Military veteran Alvin Edwards signed up for the service as a teenager. "I joined the Marine Corps on my 17th birthday in 1963," said Edwards. He went to Vietnam in 1965. "I was in Marine aircraft group 16. We flew…
Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka was built by the French in 1717. "It was the first European outpost north of Mobile," said Ned Jenkins of the Alabama Historical Commission. This week's Frontier Days marked Fort Toulouse's historical significance as a center for…
It appears the Montgomery Public School Board has had a change of heart. After much public outcry and a recently released feasibility study, board members in a specially called meeting not to sell Georgia Washington Middle School to the town…
Set up in front of St. James United Methodist Church, a tent takes you to two children's lives on the other side of the globe. Headset narration guides you through the tour. It's called the Compassion Experience. "So the story…
Parents and concerned citizens made one last push before the vote of the Georgia Washington Middle School sale to Pike Road. Thursday night was the last of two hearings before…
For a little over a year now, Friendship Mission Thrift Store has been helping those dealing with homelessness one purchase at a time. The thrift store helps fund 2 homeless…
A Park Crossing freshman football player is in the hospital with devastating injuries. Now his coach and team are rallying around his family to do what they can to help.…
"My heart and my prayers go out to the family of that state worker that was out there working" said Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham. He offers his condolences to the…
An adult male sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound while in the parking lot of a Baptist South Hospital. Baptist Medical South security confirms an incident is under investigation. Baptist Medical security received a call around 1:30 pm for an alert Montgomery police…
Timothy Jabbar Wyatt is now in police custody. The Chilton County Sheriff’s Department reported on October 31, that the blue Ford Taurus that Wyatt was driving was found in Clanton. On October 30, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Wyatt entered the victim’s…
Family and friends of Kelvin Cooley, the man shot to death in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse last week, came together Tuesday night. They held a vigil to remember his…
In about 3 weeks, what's left of the Webber Building in Downtown Montgomery will be no more. The building was taken over by a company called Marjam, last year. One City…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating an afternoon car crash involving three pedestrians that resulted in one death and two non-life-threatening injuries. On Tuesday, October 31, around 11:30 a.m., Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to the 4000 block of…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that a former Prattville police officer pleaded guilty to felony counts of burglary, attempted burglary, theft, and impersonating a police officer in Autauga County. John Wayne McDaniel Jr., 48, of Prattville pleaded guilty Monday to…
Montgomery Public Schools now has an approved budget for the 2018 Fiscal School year. MPS Chief Education Officer, Dr. Reginald Eggleston, approved the budget without a vote from the school board. The budget does not include the sale of Georgia…
City of Montgomery officials will not impose a curfew for trick-or-treating this Halloween, but Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange suggests trick-or-treaters wrap it up by 8 p.m. The Montgomery Police Department will increase patrols in neighborhoods from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Additionally,…
Montgomery Regional Airport will begin offering direct flights to the nation's capital next year. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that airport officials announced Monday that American Airlines service to Washington's Reagan National Airport is set to begin June 7, 2018, as…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a car crash that resulted in one pedestrian fatality. On Monday, October 30, at about 6:30 p.m., Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to the 1000 block of East South Boulevard in reference to a…
Parents and concerned citizens showed up at Georgia Washington Middle School gym ready to let the board know they were not happy. "Just coming here to be pacified. That's…
A bomb threat to a Bullock County High School, a threat of mass casualties in Crenshaw County Schools, and hearsay of a shooting at Troy University; all examples of costly rumors.…
On October 26, between 9:10 and 9:15 p.m., an unknown male robbed the H&K gas station located at the corner of Highway 111 and Highway 14 in Wetumpka. According to witnesses, the suspect was driving a silver or beige Ford…
A three-vehicle crash on Sunday, October 29, claimed the life of a Billingsley man. Matthew Blair Prebula, 23, was killed when the 2015 Dodge Ram he was driving side-swiped a 2017 Nissan Altima before striking a guardrail. The Dodge was…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that a Montgomery credit repair company has been permanently closed by court order at the request of his office. The order was part of a settlement the Attorney General’s Office reached with Scott’s Credit Repair…
On Saturday, October 28, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 3100 block of Rane Drive in reference to a shooting of two subjects. Upon arrival, they located an adult male who had sustained a non-life threatening injury and was…
Authorities say an Alabama man who fell into a river has drowned. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Corporal Jess Thornton told Al.com that the body of 42-year old George Zeigler was recovered near where he fell into the Coosa River on…
