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…
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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…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says an Elmore County woman has died of injuries she suffered in a one-car crash. Sgt. Steve Jarrett says 71-year-old Billie Speigner of Deatsville died Thursday, Feb. 11 from injuries in the crash that had…
Alabama Power is warning its customers to be on high alert. They say someone is trying to scam people across the state. Alabama Power says there's several scams that's affected several customers across the state, including Montgomery. Alabama Power Managers say scammers…
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…
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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…
