Downtown Montgomery now has its own craft coffee shop. Prevail Union Coffee Company opened its doors Friday at One Court Square. This rounds out the small business incubator at C&P Mercantile that is having success downtown. The coffee shop is merged with the Southern Makers artisan market along with a barber shop. Prevail Owner Phillip Johns says he started the…
FOR TODAY: Hot is the word as temperatures will once again soar into the mid to upper 90s across South/Central Alabama. Rain chances are very low today, and though an isolated shower/storm is possible, most of us will be staying dry this afternoon. THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: A weak surface front will be a little north of Alabama, and we will…
Set construction is underway at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival as crews get ready for “The Mousetrap.” ASF’s Producing Artistic Director Geoffrey Sherman says he chose to bring the play to Montgomery because of the reaction he saw from audiences across the country years ago. “This play I think is one that could really work well in the American market. A…
Plenty of sunshine and hot temperatures across Alabama this afternoon. Radar will remain fairly quiet again as we are not expecting much in the way of showers and storms today due to dry air flowing into the state from the northeast around an area of high pressure over Kentucky, and the counter-clockwise circulation of Julia off the Southeast Coast. Temperatures…
It’s a staple that people come from miles around to admire– the famous Kowaliga Indian has his tomahawk once again. Surveillance video showed a young male grabbing it and walking away on the evening of September 4th. A week later, deputies have their suspect and the tomahawk. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin says that John Mason Friday returned the tomahawk…
Not much change in the forecast through Friday; if anything the new model runs are a little drier, but we will still mention widely isolated, mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms today through Friday with partly sunny days and afternoon highs in the lower to mid-90s. Again, this is pretty standard late summer weather in Alabama. WEEKEND WEATHER: The…
“I thought that I could change a young lady that had drug problems and drinking problems. And I failed,” said Montgomery County school board member Lesa Keith. Keith sums up the situation that has led to her turning herself in on assault charges. It all stemmed from an incident on June 21st when she says she had to break up…
The surface front across Central Alabama will washout today and due to the moist air remaining in place, we are going to continue to see scattered showers and storms daily through Friday, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. Otherwise, partly sunny days with highs in the lower to mid 90s for most places. Early morning lows will be mostly…
Hillary Clinton is taking time off of the campaign trail as she recovers from walking pneumonia. Campaign managers first said she got overheated Sunday at a 9-11 ceremony before officially coming forth with the diagnosis. Political analyst Steve Flowers says health is an important factor that could play into the Presidential race. And he also says it’s important to consider…
BACK TO WORK: Similar weather setup today to what we saw yesterday; a weak frontal boundary is stalled across Central Alabama, closer to the Interstate 85 corridor. We are starting the day off dry, but with the front being a focal point for uplift, we are once again going to see showers and storms this afternoon, but also once again,…
