The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the early morning stabbing death of George Tucker, 41, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2600 block of Endicott Drive shortly after midnight in reference to a possible stabbing. At the scene, they located Tucker who had sustained a fatal stab wound and was transported to Baptist…
RAIN/STORMS RETURN: Clouds will increase today, and we will mention the risk of a shower by mid to late afternoon, but most of the day will be dry and mild with a highs in the 70s. Showers and storms are more likely tonight as a weakening cold front pushes into the state. Though some thunder is possible, the main severe…
The 61st annual SLE Rodeo is in full swing. Thursday night was the first night at Garrett Coliseum. Fans of all ages got to enjoy watching bare back bucking broncos, steer wrestling and some of the best bull riders and bull fighters in the country. Officials say this rodeo has more cowboys and cowgirls who competed in the National Finals…
Alabama has executed a man who killed his employer at a traveling carnival decades ago and later dropped appeals and asked for the death sentence to be carried out. Authorities say 50-year-old Michael Wayne Eggers was pronounced dead at 7:29 p.m. CDT Thursday after an injection at the state prison in Atmore. Eggers was sentenced to death for his conviction…
Alabama lawmakers have approved a 2.5% pay raise for teachers and school employees that will cost more than $100 million. The Alabama Senate voted 29-0 Thursday for the pay raise in the education budget for the next fiscal year. The total $6.7 billion budget included a $1.2 million boost to Alabama State University to offset the damage of a finance…
Southeastern Grocers, the owner of the Winn-Dixie grocery store chain, has announced that it’s entered into Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring. In a statement to Alabama News Network, the company says it will voluntarily file pre-packaged chapter 11 cases. The company says its goal is to work through financial restructuring as quickly as possible and to emerge within the next 90…
After a sub-freezing start, a warming trend begins this afternoon as temperatures rise into the upper 60s and lower 70s with a good supply of sunshine. The sky will remain fair tonight, and we stay above freezing this time as a southerly wind begins to kick in look for lows in the 40s. TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: Clouds will increase…
Every year the night before cowboys and cowgirls saddle up at Garrett Coliseum, they come together for a good cause. Wednesday night was no exception. It was the Children’s Miracle Rodeo. Families with patients at Children’s of Alabama were invited to come out and take part in the festivities. “Hardy just got on a horse for the first time ever….
Police responded to reports of someone firing shots at a hospital in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, before issuing an alert that the situation was over and the shooter had been subdued. Local media reported that two people were shot at UAB Highlands, and a gunman had turned a gun on himself Wednesday night. Police didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment….
The estate of “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee has filed suit over an upcoming Broadway adaptation of the novel. The federal lawsuit filed this week in Alabama argues that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s script wrongly alters Atticus Finch and other characters from the book. It asks a judge to enforce part of the contract for the play. The suit…
