Write-in votes could help decide Alabama’s Senate race between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. Sculptor Lee Busby is running as a write-in, along with several others, and University of Alabama football coaches like Nick Saban often get write-in votes in state elections. The secretary of state’s office already is preparing for write-in votes by explaining the procedure used…
Closings/Delays for December 9: Fort Dale Academy Testing Center- Closed Saturday Montgomery Public Schools – All Saturday activities cancelled. ACT Testing at Alabama State University – cancelled ACT Testing Saturday at Southside School in Tallassee – cancelled ACT Testing Saturday at Dadeville High School-Cancelled ACT Testing Saturday at Luverne High School – cancelled ACT Testing Saturday at Selma High School-Cancelled…
WINTER WEATHER FRIDAY: To our northwest, an upper trough will be approaching and this is going to cause an increase in the precipitation over the southern two-thirds of the state. Over northern portions of Alabama, colder air will be filtering south. Overnight, rain has been increasing in coverage and during the predawn hours, this precipitation has been transitioning to a…
Each year Jackson Hospital in Montgomery honors the lives of employees and volunteers lost during the year with Lights of Love. Thursday night, they held a ceremony at the hospital. The angel, stars, and lights on the Christmas tree each represented someone who had passed away in 2017. The Dame family was asked to help light the tree this year…
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Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced she has joined fellow Republican governors in sending a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, urging Congress to pass tax reform legislation. “President Trump is proposing the largest tax cut for American families and businesses in decades,” Governor Ivey said. “The current tax structure is oppressive to families and…
Alabama’s secretary of state is asking Google to remove an advertisement by a group supporting Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones. Republican Secretary of State John Merrill’s office says the ad wrongly implies votes in the upcoming election will be made public. Merrill says Google has removed the ad, but a Google representative couldn’t immediately be reached for confirmation. The ad…
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is resigning amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Once a rising star in the Democratic Party, Franken made the announcement in a speech today on the Senate floor. The two-term lawmaker has repeatedly apologized as several women stepped forward to accuse him of sexually inappropriate behavior, from groping to forcibly trying to kiss them. But a fresh…
Our Thursday will be a cloudy and cold day with periods of rain. Also like Wednesday, most of the wet weather will be over the southern half of Alabama. Highs hover in the lower 40s all day again. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: For folks in Central Alabama, generally along and south of Interstate 20 and north of the U.S. 80 and…
Montgomery city leaders announced this morning that they will be changing their policy which has allowed people to walk around in public with open containers of alcohol in the downtown entertainment district. Starting January 1, that will no longer be allowed. In a statement, the city acknowledged that the downtown entertainment ordinance, established in 2012, had drawn customers downtown and energized…
