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Alabama’s Black Belt focus of $49 million project

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A seven-year, $49 million project is starting in some of Alabama’s poorest counties to try to raise the high school graduation rate and get more students in college. Gov. Robert Bentley said the GEAR UP Alabama program is critical to changing the mostly rural counties across central Alabama that traditionally have more poverty than the rest…

B17 Flying Fortress Makes Stop in Montgomery

This video is no longer available.A little piece of World War Two history has made a stop in Montgomery. A historic b17 bomber is on display at Montgomery aviation and we were able to get a look inside the 70 year old aircraft. There are only a handful of these B17s left and this is one of them. Every detail…