Alabama A&M University has fired a tenured professor after the school discovered videos of him participating in sexual activity with two students on campus. The school fired Edward Jones, who worked more than 20 years at Alabama A&M. According to…
Friday, April 1st, Demopolis Police Department School Resource Officers responded to a call of a student in possession of a gun at school. DPD School Resource Officers and Demopolis City School Officials were able to take possession of a .38…
[gtxvideo vid="vHpfLQPK" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vHpfLQPK-120.jpg?cachebust=1459540194920" vtitle="bullock co humane society"] It's been one year since six dogs were stolen from the Bullock County Humane Society shelter because of a lack of security features. Since then there's been some major upgrades. The…
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The King Center will bestow its highest honor, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize to Mr. Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The ceremony will take place…
A train has derailed in eastern Alabama, but officials say no injuries were reported. The Lee County Emergency Management Agency said in a written statement that the train left the tracks Friday morning in Opelika. The agency said no hazardous…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer working undercover in southern Alabama is hospitalized after he was shot during a gun battle that also left a suspect seriously wounded. Mobile Police Department spokesman Terence Perkins tells The Associated…
A single-vehicle crash yesterday, March 31, claimed the life of a Shorter woman. Annie Tarver, 62, was killed when the 2006 Kia Optima she was driving collided with a CSX train at the railroad crossing on Wares Ferry Road and…
The strong storms that moved through the area left some damage behind in parts of Montgomery. Several large trees were knocked down on Perry Hill Road, near Goodwyn Jr. High School. At 9:45 p.m., there are approximately 3,690 Alabama Power…
[gtxvideo vid="Xs7k7UHF" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Xs7k7UHF-120.jpg?cachebust=1459528068089" vtitle="prattville breakins"] James Walker's surveillance video shows four unknown males getting out of a small vehicle. The suspects search a Jeep Wrangler and Honda Accord. One of the subjects appeared to be branding a handgun. "I had a…
[gtxvideo vid="hKhPO1s8" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hKhPO1s8-120.jpg?cachebust=1459531787378" vtitle="bails bond app"] With all the crime we report, you often don't hear about what happens next. When you are taken down to the station and charged, you may have to post bond and that…
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Starting in April, Alabama will cut almost 45,000 people’s access to the food assistance program known as SNAP (commonly known as food stamps), increasing hunger and hardship for some of the state’s poorest residents. Many Alabama citizens may not know…
Attorney General Luther Strange hailed the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision Thursday against VictoryLand as a resounding victory for the rule of law and the definitive word that electronic bingo is illegal in Alabama. “The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling is abundantly clear that…
[gtxvideo vid="fdTRUsPL" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/fdTRUsPL-120.jpg?cachebust=1459527106911" vtitle="bentley at tutweiler"] This isn't the first time Governor Robert Bentley has walked the halls of Tutwiler Women's Prison. But this is probably the biggest crowd of reporters he's ever had with him. Even though…
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The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in Monday, March 28, 2016, shooting death of 16-year-old Kourtney Richardson of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged Floyd Burnett, 19, of Montgomery, with one count of murder. Burnett turned himself in to MPD detectives on…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) today, March 31, welcomed Sheriffs’ Offices and other law enforcement partners from across the state to celebrate the fact that Alabama has reached 100 percent participation in Project Lifesaver International. The program is designed…
Carl A. Stockton, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, begins July 1 as the next chancellor for Auburn University at Montgomery. Stockton was selected Thursday after a national search by unanimous vote of…
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Nationally acclaimed star of television, radio and film, Steve Harvey, will be hosting a news conference at Alabama State University on Saturday,April 2 at 6 p.m. at the ASU Stadium. Harvey will be joined by ASU President Gwendolyn E. Boyd and Hornet head…
Looking for a Career? Community Action is hosting a community Job Fair!! Join them on Friday April 1st 9am-2pm. Prattville Doster Center: 424 S. Northington Street Prattville Al 36067 The Following business will be on site and accepting applications: Prattville Health…
Authorities have concluded that a 19-year-old inmate who was found unresponsive in his Montgomery cell last year died of a drug overdose. District Attorney Daryl Bailey told the Montgomery Advertiser on Wednesday that a grand jury found no reason to…
[gtxvideo vid="LRsCw4iJ" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LRsCw4iJ-120.jpg?cachebust=1459435131597" vtitle="elmore co runoff"] It may seem like the primary election earlier this month is a thing of the past, but not so fast the runoff election is right around the corner. One Elmore County commission…
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