January

Montgomery Police Searching for Suspects in Credit Card Fraud Investigation

The Montgomery Police Department is actively searching for credit card fraud suspects. The suspects pictured face charges regarding an incident that occurred on January 26. The suspects entered the retail store located in the 1900 block of Eastern Boulevard. They used a card that didn’t belong to them. If you have any details on the whereabouts of these suspects call…

MPD Charges Suspect in January Murder

The Montgomery Police Department has charged 19-year-old Bakari Taylor of Montgomery with the murder of Roosevelt Rankins, 34, of Montgomery. Rankins was shot to death on January 23, 2020. On that day at about 3 PM,  MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2300 block of Stella Street in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, they found a…

Whole Foods Montgomery to surprise customers with $50 gift card each day in January

  Whole Foods Market Montgomery announced the store will give away a $50 gift card and a selection “Whole Foods Diet Approved” products every day during the month of January. The Whole Foods Diet by Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey was released earlier this year. One customer will be selected at random each day while shopping or eating at the store….

Alabama Unemployment Rate Up

Still too high for Governor to receive a salary.

(Photo by Tim Lennox) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s unemployment rate is up to 6.4 percent despite improvement in the national jobless picture. The state released statistics Monday showing the January rate was up one-tenth of a percent from the December rate of 6.3 percent. It was also well above the year-ago rate of 6.1 percent. Governor Robert Bentley was…

US Consumer Borrowing Growth Slows in January

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumers bumped up their borrowing in January at the slowest rate pace in nearly three years, as outstanding revolving debt – such as credit cards – slipped from December. The Federal Reserve says borrowing rose $10.5 billion in January, an annual increase of just 3.58 percent. That marks the smallest gain since February 2013. Total borrowing…