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Golden Apple: Tanya Hibbard

Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Elmore County School System. At Wetumpka Elementary School, teacher Tanya Hibbard is in her 35th year of teaching, with 31 of those years as a kindergarten teacher. With so much experience, Hibbard has great advice for the next generation of teachers. “It is not anything like college. You go to college…

Warm and Muggy Start to Week

MUGGY MONDAY: We are starting the morning off with some areas of fog outside this morning, so use caution during the morning commute. Once the fog mixes out, we are going to be warm, muggy, with the threat of a few isolated showers, but the vast majority of these should be across northern portions of the state. We should see…

‘Compassion Experience’ gives close up look at Third World Countries

Set up in front of St. James United Methodist Church, a tent takes you to two children’s lives on the other side of the globe. Headset narration guides you through the tour. It’s called the Compassion Experience. “So the story begins from them talking from a very young age kind of about their lifestyle and what they went through, but…

Warm and Muggy Weekend

FRIDAY: We are going to maintain the threat for scattered showers in the forecast as the air mass remains rather moist. Afternoon highs will be in the mid-70s to the lower 80s. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: It’s the final week of the regular season for the high school teams to be safe, take your umbrella just in case a scattered shower…

Parents Speak Out One Last Time Against Georgia Washington Middle School Sale

Parents and concerned citizens made one last push before the vote of the Georgia Washington Middle School sale to Pike Road. Thursday night was the last of two hearings before the board votes Friday. The Montgomery Public School board is currently under contract to sell Georgia Washington Middle School to the town of Pike Road for 11 million dollars. Now,…

Unseasonably Warm with Passing Showers at Times

TODAY/FRIDAY: We are going to maintain the threat for scattered showers and a few storms in the forecast as the air mass remains rather moist. Nothing too heavy or widespread, but more scattered in nature. It will be occasionally cloudy with afternoon temperatures well into the 70s. THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday we keep the chance for showers and a few…

Help for Park Crossing Injured Football Player

A Park Crossing freshman football player is in the hospital with devastating injuries. Now his coach and team are rallying around his family to do what they can to help. Christopher Knight was doing a routine practice drill last week when he fractured his neck. He was flown to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham and has had two surgeries. But, as…

Warm Start to November

As we roll into the new month, we are going to continue a warming trend, but we also will have to mention the chance for scattered showers and a few storms in the forecast as our moisture level will increase. Nothing too heavy or widespread, but more scattered in nature, and the greatest coverage of these should be over northern…

Vigil Held for Shooting Victim Kelvin Cooley

Family and friends of Kelvin Cooley, the man shot to death in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse last week, came together Tuesday night. They held a vigil to remember his life and legacy with balloons, candles, and a prayer. This isn’t the first time the family has been struck by violence. Kelvin’s younger brother, Marcus, was killed two months…

Spooktacular Halloween Weather

HALLOWEEN DAY: Scary nice weather for all the ghost and goblins on this final day of October. Another day with abundant sunshine and highs in the lower and mid 70s. For all the trick-or-treaters, the evening hours will have clear and dry weather with temperatures falling through the 60s into the upper 50s…Not too bad! WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: Scattered showers…