The chairman, vice chairman and treasurer of USA Gymnastics have resigned. Paul Parilla, Jay Binder and Bitsy Kelly announced they were stepping down Monday after calls for their ouster by gymnasts who have testified they were abused by ex USAG sports doctor Larry Nassar, whose sentencing hearing continues this week in Michigan. Former Olympians and dozens of others have testified…
Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it proceed with this week’s scheduled execution of a 67-year-old inmate whose lawyers say can no longer remember his crime. The Alabama attorney general’s office told justices in a filing Monday that the state’s high court last year ruled the execution could proceed and should do so again. Vernon Madison is…
Courtesy of @AuburnMBB Twitter Villanova maintained its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25, while another bunch of Wildcats found themselves sliding out of the rankings for the first time in nearly four years. Kentucky slid out of Monday’s latest poll from No. 18 after losses to South Carolina and Florida, snapping a 30-game home winning streak for…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the early morning shooting death of Terrence Mahone, 22, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the intersection of Bonaparte and the West South Boulevard on Monday, January 22, at about 2 a.m. in reference to a possible shooting. At the scene, they located a vehicle that had run…
We are starting the day off with milder temperatures in the mid-40s to the lower 50s underneath partly to mostly cloudy sky. A few scattered showers will start to move into the western parts of the state ahead of the main squall line during the morning. The main window for strong to marginally severe storms will come from Noon-6PM. This…
It was like a step back in time for Tallassee residents. The Mt. Vernon Theatre is back open. “I can’t even…I can’t even say it. We are just all so excited. Its been a huge effort. Takes a long time to get something like this going,” said Jan Autery, Project Coordinator. The play, “Dear Mama: Letters and Music from World…
The state has not yet come up with an acceptable remedy to address the “horrendously inadequate” and unconstitutional mental health care and staffing needs of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will argue today in closing arguments at a federal trial to correct the problems. The trial marks the latest stage in a lawsuit the SPLC…
Courtesy of Kat West Facebook page Alabama police are investigating the killing of an online exhibitionist who was found dead outside her home in suburban Birmingham. Authorities have classified the death of 42-year old Kathleen Dawn West as a homicide, but they haven’t released details about how she died. Police also haven’t said whether West’s work as an online adult…
Today, Governor Kay Ivey appointed Circuit Judge Brad Mendheim to fill a vacancy on the Alabama Supreme Court created by the resignation of Justice Glenn Murdock. “In appointing someone to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court, it is imperative to appoint someone with impeccable legal credentials and with unquestioned character and integrity – Judge Brad Mendheim exceeds those requirements,”…
Faulkner has hired Shayne Wasden to take the helm of the football program the university announced Wednesday morning. The former Troy University associate head coach replaces Charlie Boren, who resigned in December after six seasons on staff. Wasden will be formally introduced at a press conference Friday morning at 10 a.m. and will officially assume his new role that day. “I am honored and extremely excited…
