On Monday, the Montgomery County Board of Education narrowed the field from 12 candidates to 4 in their search for superintendent. Then they ranked the candidates privately from 1-5 each. While the names of the candidates can not be disclosed, school board member Lesa Keith tells us interim superintendent Dr. Ann Roy Moore had the highest points. She said she…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a second Montgomery man in the shooting death of Damion Clarke, 28. Clarke was fatally wounded Sunday January 7, after a verbal dispute. MPD charged Mark Robinson, 30, with murder after he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force on April 30. Following his arrest, Robinson was transported to the…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Mario Dion Woodward for the murder of Montgomery Police Officer Keith Houts in 2006. Woodward was convicted in Montgomery County Circuit Court in 2008. “This case is a tragic reminder of the debt we owe to law enforcement officers…
SARALAND, Ala. (WKRG) – An AMBER Alert has been issued by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency for a 3-year-old boy who was inside of a car stolen Friday in Saraland. Saraland Police say Milton Farris stole a Maroon 2010 Nissan Altima with 3-year-old Morris Roberson IV sleeping inside. Police say Roberson is not related to Farris, but is known to the family. Roberson…
Today, Judge Roy Moore and his wife, Kayla, jointly filed an action for defamation and political conspiracy against those women who have falsely and maliciously accused him of sexual misconduct, and others who were part of the conspiracy. Melissa Isaak, Judge Moore’s attorney, released the following statement: “The people of Alabama deserve to know the truth, that the accusations made…
The ex-girlfriend of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has submitted a video to prosecutors to support her statement that she lied when she told authorities Foster had hit her. But Santa Clara County prosecutor Jim Dermertzis says the district attorney’s office will continue to prosecute the domestic violence case against Foster even if his ex-girlfriend, Elissa Ennis, does not…
Alabama State University will hold its 297th Commencement Exercises on May 12 (Saturday), at 9:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. in the ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome with ASU alumnus (Class of 2007) Duncan Kirkwood (outreach and recruitment manager for the Northland Workforce Training Center (NWTC) in New York) delivering the commencement address. Before joining NWTC, Kirkwood worked in various professional capacities, including serving as the director for the Alabama State Black…
Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education announced on Monday that the state’s First Class Pre-K program will add 107 classrooms to 33 counties this fall. The new classrooms will expand access to Alabama’s high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten program to 18,864 children in the 2018-2019 school year, with more than 1,040 classrooms in all 67 counties that will serve…
The Biscuits (8-16) let one get away on Sunday afternoon, falling in the fourth game of their five-game set against the Mobile BayBears (12-11) by a score of 7-5 at Riverwalk Stadium. Eduar Lopez got the start for the Butter and Blue, who were sporting their fresh new powder blue jerseys, and the right-hander was terrific tossing five scoreless innings…
CALM PATTERN FOR ALABAMA: A tranquil week of weather for Alabama is ahead as an upper ridge builds in over the eastern half of the country and that upper ridge basically stays put until Friday. At the surface, a large high pressure system will move across the Southeast through the week. This will essentially keep us warm and dry for…
