Growers beware, a frost advisory and freeze warning are in effect for much of Central Alabama for this morning, as temperatures are near 32 degrees. We also close to freezing lows early Wednesday and Thursday mornings with lows in the upper 20s and lower 30s in many areas. Thankfully our weather will be dry through mid-week with sunny days; highs…
Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Elmore County School System. In her 17th of teaching, 7th grade teacher Veronica Montgomery at Millbrook Middle School, gets her students excited about mathematics by engaging them by playing a game called game survivor. “Survivor is a way of having kids compete with each other and to push themselves to…
The check is in the bank. The State Department of Education paid back the Montgomery County school board nearly 1.4 million dollars it owed them Monday. This is the money that was involved in a lawsuit over the controversial funds given to Pike Road Schools instead of Montgomery Public Schools. The state has now paid that money back to…
The body of Gary Lee Pergler was found Saturday – Photo from Troy Police Dept. Troy police say five people have been charged following the discovery of the body of a missing Pike County man. As Alabama News Network has reported, 48-year-old Gary Lee Pergler had been missing since March 5, when he was last seen at his home on…
Montgomery police are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle driver. Police say 25-year-old Leonard Reese of Montgomery died at a hospital from his injuries. Officers say he was driving a motorcycle that crashed with a car. The wreck happened Saturday evening on Perry Street at Clanton Avenue. Police say the two people who were in the car weren’t hurt….
The Morning Pledge is brought to you by the Montgomery Biscuits and was presented by Mrs. Tankersley’s 3rd grade class from The Montgomery Academy. Categories: The Morning Pledge
FOR MONDAY: Today starts off cloudy with a few lingering showers, but we will see a clearing sky and the day will be cooler with highs in the mid to upper 50s. It will be breezy day with winds out of the northwest at 15-25 mph. COLDER WEEK AHEAD: A deep trough forms over the eastern U.S, and much colder…
Race day is almost here and officials say it’s setting up to be the largest Half Marathon yet with 2,100 runners. “We have a beautiful venue. We have a great course. And for this type of race, very inexpensive. So that brings in people. They hear about the swag. They hear about what all you get for the money and…
Alabama News Network is investigating the shooting of a 3-year-old boy in Selma. District Attorney Michael Jackson tells us the boy was shot in the head as two women were arguing over a man at the Magnolia Gardens Apartments. The boy has been flown to Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham for treatment. Jackson says Cassandra Jones has been arrested in the…
An Alabama teenager is charged with manslaughter and illegal firearms possession in a classroom shooting that killed a fellow high school student in Birmingham. Police say Michael Jerome Barber was being held Friday in the death of Courtlin Arrington. Both 17-year-olds were in a Huffman High School classroom when it happened on Wednesday. Authorities describe the victim as a senior…
