FINE-LOOKING FRIDAY: Expect tons of sunshine today and after another cool, yet refreshing start, with most spots in the lower 60s, we are going to be a bit warmer as highs should make it into the upper 80s. There is no threat of rain today. WARM WEEKEND WEATHER: Little change in the forecast for the weekend. Both Saturday and Sunday…
Alabama News Network is on the scene in Prattville, where we have confirmed that a police officer was shot during a domestic violence call on Patrick Street this afternoon. Police Chief Mark Thompson told Alabama News Network that the officer was shot once in the upper chest. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and suffered minor injuries. Thompson says the…
We are forecasting sunny days with lower humidity and clear cool nights, the next couple of days. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s, and lows will be in the lower 60s. We note, some of the high-res models are trying to show a few isolated showers east of the I-65 corridor today; not actually sure if these…
The surface front is pushing southward through Alabama and we are going to see the rain finally wind down from north to south across the state today. Behind the front, a new air mass flows into the state and this will allow us to remove rain chances from the forecast for a few days. The front will bring a nice…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says his office is helping in a joint state and federal investigation into current and former employees of the Selma Police Department. “The joint investigation will include an audit of the police department’s evidence room in the wake of recent reports of missing items from the department’s vault,” Marshall said in a written statement. Marshall…
At Virginia College in Montgomery, cancer survivors get their hair, nails, and a facial all for free Tuesday, June 6. It’s a part of National Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day. Mary Williams was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 10 years ago and she says she is taking advantage of the makeover and trying something new. “I have been for the…
Not much change today as showers and thunderstorms are likely as a cold front approaches Alabama from the north. As we have seen the last week, this will not be an “all day” rain, but passing showers and storms are expected at anytime. Highs this afternoon should be in the lower to mid 80s, which is below average for early…
A man is behind bars after Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said he killed a woman and left her body in a well on her property. Authorities say 59-year-old Jane Huddleston was found dead around 8:00 a.m. Monday . Deputies have charged 41-year-old David Helms, who lived with Huddleston, with murder. Helms is in the Elmore County Jail. Sheriff Franklin…
This muggy pattern continues across Central Alabama and we’ll continue to have a risk of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the area today and tomorrow. Rain will be possible at anytime, but thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon hours. Otherwise, when it is not raining, the sky will be mainly cloudy, and afternoon highs will be in the…
The Hank Williams Festival kicked off in Georgiana Friday night. Fans came from all over to be there. “I was a fan of Hank Williams from age 13,” said Becky Westmoreland from Greensboro, NC. “At the time, I could not do anything about it. I was a poor farm girl. I pursued it in my adult life. Joined up the…
