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Health Officials Looking Into Montgomery Medical Situation

A news conference was held Friday afternoon around  2:30PM regarding the Zelda Road medical situation.. An 86-year-old Nigerian women has Ebola-like symptoms and was taken to Baptist South Hospital. The patient will enter a dedicated unit away from other patients. She will be completely protected. The patient is being tested for both the flu and malaria. It could take up…

Police: Woman Dies After Stepping Out of RV

This video is no longer available.MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Montgomery County sheriff’s officials say a woman was killed after stepping out of a moving recreational vehicle on Interstate 65. Chief Deputy Derrick Cunningham says the 49-year-old woman was in the vehicle with her mother and father south of Montgomery about 10 p.m. Thursday. Cunningham says the father was driving and…

Alabama Unemployment Down to 6.6 Percent

This video is no longer available.MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s unemployment rate has declined to 6.6 percent. Gov. Robert Bentley said Friday the September rate is an improvement from 6.9 percent in August. The preliminary numbers show Alabama had about 6,600 fewer unemployed people than in August. But the preliminary figures also show that the number of employed Alabamians declined…

White Supremacist Convicted on Meth Charges

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Federal authorities say a man with ties to a white supremacist group faces more than 17 years in prison after being convicted on methamphetamine charges. Prosecutors say 52-year-olld Mark Edward Elliott of Autauga County received the sentence after being convicted of conspiring to distribute drugs. Elliott was arrested in March 2013. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that…