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Golden Apple: Kay McGrew

Our Golden Apple Award winner this week comes from the Montgomery Public School System. In her 2nd year of teaching at Flowers School, Kay McGrew has a unique teaching method to make learning more hands on. “Every skill I teach, I try and bring in, smart board interactive activity, Youtube video, I try and make it more authentic, so that…

Local EMA Prepared for Severe Storms

The first major rain in months is forecast for the next few days. And Montgomery County Emergency Management officials are making sure they are ready should anything severe happen. EMA Director Christina Thornton says they have been monitoring the storms coming into Alabama. The whole staff is on stand by for Monday night. While most of the severe weather will…

Rain Returns, but so do Strong Storms

Your Monday will start off partly to mostly cloudy with winds already picking up out of the south-southeast at 10-20 MPH range for most of South/Central Alabama. Afternoon highs will make it mostly into the 70s. A few scattered showers could develop during the late morning hours and afternoon hours until the main line moves into the extreme western parts…

Montgomery Group Hosts Funky Thanksgiving Fundraiser

One local group had a little fun over the holiday last night…all for a good cause. The group Live + Listen held its annual Funksgiving benefit concert last night at the Union Station Train Shed in downtown Montgomery. The event featured live music from the bands The Werks, McLovins, and Dank. Live + Listen works to promote music artists, as well as…

Former Gov. Don Siegelman Still Hoping for Presidential Pardon

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman could be released from prison as early as February, but is still hoping for a pardon from outgoing President Barack Obama. In a Thanksgiving message to supporters, Siegelman thanked people who supported him during his incarceration. The former governor said his earliest possible release date is Feb. 8. Siegelman said his hope for a presidential…

Former Security Chief Files Lawsuit Against Gov. Robert Bentley

Gov. Robert Bentley’s former security chief has filed a lawsuit against the governor saying his career and reputation were damaged as Bentley tried to maintain and hide an affair with a former political adviser. Ray Lewis, the former state trooper who often traveled with the governor, filed the civil lawsuit Wednesday against Bentley and Rebekah Caldwell Mason. Lewis said he…

The Roberson Effect

High school athletics have always been a great avenue for maturing students physically and mentally, but head basketball coach Jason Roberson of Prattville Christian Academy believes that his mission goes much beyond the court. “Coach Roberson embodies the PCA mission of life readiness. he works with these kids to ready spiritually for life, to get ready academically and to get…

Steve Harvey Hosts Radio Show from ASU Campus

There were plenty of laughs to be had as Steve Harvey cracked jokes for the audience. While he wants to bring fun to Alabama State’s Turkey Day Classic, he also says he’s in it for another reason. “One of my goals here is to help increase enrollment and it brings more money into the state, more money into the city,…

Isolated Shower Tonight, Mild Thanksgiving

The winds of change begin to blow today as clouds will be on the increase. A storm system is lifting across the Mississippi Valley and this system will produce a chance of rain tonight. Still not an overly impressive rain producer for Alabama, and like the last few systems, showers will be moving in from the west, but will be…

AAA Projects Busiest Thanksgiving Travel Season in 9 years

Whether you’re planning to fly the friendly skies or take to the roads this Thanksgiving… You are not alone. AAA estimates more than 48 million people will be traveling. And thanks to the low gas prices, more than 43 million will be hitting the road. We found some travelers in Montgomery already on their way. “The gas is cheaper here…