The Montgomery Police Department is conducting two homicide investigations involving separate cases. In one case, 56-year-old Jerome Nowden died after being wounded in an assault on Aug. 16. Police say Nowden had been taken to Jackson Hospital with what had first been thought to be a non-life-threatening injury. Nowden died a week later. Police say they later determined he had…
We want to thank all of you who helped Alabama News Network with the 3rd annual “Stuff the Truck” food drive on Saturday. We helped the “Tie and Doll” organization collect food for the Montgomery Food for Kids Backpack program for children who might otherwise go hungry. We were at the Sturbridge Winn-Dixie store all day Saturday, where we collected…
Alabama News Network is hitting the football field for the start of the high school football season. This season, we’re calling our Friday night show “Pepsi LACEUP”, which will feature the entire sports team covering high school games and previewing the college action. Join sports director Adam Solomon along with sports analyst John Longshore as your hosts, with Darrell Puckett…
Alabama News Network has confirmed through the Alabama Sec. of State’s Office that Gov. Kay Ivey has filed the paperwork needed to run for a full term in office. Â An office spokesman says the account was created today. Ivey created an LLC on Aug. 18 listing Nimrod Frazer of Montgomery as her treasurer, according to the Sec. of State’s Office….
A Mobile daycare operator is facing manslaughter charges and a lawsuit after a 5 year old was left in a hot van to die and then dumped on the side of the road. Montgomery Attorney Joe Hubbard says it is very similar to a local case with Sunnyside Daycare where he was the prosecuting attorney. In 2015, a lawsuit was…
The violence in the community is hitting home with one woman who is trying to help make her neighborhood a safer place. Shannon Ferrari heard the gunshots from her Forest Hills home Saturday night. There was a shooting on Perry Hill road outside of the Dollar General store. Twenty-year-old Devontaye Reeves was shot and killed at the scene. “When I…
A weak frontal boundary will continue to slide south from the north and the boundary will yield better rain chances area wide as we are expecting an increase in showers and storms. Severe weather is not likely at this point, but a few storms could be strong with winds up to 40 MPH. The sky will be occasionally cloudy, and…
A special night in Prattville as the Prattville- Autauga Character Coalition honored this year’s Champion of Character. This year’s champion was Mike Lutzenkirchen. He is the father of the late Auburn football star Philip Lutzenkirchen, who passed away in a car crash 3 years ago. Mike founded the Lutzie 43 Foundation in his son’s memory. He travels the country speaking…
THE ECLIPSE HAS COME AND GONE: Well as a scientist, I can say that certainly was a show and hopefully you were able to go outside and witness the spectacular celestial event, but if not, there will be another one in seven years, and in 2045 another one occurs which will put much of Alabama in the area of complete…
Montgomery residents are speaking out after a violent weekend in the Capital City. Montgomery police are investigating after five shootings over two days. Two people died, including one at a Dollar General on Perry Hill Road. Some say violence and crime in Montgomery are only getting worse. “Yes, worse every other day. It’s really sad. It really is. You got…
