A top political aide to Governor Robert Bentley is resigning, a week after he apologized for making inappropriate remarks to her. Rebekah Caldwell Mason said in a statement Wednesday that she is resigning as Bentley's senior policy analyst. The decision…
A two-vehicle crash, claimed the lives of Wetumpka siblings . The driver of a 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis, Broderick Lewis, 20, and a passenger, Brea Lewis, 22, were killed when their vehicle collided with a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup. Both…
Authorities are investigating a highway crash that claimed the life of a 4-year-old boy. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the wreck happened Tuesday afternoon in Chilton County, about 9 miles south of Clanton. The Alabama Highway Patrol said the boy…
A Montgomery police officer has been arrested and charged with second-degree sodomy in connection with a sexual assault. A court affidavit says 23-year-old Morris Leon Williams is charged with sexually assaulting an adult woman unable to consent "by reason of…
No immediate details, but a school bus rammed a brick wall at the Deer Creek Subdivision on Ray Thorington Road this morning. Police say there were students on the bus at the time of crash. The driver suffered minor injuries.…
Boeing is laying off some four-thousand workers in Washington State as it deals with pressure from Airbus: "Staffing reductions through mid-year, including hundreds of executives and managers, are projected to total approximately 4,000 positions -- none of which involve…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is out with ratings for car headlights, and only one of the cars tested got a "good" rating. That was the Toyota Prius V. Several cars assembled in Alabama were on the "poor" list:…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A judge has refused to dismiss ethics charges against House Speaker Mike Hubbard. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker on Tuesday rejected Hubbard's request to dismiss the case for allegations of prosecutor misconduct. Walker, in a…
A Montgomery police officer has resigned after being arrested for fleeing a crash scene. Montgomery Department of Public Safety Spokeswoman Martha Earnhardt said in a statement that 22-year-old G.T. Farris was involved in a two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning. Police…
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The State of Alabama Ethics Commission have decided to move forward with the request by State Auditor, Jim Ziegler, to investigate the misuse of state and campaign resources. Reports of possible violations of the Alabama Ethics Law by Governor Robert…
A Huntsville man who worked as a teacher's aide at Falkville High School is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student. Hartselle police say in a statement that 25-year-old David Thomas Solomon turned himself in to police Monday. He…
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Montgomery, Ala. – Audrey Valisha Porterfield, 44, of Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to steal federal funds, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Previously, all six of Porterfield’s co-defendants pleaded guilty to the same…
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Authorities believe that a turkey hunter accidentally shot and killed himself after he fell down a ravine in southern Alabama. Covington County Chief Deputy David Anderson tells news outlets that the body of 67-year-old Jonathan Hugh Sellers was found dead…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama collector who bought a Confederate soldier's jacket is fighting to keep it after leaders of a New Orleans museum said the piece was stolen in the 1980s. Joe Fitzgerald of Huntsville said in a…
On Sunday March 27, at approximately 12:30 am, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department was notified of a shooting which reportedly occurred on Hayes Mill Road in Tallapoosa County. Upon the arrival of Deputies and Investigators with the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s…
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A judge has postponed House Speaker Mike Hubbard's ethics trial that had been scheduled to start next month. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker on Monday agreed to delay the trial while a prosecutor recovers from knee surgery. The attorney…
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