Governor Kay Ivey in a press conference with State Health Officer Scott Harris and other members of the Alabama COVID-19 task force, announced that the Stay-at-Home order will expire on April…
Amazon has announced it will open a facility in Georgia that will create 800 jobs in the state. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's office says the new warehouse based in Columbia County will ship small orders, including books, toys, and household…
The City of Montgomery has announced Monday that Ron Sams resigned as Public Safety Director for the city of Montgomery. "I would like to thank Ron for his service to the residents of Montgomery during his years at the Office…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A small town Dallas County farm boy will soon be headed to the big city -- with a chance to live out his dream of playing pro football in…
Last week Elmore and Autauga County officials sent a letter to the Governors office asking that she leave some flexibility to local governments when it comes to re-opening economies. County and…
The cash reward has grown to $10,000 in the case of a 17-year-old girl found stabbed to death near Montgomery's Regency Park neighborhood. Montgomery police found the body…
A one-day “drive-through” COVID-19 testing clinic will be offered by the Autauga County Health Department in Prattville to patients who meet the testing criteria and call for an appointment at (334) 361-3743. The drive-through clinic is scheduled as follows: ·Friday,…
You can often find Connie Floyd and her staff in the kitchen, whipping up a delicious meal or birthday cake. Floyd is the owner of Olde Enzor Lane, a catering company…
Hyundai Manufactured opened its doors Monday, April 27 following a closures after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The opening was on a volunteer basis. Team Members who volunteered to work this week are helping the company make sure the…
State offices were closed Monday, April 27 for Confederate Memorial Day. Organizers of an annual Confederate remembrance service at the Alabama Capitol posted on social media that this year's event was cancelled because of COVID-19. Confederate Memorial Day was made…
Governor Kay Ivey is expected to make an announcement regarding the future of state closure orders because of the coronavirus outbreak. Ivey and State Health Officer Scott Harris have scheduled a Tuesday morning news conference along with members of the…
Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that ADOL has disbursed more than $372 million in unemployment compensation benefits. Alabama is now paying benefits under all three programs covered in the CARES Act: Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…
Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for registered nurses, retail salespersons, wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives with 7,000 ads placed for those occupations in March. Total ads are down by 11.2% over…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect in the Sunday evening shooting death of Marjavious Walker, 25, and the wounding of a second adult male. Both victims are from Montgomery. MPD…
Montgomery Fire and Rescue responded to the 2900 block of McQueen St. around 5 a.m. on April 27 on a structure fire call. Upon arrival, units found a large single story…
Marlena Walker, 24, was charged with one count of second-degree domestic violence assault in reference to a domestic dispute that occurred on April 22. Police responded to a call in the 700 block of Whitehall Parkway. The adult male victim…
Montgomery police charged Xavier McCall, 20, with second-degree assault on an officer in reference to a domestic disturbance that occurred on April 26 around 10 a.m. in the 2500 block of Woodley Road. While on scene, contact was made with…
Montgomery police charged Dontavious Nelson with one count each of first-degree robbery, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. The charges stem from a call of gunshots around 2 p.m. on March…
Montgomery police charged David Day, 24, with one count of first-degree robbery in reference to a robbery of a person that occurred around 10 p.m. on April 20. The robbery occurred in the 800 block of Airbase Boulevard. The adult…
The Small Business Administration began accepting Paycheck Protection Program applications Monday, April 27. https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program https://twitter.com/SBAgov/status/1254779835785904128?s=20 Governor Ivey released the following statement, urging Alabama small businesses to take advantage of this critical tool: “Alabama small businesses are the lifeblood of our…
According to Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Captain Trent Beasley, a death investigation has been launched regarding a shooting. The shooting occurred in the 2300 block of Moore Road. Two people were shot during the shooting. One person was fatally shot…
Montgomery Police are investigating a deadly shooting. They say a man was shot in the 4000 block of Norman Bridge Road Sunday night. He died at the scene. Police say a second victim…
As more states push to reopen their economies, many are falling short on one of the federal government’s essential criteria for doing so, which is having an efficient system to track people who have been physically near a person infected…
As the number of Covid-19 cases in Alabama continue to rise daily, Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham pushes for hazardous duty pay for some county employees. Sheriff Cunningham's proposal requests that two dollars and…
According to a Tweet on Twitter Sunday, Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth says he is, "... working to bring an international company that can produce COVID-19 test results in just three minutes to Alabama. With a cost of $20 per test,…
