Solar Research Project Opens in Alexander City
Alexander City officials and Alabama Municipal Electric Authority are doing their part to go green. A new solar power research facility was commissioned in the city today. The project has 160…
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Alabama Senate approves Common Core repeal
The Alabama Senate has voted to repeal the Common Core academic standards by 2021. Senators voted 23-7 for the bill Thursday. It now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, who sponsored the repeal,…
Macon County Man Arrested on Attempted Murder and Burglary Charges
On March 19, the Tuskegee Police Department arrested Charles Reeder, III, of Macon County, and charged him with Attempted Murder and Burglary 1st. Reeder was also charged with certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm. The incident happened on…
Democratic Party Legislative Agenda
The Democrats are in a distinct minority in the Alabama Legislature---in both houses. Yet they released a lengthy list of items they want to address during the session. They include: Supporting our Public Schools and Prioritizing Early Childhood Education…
Montgomery Drug Dealer Faces 40 Years in Federal Prison on Drug and Gun Charges
Cody Eugene Mobley, 29, of Montgomery, was convicted last week of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley, ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson, and…
Prescription Drug Drop Box Now Located in Troy
Residents in pike county are now offered a safer way to get rid of old medications and prescription drugs. The Troy Police Department and Alabama Cooperative Extension System are efforting ways to get prescription drugs, including opioids, off the streets…
Senate debates bill to allow donations to border wall fund
The Alabama Senate is debating a bill that would allow Alabamians to donate part of their state tax refunds to help build a border wall with Mexico. Senators on Thursday began debating the bill by Republican Senate President Pro Tem…
Prattville PD Arrest Montgomery Man on Multiple Sex Charges
On Thursday March 21, members of Prattville Police Department, Montgomery Police Department, Alabama Attorney General’s Office, ALEA State Bureau of Investigations, and the US Marshalls Fugitive Task Force, conducted a search warrant for Dynasty Kevon Ford, 18, of Montgomery. Ford…
Alabama Senate approves bill to change marriage licenses
The Alabama Senate has approved a bill to abolish judge-signed marriage licenses as some conservative probate judges continue to object to giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Senators approved the bill Thursday on a 26-0 vote. It now moves to…
South Carolina Man Killed in Butler County Crash with 18-Wheeler
A two-vehicle crash at approximately 1:15 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2019 Â has claimed the life of a Elgin, South Carolina man. Isaiah Wilson, 75, was critically injured when the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche was struck by a tractor trailer driven by…
Taylor Street Murder Suspect in Police Custody
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in the Monday afternoon shooting death of Warrick Ruggs, 29, of Montgomery. MPD has charged Terence Chames, 42, with murder. He was…
Reaction to Rep. Allen Farley's Distracted Driving Bill
Wednesday, Alabama News Network spoke with Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham about Rep. Allen Farley's proposed distracted driving bill that has now passed from a Alabama House Committee…
Two Suspects Arrested in Selma Drug Raid
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A pair of suspected drug dealers in Selma is facing multiple drug charges after police raid a mobile home in the Selmont community. Police say…
Alabama Special Education Advisory Panel Meeting
One in five children in Alabama live with some type of disability, and their special needs extend past home and into the classroom. "there's a discrepancy in students with disabilities and their non-disabled…
House Committee Passes Distracted Driving Bill; Hear why one mother wants the bill to become law
The United States Department of Transportation reports that cell phone use while driving kills between 3,000 and 6,000 people each year. One Alabama law maker is pushing a bill that would ban…
Linden Newspaper Owner That Promoted the Revival of the KKK Plans to Sell Business
The West Alabama newspaper owner who promoted a revival of the Ku Klux Klan says he has a deal to sell the business. Editor Goodloe Sutton says this week's issue of The Democrat-Reporter of Linden, could be his last. Sutton…
ADPH Urges Smokers to "Kick Butts"
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is urging smokers to Kick Butts today, March 20. Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism designed to empower youth to raise awareness of the problem of tobacco use, to reject…
U.S. Rep Sewell: Medicaid Expansion Solution
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell says she and the only other Democrat in the Alabama Congressional Delegation---U.S. Senator Doug Jones---have introduced legislation to convince Republicans in the Alabama Legislature to support Medicaid expansion. …
Former Aide to Michelle Obama to Review SPLC Workplace Practices
A one-time aide to former first lady Michelle Obama will review workplace practices at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery that recently fired its founder Morris Dees. A statement from the SPLC says attorney Tina Tchen will conduct a…
GE Aviation Creating 60 Jobs at Auburn Facility
GE Aviation plans to invest $50 million to expand the additive manufacturing operation at its Auburn facility, the aerospace industry’s first site to mass produce a jet engine component using 3-D printing technologies. As part of the project, GE Aviation…
Pipe Bomb Found Inside Dale County Sheriff's Office
Officers found a pipe bomb inside an Alabama sheriff's office while going through some evidence that had not been searched. The device didn't go off and no one was hurt in the incident, which occurred Tuesday night at the Dale…
Wife Defends Husband in 1999 Double Killing Investigation
The wife of an Alabama man charged with capital murder in the slaying of two teenagers nearly 20 years ago says he's innocent. Jeanette McCraney defended her husband, 45-year-old Coley McCraney, during a news conference Wednesday in Ozark. Jeanette McCraney…
Wetumpka Business Owners Looking Ahead Two Months After EF-2 Tornado
Two months after an EF - 2 tornado ripped though part of downtown Wetumpka, business owners say they are optimistic about the future. "A lot has gone on recently…
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Visits Selma
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts made a campaign stop in Selma Tuesday. Warren toured the historic Brown Chapel AME Church -- walked…
Will Alabama Finally Have a Lottery?
Click here to see Lottery Proposal It has been four years since a major attempt at legislation for a lottery was at the State House. Now Republican Senator Jim McClendon is…
