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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Prattville native and former Alabama football player Kevin Turner was laid to rest Sunday at Hunter Hills Church of Christ. Turner played in the NFL for the Eagles and the Patriots. In 2010 he was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. Turner…
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GOODMAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Emergency Management Agency has identified the four people who were killed in a helicopter crash in southeast Alabama. Alabama EMA spokesman Greg Robinson said Sunday the victims who died in the crash were pilot…
The Montgomery County Republican Executive Committee is the latest group to call for Governor Robert Bentley to resign. This comes after the governor admitted to an inappropriate relationship with senior staffer Rebecca Mason. The group passed a resolution which said…
With Easter just around the corner, the children of Pike Road got the opportunity to grab their Easter baskets and find as many eggs as they could today. There were 20,000 eggs hidden and four different Easter egg hunts for…
The attorney general's office has asked to delay House Speaker Mike Hubbard's upcoming ethics trial because of a prosecutor's knee surgery. Hubbard has a pretrial conference on March 29 and the trial set to being April 11. Prosecutor Matt Hart…
GOODMAN, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Emergency Management Agency says four people were killed in a helicopter crash in southeast Alabama. Alabama EMA spokesman Greg Robinson says three crew members and a patient were aboard the ambulance helicopter when the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Robert Bentley's senior political adviser says her company was paid $91,000 last year for consulting work for the governor and his agenda. Rebekah Caldwell Mason on Friday released a summary of payments after questions about…
18 cadets graduated from the Montgomery Police Academy Friday. The graduation comes just 1 day after a Montgomery Police Officer made a court appearance on murder charges in the shooting death of a Montgomery man. The graduation reminded cadets to…
On March 24th a line of severe thunderstorms passed through Crenshaw County. Most damage was caused by strong straight line winds from these thunderstorms.
Traffic stopped as people slowly processed around downtown Montgomery. Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus was led to the cross and crucified. It's an important day for many, including Marinella Lentis who organized this event. "It's the greatest act of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a former assistant police chief has been sentenced for beating a man during an interrogation, making false statements and selling drugs. Authorities said in a release Friday that 41-year-old former assistant Tallassee police…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has permanently struck down an Alabama law that required abortion doctors to obtain admitting privileges at a local hospital. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson entered the order Friday declaring the state abortion law,…
Steven Joshua Dinkle, 30, a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was arraigned in federal court on March 22, 2016 on charges of being a felon in possession of…
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Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate is 6.2%. “The momentum that we are seeing in our employment numbers continues to be encouraging,” Governor Robert Bentley said. “Our mission to provide all Alabamians…
A 10-year old boy is credited with possibly saving lives Thursday. The young boy was a passenger in a vehicle in which the driver was having a diabetic episode and was hindered…
The Montgomery Advertiser, the largest daily newspaper remaining in Alabama, is calling for Governor Bentley to resign. They write that Bentley has "lost control of his judgment and trounced the public’s trust in his leadership"...that his actions are "degrading not only…
