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Heated Council Meeting After Vote to Reinstate Controversial Judge

It was a heated council meeting Tuesday night as the Montgomery City Council voted to reinstate a controversial judge. “The time is up for all of y’all, and the time is up for this white supremacist!” yelled Karen Jones from the podium. Montgomery Municipal Judge Lester Hayes was suspended without pay for 11 months last year for jailing defendants who…

Daycare Worker Convicted for Electronic Solicitation of a Minor

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the office manager of a Montgomery daycare center has been convicted for electronic solicitation of a child. Deggi Hardwick, 34, pleaded guilty this morning in Montgomery County Circuit Court to the class B felony. The daycare center, JAAD’s Child Care, is owned by Hardwick’s family.  The Attorney General’s Office had obtained a court order…

Face 2 Face: Johnny Ford

Our Political Analyst, Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with former Tuskegee Mayor and District 82 House of Representative candidate, Johnny Ford, to talk about the race for the House seat held by Pebblin Warren. Categories: Face 2 Face

Gov. Ivey Announces School Safety Program

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is creating a school safety council to make recommendations on securing schools in the wake of the deadly shooting in Florida. Ivey signed the executive order on Tuesday in a press conference. Ivey said the council will make sure that schools have an updated security response plan as well as plans for sharing information about potential…

Watchdog: Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Violated Hatch Act

A federal watchdog says White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway violated the federal law prohibiting government officials from using their positions to influence political campaigns. The Office of Special Counsel, which is unrelated to Robert Mueller’s office, says Conway violated the Hatch Act twice last year when she advocated for Republican Roy Moore and against his Democratic rival, Sen. Doug Jones,…

Montgomery’s Blackfinn Ameripub Restaurant Closes

The well-known Blackfinn Ameripub restaurant has closed at the Shoppes at EastChase in Montgomery. Suzanna Wasserman, a spokesperson for the Shoppes at EastChase, confirmed Blackfinn’s closure, but no reason for the closing was given. Blackfinn opened in EastChase three years ago, and was the only location in Alabama. The chain has about 10 other locations, the nearest are in Charlotte,…

Attorney: Inmate endured ‘torture’ before execution halted

A lawyer for an Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted after staffers could not connect an intravenous line says his client should not face a second date in the death chamber. An attorney for Doyle Lee Hamm wrote in state and court filings Monday that Hamm had experienced “torture” during the failed attempt to execute him Feb. 22. Bernard…

Midday Update: Rain is Moving Out, Dry and Colder Rest of Week

The rain will end during the morning hours, and we have a good chance of seeing some sunshine this afternoon as dry air returns. Today’s high will be in the mid 60s. MUCH COLDER AIR AHEAD: The cold front will swing through the state late and behind it, a strong north breeze will usher in colder air Wednesday and the…

Golden Apple: Joey Denison

Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Pike County School System. With over 30s years of teaching experience, Math Teacher and Coach Joey Denison believes in his teaching method when it comes to educating his students.  “My teaching method is I really just try and get the kids involved with a bunch of examples. I’m a math…