Governor Robert Bentley on Monday will kick off the inaugural meeting of the Every Student Succeeds Act Implementation Committee. The 27-member committee was created in March 2016 by Governor Bentley with Executive Order 16. The committee includes superintendents and members…
More than 250 inmates are still refusing to work in a protest at two Alabama prisons. Corrections spokesman Bob Horton says about 220 men are participating in the work stoppage at Elmore prison. Corrections officers there are doing kitchen and…
[gtxvideo vid="dMoX3MKC" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/dMoX3MKC-120.jpg?cachebust=1462810404530" vtitle="hs students graduate troyu"] Two high school seniors are fortunate to earn associate degrees before their high school diploma. Cody Johnson and Dakota Wood, both of Goshen High School completed Pike Count'y School's First in…
Lawyers for an Alabama death row inmate are asking a federal court to stop his execution next week, saying he is incompetent because of mental illness, strokes and dementia. Attorneys for 65-year-old Vernon Madison filed the emergency stay request Wednesday…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in Thursday, May 5, shooting death of 20-year-old Steven Merriweather of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged, Shaundarius Brown, 18 of Montgomery, with one count of capital murder. Brown turned himself in later that afternoon to MPD…
Jim Wilson and Associates presented a fundraising challenge to Park Crossing High School – agreeing to match funds raised during the school year up to $20,000. The school accepted the challenge and, through a series of events, raised more than $45,000. Representatives…
[gtxvideo vid="MYxEicXs" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MYxEicXs-120.jpg?cachebust=1462544841275" vtitle="tim sweep pkg"] Dirt is being turned on a piece of land in the shadow of the ASU Football Stadium in Montgomery. It's the first physical sign that work on the long-awaited interpretive center for…
President Obama has commuted the sentence of a Montgomery man convicted of drug crimes, but has taken no action to pardon former Governor Don Siegelman, who is in the same prison at the freed convict. The pardons are part of…
[gtxvideo vid="S9KRMnhL" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/S9KRMnhL-120.jpg?cachebust=1462548886963" vtitle="prayer day"] Dozens of people filled the square in downtown Troy for National Day of Prayer Thursday. The service started and ended with prayer. It included a devotional led by Luke Lane of Troy's First…
[gtxvideo vid="sT9NXGtj" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sT9NXGtj-120.jpg?cachebust=1462543852579" vtitle="selma prayer day"] From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Folks in Selma mark the National Day of Prayer with three separate ceremonies around town. People crossed racial and denominational lines to come together and pray for…
General Motors is on track to resume full operations at four North American plants where vehicle assembly was halted because of supply chain interruptions caused by earthquakes in Japan last month. Manufacturing that was put on hold on April 25…
Vape away. Increasingly popular e-cigarettes and cigar varieties could be exempt from some government safety regulations if House Republicans have their way. It's a move that alarms Democrats and public health advocates who argue that it could lead to unsafe products.…
Mortgage giant Fannie Mae posted net income of $1.1 billion for the first quarter, down from a year ago as declining interest rates reduced the value of the financial instruments it uses to hedge against rate swings. The results announced…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he disappointed in the failure of his prison construction bill, but said he "will not give up on this." The governor said Thursday that he would not rule out a special session at some point,…
Some low-income and elderly Alabama residents who need help reducing their utility bills will get assistance from $950,000 in grants awarded by Gov. Robert Bentley. The grants are supporting Alabama’s Weatherization Assistance Program which provides funds to improve the energy…
Tempers flared in the Alabama House of Representatives over a pair of abortion-related bills. The House of Representatives ultimately passed both bills. One would shutter any abortion clinic within 2,000 feet of a K-8 public school. The other would ban…
Police are investigating a body found in Crenshaw County. The body was discovered in the woods of a Crenshaw County community. The identity of the body and no other details were released, as the Crenshaw County Sheriffs Department continue to…
The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a homicide investigation following the shooting death Wednesday, May 4, of 22-year-old Demetrius Kelly of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 100 block Kiwanis Street at about 12:30 p.m. after receiving a report of shots…
[gtxvideo vid="B11jZTwm" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/B11jZTwm-120.jpg?cachebust=1462468569772" vtitle="mill fire"] The 1841 Mt. Vernon Cotton Mill in Tallassee was destroyed by an overnight fire. Â More than a hundred firefighters brought the fire under control early this morning, but they were not able to…
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge in New York has sentenced an Alabama resident to prison for shooting a man in the face outside a New Year's Eve party in 1991. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson says 55-year-old Derrick Lloyd…
[gtxvideo vid="TFBPuC6B" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/TFBPuC6B-120.jpg?cachebust=1462466101514" vtitle="asu mourn"] Thursday, ASU students will remember the life of fellow student, Demetrius Bell. The ASU Student Government Association will host a candlelight vigil in honor of Bell. SGA President Shane Parks will preside over…
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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's prison construction bill has failed on the final night of the legislative session. Lawmakers ended the session at midnight Wednesday before a scaled-back bill, that was an attempt at a compromise, got a vote in the…
[gtxvideo vid="c8yUZSIF" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/c8yUZSIF-120.jpg?cachebust=1462468202238" vtitle="wilcox school assault"] From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Allegations of an elementary school teacher physically assaulting a student are under investigation in Wilcox County. Kimberly Perryman wants justice when it comes to her son. The…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed legislation into law to legalize the possession of medicinal marijuana oil. Bentley on Wednesday signed the bill to allow people to bring cannabidiol into the state for medical purposes. Bentley says patients with debilitating…
