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Gov. Kay Ivey Files Paperwork to Run for Full Term

Alabama News Network has confirmed through the Alabama Sec. of State’s Office that Gov. Kay Ivey has filed the paperwork needed to run for a full term in office.  An office spokesman says the account was created today. Ivey created an LLC on Aug. 18 listing Nimrod Frazer of Montgomery as her treasurer, according to the Sec. of State’s Office….

Loophole in State Daycare Law causes Concern

A Mobile daycare operator is facing manslaughter charges and a lawsuit after a 5 year old was left in a hot van to die and then dumped on the side of the road. Montgomery Attorney Joe Hubbard says it is very similar to a local case with Sunnyside Daycare where he was the prosecuting attorney. In 2015, a lawsuit was…

Speaking Out on Montgomery’s Violence

The violence in the community is hitting home with one woman who is trying to help make her neighborhood a safer place. Shannon Ferrari heard the gunshots from her Forest Hills home Saturday night. There was a shooting on Perry Hill road outside of the Dollar General store. Twenty-year-old Devontaye Reeves was shot and killed at the scene. “When I…

Changes in the Days Ahead

A weak frontal boundary will continue to slide south from the north and the boundary will yield better rain chances area wide as we are expecting an increase in showers and storms. Severe weather is not likely at this point, but a few storms could be strong with winds up to 40 MPH. The sky will be occasionally cloudy, and…

Lutzenkirchen Recieves 2017 Champion of Character

A special night in Prattville as the Prattville- Autauga Character Coalition honored this year’s Champion of Character. This year’s champion was Mike Lutzenkirchen. He is the father of the late Auburn football star Philip Lutzenkirchen, who passed away in a car crash 3 years ago. Mike founded the Lutzie 43 Foundation in his son’s memory. He travels the country speaking…

Standard August Weather

THE ECLIPSE HAS COME AND GONE: Well as a scientist, I can say that certainly was a show and hopefully you were able to go outside and witness the spectacular celestial event, but if not, there will be another one in seven years, and in 2045 another one occurs which will put much of Alabama in the area of complete…

Five Shootings in One Weekend

Montgomery residents are speaking out after a violent weekend in the Capital City. Montgomery police are investigating after five shootings over two days. Two people died, including one at a Dollar General on Perry Hill Road. Some say violence and crime in Montgomery are only getting worse. “Yes, worse every other day. It’s really sad. It really is. You got…

Alabamians Pause to Watch Solar Eclipse

People gathering at Adams Drugs in Millbrook to see the eclipse. Alabamians across the state are stopping what they’d normally be doing on a Monday afternoon to witness the solar eclipse. In Montgomery, roughly 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon around 1:34 PM CDT. At the W.A. Gayle Planetarium, crowds are gathering to see the eclipse…

Great American Eclipse Weather

THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE: Well, the time is here for the biggest celestial event of the year, and the first total solar eclipse for the U.S. since 1979. Good news, the dry weather pattern holds for the event and it looks like a good day to watch a solar eclipse. We are forecasting a partly to mostly sunny sky, with…

Questions, Concerns and Myths about the Eclipse

The upcoming solar eclipse is getting a lot of hype with safety glasses selling out at just about every store. Some people are excited about seeing the phenomenon. “I think it’s going to be good. It’s not something that our children see a lot of and we are going to take our children, my grandchildren, down to Tennessee to see…