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Prattville Plans New South Industrial Park Development

The city and county both approved a plan for road and bridge system expansion in hopes to recruit new industry and jobs.
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County Road 4 will connect to U.S. Highway 82. The Chamber of Commerce hopes opening this corridor will attract manufacturers to the Prattville/ Autauga area. They are hoping automotive, aerospace and information technology industries will come. The city also hopes to recruit 500 to 1,000 or more future jobs. However, one resident is concerned about how this project will work…

Alabama House Approves Bill Blocking Local Minimum Wages

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The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bill to block cities from setting local minimum wages and to roll back Birmingham’s planned increase to $10.10 per hour. Legislators approved the GOP-backed bill Tuesday night on a 71-31 vote after cutting off a filibuster by House Democrats. The bill now moves to the Alabama Senate. Alabama has no state minimum…

Alabama House to Debate Bill Blocking Local Minimum Wages

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The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to discuss proposed legislation that would prevent cities from setting local minimum wages. Lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon are expected to debate the bill filed by Republican Rep. David Faulkner of Mountain Brook. The Republican-backed bill is on the legislative fast track as Birmingham seeks to expedite a minimum wage increase approved last year…

Autopsy on Grandmother Held in Girl’s Death to Take Weeks

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It will be weeks before an autopsy reveals what killed an Alabama woman who was serving life without parole for the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter. Alabama prison spokesman Bob Horton said Tuesday that an autopsy on 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard could take six to eight weeks. Garrard died Friday, five days after being taken to a hospital from…

Montgomery Co. Sheriff’s Department Looking for Theft Suspect

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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to find a suspect wanted in connection with multiple theft cases. James Beecham, 35, is wanted for active Theft of Property warrants. He will be charged with two counts of Theft of Property 1st Degree, once he has been arrested. If you know the current whereabouts of this subject, please call the Police…

Suspect in 2015 Selma Murder Still On the Loose

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Selma police are still searching for a suspect connected to a 2015 murder. Officials have released two photos of Alfred Parnell in hopes that the public can help locate him. He is wanted for one count of Murder in a shooting that happened at the end of December 2015. The incident resulted in the death of 38-year-old Antoine Stallworth. Glentravious Olds…

Pike Road Convenience Store Robbed at Gun Point

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A suspect is on the loose after an armed robbery at a Pike Road Convenience Store. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says an unknown male held the clerk at gun point while taking an undetermined amount of money. It happened at around 7:35 Sunday night at the store in the 7200 block Troy Highway.   Details are limited, but no injuries were reported. The suspect…

Georgia Woman Killed in I-85 Crash

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A LaGrange, Georgia woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Macon County, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials. Lana Daniel, 81, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban she was driving was hit by a 2007 Cadillac Escalade on Interstate 85. The crash occurred at 11:47 AM at the 44 mile marker. Daniel was transported to a local hospital where she died from…

Rain & Storms Monday, Then Sunny and Warm

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RAIN & STORMS RETURN: Overnight, we are going to see our clouds increase and rain chances will be on the way up as well. Starting the new work week, you are going to near umbrellas as periods of rain will occur through out the day on Monday as an area of low pressure moves across the state. Over the southern…

Cold Tonight, Rain Returns, then Much Warmer

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SUNNY SUNDAY: Sunday will be very similar to Saturday, but we can expect our afternoon highs to be a few degrees warmer. We are forecasting mid to upper 50s for much of South-Central Alabama. Late in the day, clouds are expected to increase from the north, and there could be a few showers tomorrow night over the northern portions of…

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