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Montgomery City Judge Suspended Amid Ethics Charges

A Montgomery city judge has been suspended amid ethics charges. The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission filed charges against Armstead Lester Hayes III, the presiding judge of Montgomery’s municipal court, regarding claims that include the jailing of poor people because they couldn’t pay traffic fines or fines for other misdemeanor offenses. Al.com reports Hayes was automatically suspended with pay Thursday. The charges…

Unseasonably Warm Before a Big Weekend Chill

TODAY AND FRIDAY: Expect a sky full of sunshine both days. Mornings will be chilly with 40s expected, but with all that sun, we should see upper 70s and lower 80s this afternoon. Friday will be a carbon copy of today with upper 70s and low 80s out there, but clouds will be on the increase late in the day…

ASF’s “A Christmas Carol” set to Kick Off Holiday Season

A beloved Montgomery tradition is back again with some new and some familiar faces.

The beloved Charles Dicken’s story tells the tale of Scrooge in search for redemption and a spectacular, magical evening of ghosts, spirits, festivity and goodwill. “Scrooge, First Act, is the meanest person on earth. And by the end of the show, he is outrageously happy. People ask me, ‘how do you do that everyday?’ By the end of the show,…

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!…