The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to discuss proposed legislation that would prevent cities from setting local minimum wages. Lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon are expected to debate the bill filed by Republican Rep. David Faulkner of Mountain Brook. The Republican-backed bill is on the legislative fast track as Birmingham seeks to expedite a minimum wage increase approved last year…
It will be weeks before an autopsy reveals what killed an Alabama woman who was serving life without parole for the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter. Alabama prison spokesman Bob Horton said Tuesday that an autopsy on 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard could take six to eight weeks. Garrard died Friday, five days after being taken to a hospital from…
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to find a suspect wanted in connection with multiple theft cases. James Beecham, 35, is wanted for active Theft of Property warrants. He will be charged with two counts of Theft of Property 1st Degree, once he has been arrested. If you know the current whereabouts of this subject, please call the Police…
Selma police are still searching for a suspect connected to a 2015 murder. Officials have released two photos of Alfred Parnell in hopes that the public can help locate him. He is wanted for one count of Murder in a shooting that happened at the end of December 2015. The incident resulted in the death of 38-year-old Antoine Stallworth. Glentravious Olds…
A suspect is on the loose after an armed robbery at a Pike Road Convenience Store. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says an unknown male held the clerk at gun point while taking an undetermined amount of money. It happened at around 7:35 Sunday night at the store in the 7200 block Troy Highway. Details are limited, but no injuries were reported. The suspect…
A LaGrange, Georgia woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Macon County, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials. Lana Daniel, 81, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban she was driving was hit by a 2007 Cadillac Escalade on Interstate 85. The crash occurred at 11:47 AM at the 44 mile marker. Daniel was transported to a local hospital where she died from…
RAIN & STORMS RETURN: Overnight, we are going to see our clouds increase and rain chances will be on the way up as well. Starting the new work week, you are going to near umbrellas as periods of rain will occur through out the day on Monday as an area of low pressure moves across the state. Over the southern…
SUNNY SUNDAY: Sunday will be very similar to Saturday, but we can expect our afternoon highs to be a few degrees warmer. We are forecasting mid to upper 50s for much of South-Central Alabama. Late in the day, clouds are expected to increase from the north, and there could be a few showers tomorrow night over the northern portions of…
Meet Anya Montelara. She is an 8 year old that is full of life. Friday night she put on her special skates to do something she looks forward to every year. “Skating rinks, we have pizza, we do crafts and then we leave. And it’s really fun because people are nice there and I meet new people each year,” said…
An Alabama woman serving life without parole in her granddaughter’s running death has died. A prison spokesman says 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard died Friday, five days after being stricken at the state’s women’s prison. The cause of death wasn’t immediately available, but defense attorney Dani Bone says Garrard apparently suffered a heart attack. Garrard was convicted of killing 9-year-old Savannah…
