September is National Preparedness Month. Local emergency management agencies want to make sure you know what to do in case of severe weather. Even though we are well into hurricane season, severe weather can happen at anytime. Whether its hurricanes, tornadoes, snow storms or power outages there are some things you can do to be prepared. Autauga County EMA Director…
Selma police say four students have been arrested after a pregnant classmate was attacked inside Selma High School. Police say the four students jumped the victim during class this morning. She was taken to the hospital, but no word yet on her or her baby’s condition. Police say two teachers who tried to break up the fight were also assaulted. All…
A key leader in the Alabama House of Representatives is turning down Governor Bentley’s request to suspend impeachment hearings. State Representative Mike Jones of Andalusia, who leads the House Judiciary Committee, issued an eight-page response denying the governor’s request. Governor Bentley’s attorneys had filed motions to try to stop the hearings. Jones also denied the governor’s request that certain committee…
Alabama News Network is following the delay in Montgomery Public Schools’ employees getting paid. They were supposed to be paid today. But after what is being called a “system glitch”, they are still awaiting payments through direct deposit. School Superintendent Margaret Allen has sent the following email to school system employees on the delay: Regarding the electronic distribution of payroll…
REST OF THIS WEEK: We are going to see more sun than clouds, with hot temperatures as highs will be in the mid 90s through Friday. We continue to have easterly flow across the state, and that is allowing for somewhat drier air into the state, which is really limiting our rain chances. A few very isolated storms are certainly…
Montgomery is steeped in history, but as Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson told the CBS Early Show last week, there is something missing. “In Montgomery, there are 59 markers and monuments to the confederacy. Our two largest high schools are Robert E. Lee High and Jefferson Davis High. We don’t even have Martin Luther King Day, its Martin Luther…
Gov. Robert Bentley is appealing the dismissal of the state’s lawsuit against the federal government over refugee placement. The governor’s office said the appeal was filed Tuesday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Bentley in January asked a federal judge to block refugees from coming to the state unless federal officials provided a full background check…
THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUST: The upper ridge is holding across the Deep South, and we continue to see little change in our day to day weather. This will continue through the rest of August, which is tomorrow. That means we are going to see more sun than clouds, with hot temperatures as highs will be in the mid 90s….
Roland Johnson and his wife, Suzanne, are still counting their blessings  11 years after Katrina forced them out of their New Orleans home. “It was like being in a war zone,”said Roland. “The smell was putrid,” said Suzanne. Roland came to Montgomery not really planning to stay. But when he went back to his flooded New Orleans home a week…
This week, a persistent forecast is expected through the middle of the week as the upper-level ridge will remain in place. Expect hot and humid days, muggy nights, with highs in the low to mid 90s with a very small chance of widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms on each day. Overnight lows will be in the 70s….
