Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is maintaining a large fundraising lead over Democratic challenger Parker Griffith. The Republican incumbent has raised more than $5 million in contributions in his quest to win a second term. Campaign fundraising reports filed Wednesday show that Bentley added more than $400,000 to his campaign war chest in August. Griffith raised $12,920 in August. Griffith has…
A special Montgomery project got a big donation earlier today.
The Helping Montgomery Families Initiative received a $50,000 check.
Democratic Attorney General candidate Joe Hubbard is settling a lawsuit accusing him of defaming a security company. Hubbard represented National Security of Alabama when it filed a lawsuit last year, challenging the awarding of a legislative security contract to DSI Security Services. The suit alleged Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard had ties to DSI. DSI said no relationship…
Efforts to renovate and reopen a historic Tallassee theatre are getting a boost from the city council.
The former Centennial Hill bar and Grill in Montgomery may reopen. But the mothers of the shooting victims are protesting to city council. Two weeks ago, the council voted against allowing someone to rent the building because it doesn’t have a sprinkler system. Now some say they don’t want the former club open under any circumstance. Shirley Thomas lost her son, rapper Doe…
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s office says two more people are arrested in connection with a shooting in the Waugh community. Kyrice Mushat and Terry Jackson Junior are both charged with Capital Muder. Sheriff’s officials say the shooting happened Friday at the intersection of Marler Road and Saint James Church Loop in the Waugh community. They found a woman with gunshot wounds, who…
Montgomery police are conducting an investigation at the Quality Roof Inn and Suites on Carmichael Road. We are also awaiting word on the nature of this investigation. Sources say that the incidents in Wetumpka and Montgomery could be related. Categories: News
It’s a busy day for law enforcement across the area. Wetumpka police launch an investigation at Faith Baptist Church. No one has confirmed what has occurred at the scene yet, but we have been told that the Alabama Bureau of Investigation is on the scene. Categories: News
Hundreds of items belonging to the state are going up for auction in Montgomery. Wednesday’s auction will be held at a warehouse on Mobile Highway owned by the surplus property division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. The auction includes 434 items ranging from vehicles and computers to office furniture and supplies. The auction begins at 8…
A new Stanford University study of nearly 200,000 women with breast cancer found patients treated with a lumpectomy and radiation survive as long as patients who had a double mastectomy.
