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Foggy Start, Warm & Sunny Afternoon

Dense fog advisory this morning until 9AM. TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY: Expect a sky full of sunshine, a general warming trend as we are going to see mainly sunny days and clear, chilly nights. For today, we will see temps climb into the mid 70s, and then lower 80s Thursday. Friday looks to be near identical to Thursday with low 80s…

iTeam: “Montgomery Rising?” pt. 1

There are some clouds on the Montgomery horizon. Some population figures that show the city is shrinking. The Alabama News Network i-Team has produced a four-part report on Montgomery’s future, exploring why the population is dropping, and what can be done to reverse the trend. Tim Lennox presents part one of “Montgomery Rising?” Olivia Deas will present part two of…

Warming Trend Before a Weekend Chill

We are seeing a few showers early this morning over Mississippi and Northwest Alabama, and these could impact some of our western communities however, most of us will be staying dry. In a nut shell, it is still bone dry and the rest of this work week we are expecting mainly sunny days and fair nights. For today, temperatures should…

Golden Apple: Laura Shoulders

Our Golden Apple Award winner this week comes from the Camden School of Arts and Technology in Wilcox County. For the past threat years, Laura Shoulders has been the instructional aide and distant learning teacher of Spanish at Camden School of Arts and Technology, where she is making quite an impact on her students , so much so, that an entire…

Fun Zone Tornado 10 Years Later

It was a day many in Montgomery will never forget. The day a tornado ripped through East Montgomery and destroyed several businesses.

November 15, 2006. An EF2 tornado touched down just before 10:30 a.m. and left a nearly a seven mile path of destruction in ten minutes. Karen Vanderhey says she was working in the nursery at Frazer United Methodist Church that day. “It was scary. You just didn’t know what was going to happen. Kept praying, ‘Lord, just protect those people…

Calm Week of Weather

BIGGEST FULL MOON IN ALMOST 70 YEARS: On November 14, 2016, the moon will be closer to Earth than it’s been since January 26, 1948. It’ll be a full moon and a supermoon. The moon won’t come this close again until November 25, 2034. That makes upcoming full moon the closest and largest supermoon in a period of 86 years!…

Montgomery Honors Vets with Annual Veterans Day Parade

A crowd turned out for the 6th annual Veterans Day parade in Montgomery Friday.

It’s a day to pay respect and honor with patriotism and pride as the River Region came to say ‘thank you’ to its veterans. The parade started at the Capitol and made its way down Dexter Avenue to the fountain. Each branch of the military was represented and honored, those currently serving and those who served long ago. “It was…

Fine Fall Weekend; Future Forecaster Gavynn Surles

VETERANS DAY: First off, thanks to all the Veterans out there!!! After the cold start, the mainly sunny sky will allow afternoon temperatures to climb into the low to mid 70s throughout South/Central Alabama. If you are out of school, off work, or heading to one of those many Veterans Day events today, the weather will be terrific. FRIDAY NIGHT…

National Championship Trophy in Montgomery

It’s the college football dream, the grand prize and symbol of national champions. The College Football Playoff National Championship trophy has traveled across the country for the past 11 weeks… And now it’s in Montgomery. “you have seen it on TV. You’ve seen Alabama hosting it. You could see Auburn hosting it this year. Its something you can get close…