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Remember This Event in 1988?

It was 30 years ago this Christmas that the Denny's Restaurant  chain decided to end their long habit of being open 365 days a year, including Christmas. They wanted to let their employees be home with their families, so they…

Escaped Montgomery Inmate

  Montgomery area authorities are searching for a convicted murderer who escaped from the  Alabama Department of Corrections Red Eagle Work Center on Saturday. Jimmy Lee Hill has served 25 years of a life in prison sentence when he escaped.…

Raw Turkey Sickens Hundreds

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports hundreds of people have been made sick by contamination from raw turkey.   In all 216 people have been sickened in 38 states. From the CDC:   Since the last update on…

Federal Government Partial Shutdown

  Several Civil Rights Era historic sites in Alabama that are operated by The U.S. Park Service are closed today because the partial government shutdown. Outdoor areas are open, but the Selma-to-Montgomery March interpretive centers in Selma and Whitehall are…

Federal Dollars Flow to Alabama

The state is distributing Almost $249,000 from the U.S. Department to Energy to a variety of institutions and municipalities statewide, including a $15,000 grant for the main Montgomery City/County Library branch, and  the Coliseum Blvd. branch.. They are:  Circle of…

Dozens Arrested in MPD Drug Sting

Montgomery police have arrested a dozen people on drug charges. Police say the suspects face multiple felony charges after officers conducted searches. They say a large amount of drugs and weapons was seized during the operation. Police identify the suspect…

Alabama Prison Guard Faces Contraband Charges

An Alabama prison guard has been arrested and charged with trying to smuggle illegal items into a prison. The Alabama Corrections Department said in a news release Thursday that an officer at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore was arrested…

Reaction to MPS Charter Schools

The Alabama Department of Education announced it has approved the conversion of four Montgomery public schools into charter schools over the next several years. School Board member Lesa Keith says she is all for it. "It's time to move Montgomery…

Police Give Safety Tips for Christmas Shoppers

The rush to check everything off your holiday shopping list, is not worth your safety. That is why Prattville police are out in full force. "We have 24 hour police protection in parking lots. We have off duty officers riding…

Wagons For Carlie a Huge Success

Five-year-old Carlie Nolen may be handicapped, but you wouldn’t know it if you met her. “She may be bound to a wheelchair, but her personality’s not," Carlie's father Kyle Nolen says. "She’s one of those that she can just take…

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