged with one count of conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance in the first degree, one…
A federal commission on improving school safety is meeting in Montgomery. The Federal Commission on School Safety will meet today at the Alabama State Capitol. The event begins at 1 p.m. It is the fourth and final listening session by the group formed by President Donald Trump after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida….
