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Troopers: 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Covington County Crash

Alabama State Troopers are investigating a crash in Covington County that left one person dead and two others injured. Troopers say 46-year-old Karen Ritchie died when the car she was riding in was hit head-on yesterday.  The crash happened around 4 p.m., on Highway 331 south of Opp. Ritchie was airlifted to a Pensacola hospital after the crash where she…

Millbrook PD: One Suspect in Custody, One on the Run after Armed Robbery

Millbrook Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery that happened Sunday afternoon. Police were called to Sandtown Road and Long Drive in regards to a robbery in progress around 2 p.m. Sunday.  Police say the suspects met up with the victims in order to buy a motorcycle but tried to steal the bike instead. When the victims refused to give…

Tallapoosa County Authorities Searching for Missing 11-year-old

The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department issued a Emergency Missing Child Alert Sunday for 11-year-old Victoria Skye Smith. Smith was last seen in Dadeville around 4 a.m. Sunday morning.  She was last seen wearing a purple shirt with yellow writing, black gym shorts, brown flip flops and a head band. If you have any information about her whereabouts you are asked…

MPD: 17-year-old injured in Saturday Shooting

Montgomery Police are investigating an afternoon shooting that sent a 17-year-old to the hospital.   Police responded to the 3100 block of Sheldon Lane around 3:20 Saturday afternoon. They say a 17-year-old male was taken to the hospital. The severity of his injuries are unknown at this time. Montgomery Police continue to investigate the incident. Categories: News Tags: Local News,…

Death Investigation Underway in Autauga County

The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation in the 400 block of County Road 82 in the Pink Lilly community. Officials say they were called to the scene just before noon Saturday, in response to a possible shooting.  When they arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.  He was taken to Prattville Baptist Hospital…

Your Town Friday: Millbrook

Alabama News Network stopped in Millbrook for this week’s Your Town Friday segment. Many Millbrook residents say that community support is what makes their town so special.  Many new businesses are popping up in the city.  Simply Delicious Café just opened it’s doors last month, and the owners tell us they’ve been blown away with the welcome from their community. The…

Family Uses Social Media to Find Lost Urn

Losing a loved one can be one of the hardest things to go through especially when it’s someone you lived with.  That’s the the reality for one family that recently lost their grandmother. “She was like my second mom basically, she was there for everything like first day of school she’d take our pictures,” said Gabrielle Frazier about her late-grandmother….

Troopers Investigating Deadly Crash

Alabama State Troopers are investigating a early Saturday morning crash that left a Clanton woman dead. Troopers say 49-year-old Martha Ann Mims died when her 2003 Toyota Corolla collided with a 2013 Hyundai Veloster. Mims was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Hyundai and two passengers were taken to a…

Wetumpka Boys & Girls Club Closes

After months of fighting for funding, the Boys & Girls Club of Wetumpka closed its doors for the final time Friday afternoon.  The club struggled to find funding after the City of Wetumpka cut the club from it’s yearly budget. “You can’t just point to one thing that killed the club, but I would say a big part of it…

Church Bus Safety

Tragedy struck an Alabama church last month when a bus full of people headed to do mission work crashed on an Atlanta highway leaving a 17-year-old girl dead. Since then the driver of that bus has been charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle. Now other churches are checking their safety protocols to make sure they’re safe when they take the…