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Local Restaurant Scene Continues to Change

This week is Restaurant Week across Alabama.

Whether its pizza, barbecue, Japanese or farm fresh ingredients, you can find it in Montgomery. “We’re seeing a lot of new restaurants come in and some places that have been here for a while but have relocated to places that have more foot traffic,” said Tourism Director Meg Lewis. One of those places is D’Road Café. The locally owned Venezuelan…

Rain Chances on the Way Down for the Weekend

Little change in the weather today as very warm temperatures and very high dew points continue to allow for lots of clouds and scattered to numerous showers again. We are still tracking the upper low that has been drifting westward along the Gulf Coast as it continues to pump all that Gulf moisture north into the state. The radar this…

How Safe are Montgomery Public Schools?

Officials tell us what security measures they have in place in MPS that helps them stay proactive.

School is back in session in Montgomery. And while students are learning, officers are doing their part to keep them safe. “We take every possible measure that we can take to provide for the safety of our children,” said MPS Chief of Security Bobby Crew. Bobby Crew oversees 58 security guards, 5 technicians, 2 locksmiths within the Montgomery Public School…

Periods of Rain

A very moisture-rich air mass remains in place and we are still watching the broad surface low tracking west along the Gulf Coast. For today, the sky will be generally cloudy with occasional showers and a few storms mainly during the afternoon and evening hours, however, a few showers are already occurring this morning, just showing rain is possible at…

Gun Sales on the Rise

Gun sales are on the way up across the country. According to recent FBI reports, in July the FBI processed 2.2 million background checks-- an all time high.

As gun sales remain on a steady rise across the country, we checked to see how local gun sales are doing. At Tri-County Pawn Shop in Prattville, they say business is booming. Owner David Gentry says they usually see more sales when major shootings happen or when presidential candidates make comments about gun control. “Right now, since the election process started,…

UPDATE: Elmore Co. Officials Identify Lake Jordan Drowning Victim

Alabama News Network has confirmed that a man has drowned in Lake Jordan. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin says Ned Terry, 31, of Eclectic had been swimming with another man around 2 p.m. when he drowned. Franklin says they were not far from the docks, about a mile north of Jordan Dam. Respondents tried to resuscitate Terry but the attempt…

Rain Remains in the Forecast

AN OCEAN OF HUMIDITY: A very moisture-rich air mass in place across Alabama due to the broad surface low tracking west along the Gulf Coast, and this continues to allow for the threat of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. The sky is mostly cloudy across South/Central Alabama, and with a very moisture-rich air mass in place, it just doesn’t…

Voters Welcome Third Party Candidates

Third Party Candidates are emerging in the race for the White House. Voters are welcoming them with open arms.

Third party candidates are emerging in the race for the White house – as the election inches closer… But how will they impact the election? Third party candidates historically haven’t gotten many votes. But they can influence how the election is swayed. And this year there may be more of an impact than ever. Political analyst Steve Flowers says the…

Showers and Storms a Plenty

A broad surface low is along the Northern Gulf, combined with colder air aloft and a more unstable atmosphere, will set up a forecast that involves scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms and that is exactly what we are going to see again today. By this afternoon, we are going to see an active radar with numerous showers and storms…

Update: Roy Moore Case Will Go to Trial September 28

A state judicial panel on Monday refused to dismiss an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, saying that Moore will go to trial in September on accusations that he urged 68 probate judges to defy the federal courts on same-sex marriage. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary, a state panel that disciplines judges, refused dueling requests to either…