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Noon Update: Hot and Humid, Only Isolated Storms

LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE AUGUST TO ME: It will be hot and humid across Alabama, with a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the lower 90s and the heat index will be over 100° in spots. We are going to see a weak frontal boundary push south through the state, and it will likely produce…

Community Forum Tackling Social Issues

On the heels of the deadly Charlottesville rallies, Prattville community leaders, church members and law enforcement gathered at Ward AME Church Thursday evening. It was a time to discuss issues especially those that involve the youth. “We want to affect change. Be a change agent in our community. We want to stop the pipeline to prison. We want to do…

Looks and Feels Like August to Me

TYPICAL AUGUST WEATHER: Hazy, hot, and humid across Alabama today. We are going to see more sun than clouds with temperatures in the lower and mid 90s, and the heat index will be climbing to the 100°-105° in spots. We will be watching the radar this afternoon as showers and storms are expected to pop up over portions of the…

Preparing for the Solar Eclipse

It’s been busy at the Montgomery planetarium lately as people get ready for the solar eclipse production and come to find out a little more about it. “I’ve seen so many pictures. I always wondered what it would feel like, so it would probably be cool to see with my own eyes, but I probably can’t look for long,” said…

Hot and Humid Days, Scattered Afternoon Storms

You know the drill by now, as it is the same song and dance every afternoon this time of year; dry mornings, then the afternoons are highlighted by an active radar with pockets of convection that can produce lots of lightning and those intense tropical downpours. With the surplus of rain across the area it will not take much to…

Roy Moore Finishes First in GOP U.S. Senate Primary, Heads to Runoff

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore finished on top of a crowded field in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. However, he did not receive enough votes to avoid a runoff with second-place finisher U.S. Sen. Luther Strange. Moore says he wants to fight the political establishment in Washington. He voted Tuesday morning by riding a horse to his polling…

U.S. Sen. Luther Strange Finishes Second in Primary; Advances to Runoff

U.S. Sen. Luther Strange may have finished second to former Chief Justice Roy Moore in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, but that was good enough to make the Sep. 26 runoff. Second place is where the Strange campaign told Alabama News Network they thought they would be.  For his supporters at his watch party in the Birmingham suburb of…

Doug Jones Wins Democratic Nomination for U.S. Senate

Doug Jones, a lawyer and former U.S. attorney under the Clinton administration, has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He easily beat the other candidates in the race and will go on to face the Republican nominee in the general election on Dec. 12. Jones is perhaps best known for leading the prosecution of two Klansmen for the 1963…

U.S. Senate Special Election – Live Results

Polls have closed across Alabama in the special election for U.S. Senate. Click here for live election results from the Associated Press. The special election is to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Jeff Sessions, who resigned earlier this year to become Attorney General under President Trump. Then-Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange to fill the seat….