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45th Annual Calico Forts Arts and Crafts Fair

Many people today enjoyed the beautiful weather by attending the 45th Annual Calico Forts Arts and Crafts Fair. The group expected thousands to show up for the event and they were certainly prepared. The lions club cooked up 18 hundred…

Central Alabama Crawfish Festival

The Selma lions club held their central Alabama craw-fish festival today. The group expected thousands to show up for the event.The lions club cooked up to eighteen hundred pounds of craw-fish. It wasn't just food on the menu, there was also live…

AEA Names New Executive Director

The Alabama Education Association has hired a new executive director. Brenda Pike will take over the top spot with AEA on May 16th. A native of Gadsden, Pike currently serves as the Executive Director of the Indiana State Teachers Association.…

MPD Investigation Shooting in South Montgomery

  Montgomery police are investigating a shooting on the city's south side. It happened in the 200 block of Southlawn drive at about 9:30 p.m Friday. Police say one victim was taken to the hospital with live threatening injuries. Keep…

Montgomery Continuing Work To Connect Ann St. And Federal Dr.

[gtxvideo vid="aIsVxqPa" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/aIsVxqPa-120.jpg?cachebust=1460390905799" vtitle="ann st widen"] It's a big project moving a road from one spot to another. The city of Montgomery has been working for almost a year to figure out exactly how to make Ann Street…

Faulkner Hosts Annual Fred Gray Civil Rights Symposium

[gtxvideo vid="tyqtRTeE" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tyqtRTeE-120.jpg?cachebust=1460140145186" vtitle="fred gray faulkner"] Law students came out for a dose of encouragement and inspiration. Faulkner held their 11th annual Fred Gray Civil Rights Symposium. This year's theme focused on racial profiling, and the job of…

Sears Closing Store at Eastdale Mall in Montgomery

[gtxvideo vid="6QWHVXC9" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6QWHVXC9-120.jpg?cachebust=1460125254854" vtitle="sears closing"] Sears will be closing its store and auto center at Eastdale Mall in Montgomery, Alabama News Network has confirmed. The department store and auto center will close June 26, according to David Hagood,…

Tornado Hits Pike Road Neighborhood

[gtxvideo vid="MOxbeTOY" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MOxbeTOY-120.jpg?cachebust=1460051315569" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_07_12_00_31"] The National Weather Service confirms an EF-0 tornado touched down at Pike Road Village Park, knocking down trees, and causing major damage. Neighbors say the storm hit the area around 11:00 p.m. Some suffered…

Montgomery Launches Summer Jobs Program

The City of Montgomery today launched the 2016 City of Montgomery Summer Jobs Program, a pilot program designed to offer job opportunities to Montgomery youth ages 17-21 years old to work 20-30 hours per week as office staff, light laborers,…

Prattville Drainage Ditch Update

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Prison Reform Continues Alongside Construction Plans

[gtxvideo vid="bmFDCo94" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bmFDCo94-120.jpg?cachebust=1460041103717" vtitle="prison reform"] The governor’s plan to build four new state of the art prisons continues to move forward, passing in the senate Tuesday night. It’s not all about construction though. Lawmakers are working on another plan…

Some Lawmakers Push to Legalize Midwives in the State

[gtxvideo vid="iHWgrWCX" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iHWgrWCX-120.jpg?cachebust=1460040333637" vtitle="midwifery"] Midwives are women who help a mother who chooses to give birth at home. Some lawmakers are proposing a bill that would legalize midwifery in the state. It's been an ongoing issue for mothers for decades.…

City of Montgomery Commemorate National Walking Day

[gtxvideo vid="9zuOropm" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9zuOropm-120.jpg?cachebust=1460041070269" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_06_22_15_45"] On Wednesday, April 6, Montgomery citizens will lace up their sneakers and move forward to commemorate the annual National Walking Day. Alabama State University will host a National Walking Day event from 10:30 a.m. until…

Reaction to Governor Impeachment Plans

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Remembering W.B. Doby High School in Wetumpka

[gtxvideo vid="XbnOBf8h" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XbnOBf8h-120.jpg?cachebust=1459889655642" vtitle="wise interview"] Graduates of W.B. Doby High School in Wetumpka are planning a special ceremony to remember their school. Doby High School was an all-black high school that existed during the time that Alabama schools…

Residents React to Victoryland Reopening

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MPD Offer More Two-Officer Patrol Teams

More two-officer police teams are patrolling in Montgomery, Alabama, after a white officer on solo patrol shot and killed a black man in February. Police Chief Ernest Finley says two-man patrol units have been assigned to six "high-crime" districts in…

Students Excited About Harvey Partnership

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Autism Crawfish boil

Today was the twelfth annual autism craw-fish boil held by the Easter seals of Alabama. Over two tons of craw-fish was prepared with the expectation of serving over one thousand three hundred people. The event is designed to help those who can't…

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