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…
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…
As the holiday season comes to a close many people are heading back to the mall and stores, but this time not everyone is looking to buy gifts. Instead, some people are returning gifts they received. The National Retail Federation found that in 2014, one in every three gift recipients ended up returning at least one item. In Montgomery, shopper…
A family was forced to relocate to Montgomery after their home went up in flames in Hueytown, outside of Birmingham last month. Sharon Richey has nine kids between the ages of 1 and 19. Now a few days from Christmas they are trying to grant their children’s Christmas wishes. Sharon Richey explained their situation, “I feel so bad for my…
As the Alabama Department of Transportation enters the sixth month of construction on Chantilly Parkway, many drivers are now describing it as a traffic headache. The goals of the project are to improve traffic safety and reduce congestion. Drivers, though, have mixed opinions on the project. “I think it’s something great, the city has needed to do this for awhile,…
Fires involving holiday lighting and decorations cause an estimated $8.4 million in direct property damage every year. Alabama State Fire Marshal Scott Pilgreen says many of these fires are preventable and that everyone needs to take steps to make sure their decorations are safe. He says that one of the biggest risks is Christmas Trees. “They can cause a tremendous…
