Tallassee police are seeking the public’s help with information regarding a man in custody on sex crime charges. Police say Robert Ben Taylor faces charges of electronic solicitation of a child and enticing a minor. Police ask anyone with information about Taylor to call their Criminal Investigations Division at (334) 283-6586. Categories: Crime, Montgomery Metro, News
TODAY/TOMORROW: After the cool start this morning, with many of us in the 50s, the rest of today will feature a clearing sky and it should be a mostly sunny day with a high around 80°; tonight will be cool again with upper 50s expected. Friday afternoon, the warming trend begins and we warm back into the upper 80s under…
The Montgomery County Board of Education met with the state board Monday to get some of their issues ironed out. One of the biggest concerns from the MPS board was a lack of organization and communication. The state board of education met for a work session Wednesday. While strategic planning for schools was on the agenda, we wanted to know…
Jessica Bentley, the Prattville mother who had been undergoing treatment for Leukemia and recently had a bone marrow transplant has died. We first did a story with Bentley when she was looking for bone marrow matches. She received what doctors called the “perfect match” from someone in Brazil.  Bentley underwent the bone marrow transplant in March 2017. According to her Facebook…
Prattville police and CrimeStoppers are searching for a man suspected of the fraudulent use of a credit card. Investigators say on May 10, a man used a cloned credit card at the Ulta Beauty store in Prattville at around 7 p.m., then made similar purchases at Academy Sports. Both stores are located on Cotton Exchange. Authorities say the man is…
Lawyers for former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard say his ethics conviction is “legally baseless” and prosecutors stretched the bounds of the state law to bring charges against him. Hubbard’s lawyers filed the appeal Wednesday in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. They are seeking to overturn his 2016 conviction on ethics charges. Hubbard was convicted of wrongly accepting investments,…
Alabama News Network has confirmed the National Guard Armory in Brundidge is being deactivated. According to Lt. Tim Alexander, the U.S. Army National Guard Force Management Division, in compliance with Headquarters Department of the Army, conducted an analysis of the overall readiness and mission requirements for force structures. Â Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) determined that there is no longer…
The main trough axis will swing through the state and cause a second low pressure to develop; this will bring us another round of showers and thunderstorms. There is a possibility for a few stronger to marginally severe storms in our eastern counties of the area, as instability values could rise into the 2,000 J/kg range with dewpoints reaching near…
During the school year, we honored many deserving teachers with Golden Apple awards. Four of those previous winners have been competing to be the Golden Apple Teacher of the Year. Those winners were voted on by viewers, the votes have been counted and Ryan Stinnett reveals this year’s new Golden Apple Teacher of the Year. As we end the school…
Take a look in your pantry… and you’ll probably find that most of your food labels state they have been genetically engineered in some way. But what does that mean? And is it safe? Wendy Yeager is a fourth generation farmer. She and her husband run a 970 acre farm in Dallas County growing soybeans, cotton, sorghum and peanuts. The…
