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President Trump to Attend National Championship Game in Atlanta

An Atlanta police official says the agency is working with the U.S. Secret Service ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the city for Monday’s college football title game. Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos said in a Thursday statement to The Associated Press that “we’re aware of his visit” and are working with the agency charged with protecting the president….

Cold and Blustery Thursday

A new surge of bitterly cold, Arctic air invaded Alabama last night on the back side of the deep Atlantic low. We are in the upper teens and mid 20s early this morning, and the day will be sunny and cold with a high in the upper 30s, with wind chill values between 10-25° much of the day. Not much…

2nd District Congressional Race Filling Up

The new year brings in a new election cycle with a lot of offices up for vote including the District 2 seat held by Congresswoman Martha Roby. The race is already filling up. Roy Moore’s former campaign manager, Rich Hobson, announced Wednesday that he is running. “I’m running because our nation is at a crucial time in history. I want…

Two Auburn Players Skipping Senior Season to Enter NFL Draft

Auburn cornerback Carlton Davis and tailback Kamryn Pettway are skipping their senior seasons to enter the NFL draft. Both announced their decisions Wednesday on social media. Tailback Kerryon Johnson has also declared his plans to turn pro. Davis is a second-team Associated Press All-American who started all three seasons at Auburn, including as a true freshman. He is projected as…

Montgomery Teen Charged with Reckless Murder in Foster Street Shooting

The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in a death investigation into the December 20, 2017, fatal shooting of an adult male. MPD detectives charged Jacquarius Foxhall, 18, of Montgomery with one count each of reckless felony murder and discharging a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle. Foxhall was taken into custody this morning by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task…

Alabama Troopers Report 23 Traffic Fatalities During Holiday Travel Season

Alabama State Troopers investigated 23 traffic deaths during the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday travel period, which was from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, December 16, 2017, to midnight Monday, January 1, 2018. The total is significantly lower than the total from the same period in 2016, when Troopers investigated 31 traffic fatalities. The fatal traffic crashes occurred in Autauga, Baldwin,…

Senate-Elect Doug Jones Sworn-In in Washington

Vice President Mike Pence has sworn into office the two newest members of the Senate, Democrats Doug Jones of Alabama and Tina Smith of Minnesota. Jones is the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter-century. His victory over Roy Moore in the deeply conservative state has narrowed the Republican majority in the Senate to 51-49. Jones is…

Wetumpka Police Search Purse Theft Suspects

The Wetumpka Police Department is investigating a Theft of Property case. Theft of Property, which exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value, or property of any value taken from the person of another, constitutes theft of property in the first degree. On December 16, 2017, the victim’s purse was stolen from her shopping cart while inside the Wetumpka Walmart. The victim…

Morning Flurries, Colder Air Arrives Tonight

It is a cloudy start to the day, with some snow flurries, but no need to panic, no accumulations. For today, most of if not all of Central Alabama should see temperatures rise above freezing and head to near 40 degrees. Expect more clouds in the morning, but then decreasing by the afternoon. THURSDAY/FRIDAY: The next surge of Arctic air…