Meet Anya Montelara. She is an 8 year old that is full of life. Friday night she put on her special skates to do something she looks forward to every year. “Skating rinks, we have pizza, we do crafts and then we leave. And it’s really fun because people are nice there and I meet new people each year,” said…
An Alabama woman serving life without parole in her granddaughter’s running death has died. A prison spokesman says 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard died Friday, five days after being stricken at the state’s women’s prison. The cause of death wasn’t immediately available, but defense attorney Dani Bone says Garrard apparently suffered a heart attack. Garrard was convicted of killing 9-year-old Savannah…
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is planning to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Montgomery on Saturday. Nutter will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon during the Alabama Democratic Conference’s annual conference on Saturday. Prior to speaking at the ADC luncheon, Nutter will join Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed for a tour of locally-owned African American…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says an Elmore County woman has died of injuries she suffered in a one-car crash. Sgt. Steve Jarrett says 71-year-old Billie Speigner of Deatsville died Thursday, Feb. 11 from injuries in the crash that had happened two days earlier. Jarrett says the car she was driving had struck a ditch. He says Speigner was not…
The town of Sylacauga is known for it’s rich, white marble and for something a little extra-terrestrial. Â Back in 1954, a meteorite burned through the sky and eventually smashed through a home and hit a woman. Â The woman lived but the legend of the Hodges Meteorite was born. Nowadays, there’s a beautiful marble sculpture to the meteorite on display for…
Multiple police agencies in the area are investigating a car theft in Prattville. On Friday, February 5 around 9:10 AM, a red 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Pick-Up Truck with Alabama license plate 29AS590 was stolen. It was taken from a gas pump at a convenience store in the 2100 block of Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville. The stolen vehicle is registered to an Eclectic…
Republicans were unable to muster enough votes to put “right-to-work” language in the Alabama Constitution saying workers can’t be required to join unions. The proposed constitutional amendment narrowly failed in the House of Representatives. Lawmakers were three votes short of the 63 needed. The proposal is largely symbolic since Alabama is already a “right-to-work’ state. State law for decades has…
State prosecutors are firing back at House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s claims of misconduct in his ethics case, calling them “a desperate last minute attempt to avoid a trial.” Prosecutors filed a response Thursday to the defense accusation that a political consultant had dozens of conservations with lead prosecutor matt Hart. Baron Coleman wrote in defense affidavit that he used the…
Louisiana’s U.S. senators and environmental groups are blasting the White House for proposing to help Alaska deal with rising seas by taking money away from similar efforts along the Gulf Coast. In its proposed budget for 2017, the White House said Tuesday it wanted to repeal a 2006 provision that establishes a formula for sharing revenues from offshore drilling in…
Montgomery Police have arrested a third suspect in a 2015 homicide investigation. 18-year-old Jaderrian Hardy of Montgomery has been charged with one count of capital murder in the murder 18-year-old Brandon Brown of Montgomery. Hardy was charged Tuesday in the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he is being held on an unrelated charge. Brown was shot in the 5700 block of Gas Light Curve…
