VOICES for Alabama’s Children, the state’s longest-standing child advocacy organization, announced its top policy priorities this week, focusing on clear-cut solutions to issues affecting Alabama’s children and families. This progressive policy agenda urges lawmakers to prioritize Alabama’s children during the…
The Obama administration has approved a small Alabama tractor company to become the first U.S. factory in Cuba in more than half a century. The two-man Alabama firm will build a plant to assemble as many as 1,000 small tractors…
A suspect is on the loose after an armed robbery at a Pike Road Convenience Store. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says an unknown male held the clerk at gun point while taking an undetermined amount of money. It happened at around 7:35 Sunday…
A LaGrange, Georgia woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Macon County, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials. Lana Daniel, 81, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban she was driving was hit by a 2007 Cadillac Escalade on Interstate 85. The…
[gtxvideo vid="kzoEsod1" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kzoEsod1-120.jpg?cachebust=1455507248074" vtitle="GUN RANGE V-DAY"] Valentine's Day is not usually a day associated with a shooting range, but that is exactly where many couples chose to spend the romantic holiday. Couples like Jennifer Black and Michael Cook…
A suspicious death investigation in Andalusia is now a murder investigation, and an arrest has already been made. 18 year old Diamond Crittenden is now charged with the murder of 81 year old Charles Taliaferro. Andalusia police responded Saturday, February…
[gtxvideo vid="e9TFNxXQ" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/e9TFNxXQ-120.jpg?cachebust=1455420024450" vtitle="NUTTER VISIT"] For Michael Nutter, the former mayor of Philadelphia, its an honor to stop into Montgomery, while campaigning for Hillary Clinton. "Part of it is quite frankly to remind folks about this great history…
[gtxvideo vid="wzJAk2Dq" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wzJAk2Dq-120.jpg?cachebust=1455420081331" vtitle="art preview"] The Montgomery museum of fine art is previewing some impressive pieces up for auction soon. Art critics from the museum traveled across the county to find some really special works of art. You…
Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died. He was 79. The U.S. Marshal's Service in Washington confirmed Scalia's death at a private residence in the Big Bend area of South Texas. The…
[gtxvideo vid="sViU6Dd4" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sViU6Dd4-120.jpg?cachebust=1455419857898" vtitle="healthy heart"] Ahead of Valentine's Day, Saturday was the perfect chance to check up on the health of your heart. Baptist Medical Center held its fifth annual love your heart screening event. For just twenty dollars the…
[gtxvideo vid="WMiuO2cp" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WMiuO2cp-120.jpg?cachebust=1455419768767" vtitle="LOVE RUN"] Brantwood Children's Home held its 5th annual love run. About 100 racers came out to make the trek through downtown Montgomery. Brantwood is about to celebrate it's 100th anniversary. The home is a…
[gtxvideo vid="3TpkLh9Z" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3TpkLh9Z-120.jpg?cachebust=1455550795072" vtitle="These magic moments"] Meet Anya Montelara. She is an 8 year old that is full of life. Friday night she put on her special skates to do something she looks forward to every year. "Skating…
CAPE HILL, Ala. (AP) - Police say a Tallapoosa County military academy employee accused of having sex with two students on the school's campus has been arrested. Camp Hill Police Chief Johnny Potts told local news media that Susan Petty…
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Right fight; wrong strategy. That's what many ranchers and sympathizers of the armed occupation at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon have concluded. They say the weekslong standoff that ended Thursday with the arrests of the…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Lawyers for Bill Cosby are trying again to have the comedian's sex assault case in Pennsylvania dismissed. They say Cosby had an agreement with a former prosecutor that he would never be charged over the 2004 encounter…
An Alabama woman serving life without parole in her granddaughter's running death has died. A prison spokesman says 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard died Friday, five days after being stricken at the state's women's prison. The cause of death wasn't immediately…
[gtxvideo vid="ts4Vfc9A" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ts4Vfc9A-120.jpg?cachebust=1455550914982" vtitle="Senate opposition"] We are less than three week's away from Alabama voters hitting the polls for the primaries. And there's one crowded race to keep an eye on. Senator Richard Shelby's seat is facing opposition…
Its tax season and millions of people are sharing their personal information. But some try to take advantage of tax payers. Tax Preparers say to be alert and file early. Be mindful that the IRS will never send emails or…
[gtxvideo vid="8Yczgfpm" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8Yczgfpm-120.jpg?cachebust=1455320321192" vtitle="WAKA_2016_02_12_16_59_32"] One of the governor's priorities this year is bringing high speed broadband to everyone in the state. He made the announcement in his state of the state last week, and is already working to…
Efforts to eliminate the sales tax on groceries in Alabama and food access and equity policies will be among the topics discussed during the second annual “Hungry for Justice: Student Poverty and Hunger Summit” on Feb. 19 at Troy University’s…
An Auburn man has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography. Phillip D. Brantley, 22-years old, is charged with five felony counts of possession of child pornography. Auburn police say they launched the investigation after obtaining information from the…
A Marshall County judge has sentenced a north Alabama man to death for the second time in the 2009 death of the pregnant wife. Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/20sXG0V ) that Circuit Judge Tim Riley resentenced 36-year-old Jessie Phillips on Friday. Phillips…
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is planning to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Montgomery on Saturday. Nutter will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon during the Alabama Democratic Conference's annual conference on Saturday. Prior to speaking…
The Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a career fair for police officer, correction officer, and firefighter jobs. The career fair is scheduled for Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 1 p.m. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is located at 2106 Mill…
An Alabama family has lost its fight over artifacts supposedly owned by the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson. The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in a lawsuit filed by the estate…
