HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is giving up on plans to construct new reactors at its unfinished, multibillion-dollar Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in northeast Alabama. Construction began at Bellefonte in 1974 and has been on hold since 1988.…
Amy Waters of Montgomery has joined the staff of Troy University’s Montgomery Campus as Director of Community Outreach, Dr. Lance Tatum, Montgomery Campus Vice Chancellor, has announced. A public relations, marketing and fundraising professional with more than 14 years of…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Police say two female students died in a shooting at a high school in a Phoenix suburb. Glendale Officer Tracey Breeden told reporters Friday that both victims were 15-year-old girls and were shot once. She says…
In conjunction with the Alabama Department of Commerce Workforce Development Division, Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington announced today that a youth employment program is available through the Alabama Career Center System for Alabama’s 18-24 year old young adults who are not…
A Florence police officer has been credited with saving the life of a man who says his 71-year-old wife stabbed him multiple times and then sprayed him with paint. Florence Police Chief Ron Tyler tells news outlets that the unidentified…
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Multiple police agencies in the area are investigating a car theft in Prattville. On Friday, February 5 around 9:10 AM, a red 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Pick-Up Truck with Alabama license plate 29AS590 was stolen. It was taken from a gas pump at…
An update on a Clarke County man who has been missing since last month - Wilcox County Sheriff Earnest Evans tells Alabama News Network that a person of interest in the disappearance of 27 year old Hy-Shawn Curry is in custody. Curry…
[gtxvideo vid="JHG1OGJ5" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JHG1OGJ5-120.jpg?cachebust=1455293717316" vtitle="ANN street public hearing"] Some changes are coming to the busy intersection at Ann Street and the interstate. State transportation officials say they will be expanding sidewalks, adding crosswalks and changing some traffic patterns. It's…
Republicans were unable to muster enough votes to put "right-to-work" language in the Alabama Constitution saying workers can't be required to join unions. The proposed constitutional amendment narrowly failed in the House of Representatives. Lawmakers were three votes short of…
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Attorney General Luther Strange today announced a settlement with Dallas-based MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. The settlement resolves a multistate investigation which focused on complaints of consumers who used MoneyGram’s wire transfer service to send money to third parties involved in schemes to defraud consumers.…
Today, President Obama nominated Judge Abdul K. Kallon to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. "Judge Kallon has a long and impressive record of service and a history of handing down fair and judicious…
The Healthy Minds Network was notified on Jan. 5 by SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation that Montgomery County and the Healthy Minds Network had been selected to receive one of the 2016 Sequential Intercept Mapping workshops. Matthew Robbins, Project…
Pulitzer Prize winner Hank Klibanoff told a Troy University audience Thursday that through the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Case Project, he and his students are dealing with unfinished business about the injustices of decades past. Klibanoff served as the keynote…
A lawyer says the wife of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son to die in a hot SUV is seeking a divorce. Attorney Lawrence Zimmerman said in an emailed statement that Leanna Harris has filed for…
State prosecutors are firing back at House Speaker Mike Hubbard's claims of misconduct in his ethics case, calling them "a desperate last minute attempt to avoid a trial." Prosecutors filed a response Thursday to the defense accusation that a political…
[gtxvideo vid="wZ98HcLh" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wZ98HcLh-120.jpg?cachebust=1455233590769" vtitle="Minimum wage public hearing"] Alabama is one of a few states without a minimum wage law on the books, and some lawmakers want to make sure cities aren't doing anything to change that. A new…
[gtxvideo vid="8Yczgfpm" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8Yczgfpm-120.jpg?cachebust=1455319984719" vtitle="WAKA_2016_02_12_16_59_32"] Governor Robert Bentley on Friday will deliver opening remarks at the Governor’s Broadband Forum in Montgomery. Over one million Alabamians do not have access to even the slowest and most basic high-speed wireless technology.…
More than 30 advocacy groups are asking a federal elections official to withdraw changes made to a national form requiring residents of Kansas, Alabama and Georgia to provide proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote. The groups…
A legislative committee has approved a bill aimed at blocking Alabama cities from raising the minimum wage within city limits. The House State Government Committee voted out the bill Thursday morning in a 10-3 vote that split along party lines.…
A former sheriff's deputy who also was a Chilton County school resource officer and teacher has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sexual conduct with underage students. Chilton County District Attorney Randall…
Louisiana's U.S. senators and environmental groups are blasting the White House for proposing to help Alaska deal with rising seas by taking money away from similar efforts along the Gulf Coast. In its proposed budget for 2017, the White House…
HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting two people at a west Alabama law firm and a nearby accounting office has been charged with two counts of capital murder. Marion County District Attorney Jack Bostick says 67-year-old…
BURNS, Ore. (AP) - The FBI says it has moved to contain the last few occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge. In a statement Wednesday evening, authorities said they placed agents at barricades both immediately ahead of and behind the…
