Montgomery Public Schools Chief Education Officer Dr. Reginald Eggleston approved a new budget yesterday without approval of the board. The budget doesn’t include the sale of Georgia Washington Middle School but it does include some big cuts. According to MPS officials, the budget includes around $5 million of cuts, that could be as many as 81 positions. So far, officials…
3-year-old Avery Mobley is ready for Halloween. Like many kids her age, it’s a night unlike any other. Unfortunately, Halloween is a little different for Avery because she has a severe peanut allergy, any type of contact with peanuts can have serious consequences. “Oh it’s bad, the first time she had a piece of peanut bread, peanut toast and her…
Secretary of State John Merrill tells Alabama News Network there were 674 instances of crossover voting in the Republican Senate Runoff. Merrill explains these are voters who participated in the August 15th primary as Democrats and then voted in the Republican U.S. Senate Runoff in September. Merrill says this happened in 41 of Alabama’s 67 counties. Multiple counties had only…
City leaders started working on a plan to revamp South Montgomery back in 2014 and now they’re ready to present it to the city’s planning commission and move into the implementation phase. The plan has both short and long term goals and altogether it could take around 20 years to complete. It includes things like beautification projects, shopping center renovations and…
Law enforcement officers from across the state are in Montgomery today for the Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Summit. Around 800 law enforcement officials attended the summit. They discussed new challenges law enforcement is facing. They also took time to honor fallen officers who lost their lives in the line of duty during the past year. Attorney General Steve Marshall says…
The Montgomery County School Board approved the sale of a school building to the town of Pike Road Tuesday, but they have 30 days to back out of the agreement. Now, Pike Road leaders are opening up about their plans for Georgia Washington Middle School. The town will pay about 11.25 million dollars to MPS over the next nine years…
It’s been almost 2 years since heavy flooding damaged roadways and bridges in Macon County, but repair work has yet to even start in some parts of the county to the disbelief of county officials. A heavily trafficked bridge on Washington Avenue in Tuskegee was one of seven spots heavily damaged back in December of 2015, five of those sites are…
As the investigation into the Las Vegas mass shooting continues, authorities are releasing more information about the weaponry used by the gunman. Las Vegas authorities have recovered 23 firearms from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and 19 from the Stephen Paddock’s home. They’ve also said that a bump fire modification may have been used in the shooting. Montgomery Indoor Shooting Complex…
Like many people, city leaders have been glued to the TV watching the tragic events unfold in Las Vegas, but now they’re looking forward to making Montgomery as safe as possible. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham says his department always has to be prepared for the unexpected. He commends Las Vegas authorities for their quick response to the incident, but…
After weeks of campaigning, the Race for U.S. Senate is now back in the hands of voters, but voter turnout is expected to be low. Recently, the race has gotten national attention with endorsements and rallies for Luther Strange from President Donald Trump, and former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin throwing her support behind Roy Moore. Some voters say those…
