The Montgomery City Council voted unanimously to create designated areas for food trucks in downtown Montgomery Tuesday. The city will create five parking spaces that will be marked specifically for food trucks. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange says this is bringing the city into the millennial era. “A lot of people around the United States are doing this, this is very…
News of the possible intervention in Montgomery Public Schools by the Alabama State Department of Education is hitting parents hard. JaNai Thompson has two daughters in MPS and says she’s not sure the schools are preparing them for the real world. Now she’s considering many options to get them out of the schools, including moving to another city or homeschooling….
News of the State Board of Education’s intention to possibly intervene in the Montgomery Public School system is drawing mixed reaction from city officials and stakeholders in the school system. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange says that changes have been needed for years, citing low test scores and financial problems. “For ten years or more we have moving in a…
Rock The Vote is taking a stand against Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination for Attorney General and they’ve now started a social media campaign called #StopSessions. Rock The Vote is a nonprofit and nonpartisan group working to register young people to vote, and then get them out to the polls. Officials with the organization say they are most concerned with Senator…
The Tallassee City Council voted Wednesday to appoint Matt Higgins as the city’s new police chief. Higgins worked for the Montgomery Police Department for 22 years before retiring last year. He also has worked for the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office and is a veteran of the Air Force. Categories: News Tags: Local News, police chief, tallassee
Two longtime city leaders in Alexander City are now out of a job. The city council voted Monday night to not reappoint the city’s fire and police chiefs. The two have over 60 years in combined service to the city. Kem Jones, the city’s first female fire chief, worked at the fire department for over 25 years, and Willie Robinson,…
Troy University-Montgomery celebrated Korea Tuesday night in a special ceremony. Several members of the federal government spoke at the celebration. James Applegate from the state department, Sarah Cho from the Korean Embassy, and Mark Tokola of the Korea Economic Institute of America were the evening’s key note speakers. The Alabama World Affairs Council hosted the event. It stressed the importance…
Prattville Police have identified the victims in Sunday’s triple shooting. They say that 44-year-old Elizabeth Rousseau and 50-year-old Timothy Rousseau were found dead in the home. 24-year-old David Deramus was shot in the leg but is expected to recover. Police are not saying what led to the shooting or who pulled the trigger, they describe it as a domestic situation….
The Montgomery Police Department negotiated with a man barricaded in his home for multiple hours Tuesday afternoon. The home is on Myrtlewood Drive in the McGehee Estates neighborhood. Officials say they were attempting to question Matthew Shashy about an ongoing investigation. They did not specify what that investigation entails. Police say they were able to secure the neighborhood and…
A jackknifed 18-wheeler caused a major backup on I-85 Northbound in Macon County Tuesday morning. The backup stretched from the Shorter Exit to exit 15, the Pike Road flyover exit. Crews used a large tow truck to pull the 18-wheeler out of the median. Troopers diverted traffic using the Waugh exit and Highway 80. There were no injuries in the…
