Wednesday afternoon Senate and House leaders announced an unprecedented initiative designed to expand and improve mental health services in Alabama. The five measure package which includes bills with both Democrat and Republican Sponsorship contains the following: *A School Services Coordinator…
The National Fire Sprinkler Association put on a demonstration in front of the Alabama State House for State Legislatures and others. They gave them an example of their Sprinkler system using a controlled burn fire. The trailer was donated…
Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is scheduled to be in Selma on Sunday, which will mark the 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Former State Sen. Hank Sanders says Warren will take part in the Historical Selma Presidential Forum…
After years of anticipation, the interpretive center located on the campus of Alabama State University will open soon. It's the third of three centers that line the Selma…
Tuesday the non-profit group Alabama Arise was at the state house, urging Legislators to repeal Alabama's grocery tax. Alabama is one of only three states in the country that has a grocery…
Two men were recently sentenced to federal prison for committing multiple armed robberies across central Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. On January 29, Marcus Greathouse, 41, of Opelika, was sentenced to 72 months (6 years) in…
An escaped Alabama inmate has been captured after more than a week on the lam. The Department of Corrections says 34-year-old Dustin Joel Morton was arrested Tuesday in the town of Brantley. He escaped from the Elba Work Release Center…
A Troy University legend has died. Former long-time Sound of the South band director Dr. John Maloy Long passed away at his home on Monday evening after a brief…
In honor of celebrating homecoming week at Auburn University at Montgomery, the college had a Mardi Gras parade. The parade ended on the quad with Dr. Carl A. Stockton unveiling a proclamation given to AUM by Governor Kay Ivey…
On February 24, the Prattville Police Department and the Prattville Fire Department Fire Marshall’s Office investigated a suspicious fire that occurred at a local residence on February 23. This case involved a bed being set on fire while a person…
The Montgomery County school board has been hoping to get more funding through a property tax increase. However, an audit that uncovered more than $700,000 in misused and missing funds has at least one Montgomery County commissioner re-thinking what he thinks…
Lt. Bryan Farrington with the Salvation Army confirms the organization has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to sell their Maxwell Blvd. building and property to the City of Montgomery.…
The Lowdnes County Sheriff's Department says an attempted murder suspect is now in police custody. Justin Lawrence is suspected of shooting Tracy Tillman. The shooting happened on Friday, February 21 on Harris Road in the Collirene community in Tyler. Upon…
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Tuesday announced it has completed a joint law enforcement Operation Restore Order raid to locate and eliminate illegal contraband at Easterling Correctional Facility (Easterling) in Clio. Following careful and strategic planning to ensure operational…
Alabama farmers and rural property owners who borrow money from are receiving a record $9.8 million in cash from the lending cooperative this year. That number equates to nearly one percent of the interest they paid in 2019. Customers of…
Troy University is mourning the death of longtime university music conductor Dr. Johnny Long. He died yesterday after a brief illness.…
The Alabama National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, February 21, at the newly revitalized Benjamin O. Davis Readiness Center in Tuskegee, AL. The Benjamin O. Davis Readiness Center opened in 1989 with an original acquisition cost of $2,223,883. The…
An Alabama inmate spared from execution by questions over whether dementia had erased memories of his crime has died on death row. The Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement Monday that Vernon Madison died over the weekend. He…
Alabama lawmakers are exploring a new statewide emergency notification system this legislative session. The proposal making its way through the state legislature would give all county EMAs a base level notification system. This would…
To view the full Montgomery Public Schools Audit CLICK HERE. The misuse of funds happened from October 2017, to November 2018. Dr. Ann Roy Moore was not yet…
As Alabama News Network was first to report on Sunday, an audit shows more than $700,000 is missing from Montgomery Public Schools. The details of that 106-page audit, which…
A three-day event is marking the 60th anniversary of the first Alabama sit-in against racial segregation. Five of the surviving demonstrators will be on hand Monday for a remembrance at Alabama State University. Civil rights lawyer Fred Gray also will…
With the official start date of the 2020 Census just a few weeks away on March 12, the Alabama Counts! 2020 Census Committee is debuting a new online toolkit full of census materials for groups and organizations at www.Alabama2020Census.com. The…
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office has officially notified CrimeStoppers of the arrest of fugitive Stanley Perdue Jr. He is no longer wanted by law enforcement. Perdue was wanted for the felony Assault of a Police Officer. On Saturday, February 22,…
Here are the latest developments in the story that Alabama News Network was first to bring you Sunday. State School Superintendent Eric Mackey has released a statement following news of an…
