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Local Church Helps with LA Flood Relief Efforts

Flood waters are still causing big problems in Louisiana. At least 11 people are dead and thousands are forced from their homes. Church members from Montgomery have traveled to Baton Rouge to help out.
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As flood waters continue to rise, much of Baton Rouge is in total chaos. Travis Dawkins, Dream Center Director for Church of the Highlands in Montgomery, says it’s something he wasn’t prepared for. “It was surreal. Very surreal. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. When you see it, I’ve seen the pictures and videos on social media and I…

Typical August Weather

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The ridge off the Southeast Coast will continue to be the main feature impacting our weather the next few days. For today, we will have a partly to mostly clear sky across South/Central Alabama. By this afternoon, there will be a few isolated to scattered showers/storms tracking north throughout the state, but for the most part, these will be few…

Pat Dye Speaks to Elmore Co Auburn Club

Football season is right around the corner and former Auburn head coach Pat Dye was talking football in the River Region Monday night.
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Pat Dye was the guest speaker at the Elmore County Auburn Club. He coached the Auburn Tigers from 1981 until 1992 building the football program into a power in the Southeastern Conference. As for this year’s team, the coach says he is optimistic about what they will be able to do this year. “I think defensively we are going to…

Standard August Weather

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Rain chances are lower this week, and temperatures will be in the mid 90s each day, as we continue along through the month of August. For your Monday, expect more sun than clouds, with isolated, mainly afternoon, showers and thunderstorms. Afternoon highs will range from the lower to mid-90s. Odds for any one spot getting rain is about one in…

Local Restaurant Scene Continues to Change

This week is Restaurant Week across Alabama.
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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

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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.
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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

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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.
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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

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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…

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