Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s attempt to ban the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. State lawmakers voted in 2016 to ban the abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation. A federal judge blocked the law as an unconstitutional restriction on abortion access. Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the high court Thursday…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Donta Hall made all six of his shots from the field, scoring 21 points as Alabama eased past Liberty 84-75 on Tuesday night in the neutral-site Rocket City Classic. A pair of players enjoying a homecoming of sorts helped lift the Tide (7-3) to their second consecutive victory. Kira Lewis Jr., a freshman guard making his…
A man charged in the shooting that led to a police killing of a black man in a crowded Alabama shopping mall on Thanksgiving is asking a judge to lower his bond. An attorney for 20-year-old Erron Brown has filed a request to reduce his bail from $125,000 to $60,000. A motion filed Monday in Birmingham says Brown has no…
A woman and a man convicted in the kidnapping and torture death of an Alabama woman three years ago have been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The Tuscaloosa News reports 25-year-old Alyssa Watson and 38-year-old Marcus George were sentenced Monday by a Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court judge. The two among the defendants convicted in the 2015 slaying of 29-year-old…
Alabama Wildlife officials are fighting to keep Chronic Wasting Disease out of Alabama. There have been three confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in Mississippi this year. The most recent cases were confirmed this fall and the proximity to the Alabama border is causing concern. It’s compared to Mad Cow Disease but for deer; Chronic Wasting Disease is a fatal…
A judge is ordering prosecutors to provide the defense with evidence about a confrontation that sparked a fatal police shooting in an Alabama shopping mall on Thanksgiving night. Jefferson County District Judge William A. Bell Jr. issued a brief order Wednesday granting a request by 20-year-old Erron Brown for evidence in the attempted murder case against him. He’s charged with…
Montgomery turns 199 today, and city boosters will begin the countdown to Montgomery’s 200th birthday, December 3, 2019. The city was formed on December 3rd 1818….days before the State of Alabama was created. One of the oldest existing photographs taken in the city shows the Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as first (and only) president of the Confederacy, February 18,…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones: “I was deeply saddened this morning by the news of President George H.W. Bush’s passing. President Bush served the United States of America throughout his life with honor and dignity, both at war and here at home, as a Navy pilot, a diplomat, and a statesman. He made the most of his 94 years of life…
Demonstrators upset with the police shooting of a black man at an Alabama shopping mall are blocking one of the busiest roads in the state. Several dozen protesters holding signs and chanting blocked heavily traveled U.S. 31 at Interstate 459 on Monday night. The site is near the Riverchase Galleria, where a police officer killed 21-year-old Emantic “EJ” Bradford Jr….
The website Gas Buddy.com tracks gas prices nationwide. They indicate the $2.21 per gallon price on Ann Street is the lowest in the Montgomery area since March. The national per gallon average is $2.63. Prices usually go up in advance of big travel holidays. Yet, as The Associated Press reports: Analysts say gas prices have dropped 20 cents or more…
