A local teacher is preparing to run the New York City marathon November 6th. This comes after she was hit by a truck and seriously injured earlier this year. Lori Riggles was running near her house in Ramer April 17th, when she was hit. She was unconscious for five days. She suffered brain trauma, a partially broken back, a broken…
Kids in the River Region are excited that Halloween is right around the corner. Many families took to the streets of downtown Prattville Thursday for the annual Candy Walk. The Montgomery Police Department is warning against clown costumes this year. Clown threats have surfaced across the country in recent weeks. One clown Facebook page threatened middle schools in Montgomery last month….
Whole Foods Market in East Montgomery is expected to open November 10th. It will bring close to 200 jobs to the Capital City. Along with those jobs, it will also bring new competition to local health-focused grocery stores. One of those stores is Healthwise Foods. The store was first opened in 1987. Co-owner Willard Henson says their market is one…
The Trump-Pence bus made a stop in downtown Montgomery Tuesday evening. It was part of a rally held by the Montgomery County GOP. Alabama Trump Campaign Chair, Perry Hooper Jr., spoke at the rally and says this election may come down to the swing states. “Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina,” he explained, “if he wins three out of those…
A Staybridge Suites Hotel project was announced in early June for downtown Montgomery, but it comes at the cost of the city’s downtown skate park. The skatepark closed in July and now the skating community wants to know when a new one will be built. Justice Griffin says the skate park played a big role in his childhood. “That’s what…
It’s a dog owner’s worst nightmare, finding their dog shot and killed. Georgia Snow says that’s exactly what happened to her after her dog, Rascal, went missing last week. A few days later Rascal was found in shot and killed, thrown over her neighbor’s fence. Snow does not understand why anyone would do this. “Just evil people because I mean…
The Dierking family is taking an unplanned vacation to Montgomery this weekend. They had to evacuate their home in Jacksonville, Florida as Hurricane Matthew approaches. The family of six lives close to the beach and knew they had to go. “We’ve been through storms before but we knew that this was going to be something like we’d never been through…
Friends and family of a Montgomery man shot and killed held a memorial walk Monday evening. The Montgomery Police Department says 19-year-old Zhivago Hines was shot Saturday Sept. 24, around 11 p.m. The shooting happened in the 600 block of Clinton Street. Hines was taken to a local hospital where he later was pronounced dead. Civil Rights Activist Ja’mel Brown…
Dan Morris Radio Show/WACV has shared copies of letters sent from Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange to Macon County leaders. The letters are concerning the legality of electronic bingo machines at VictoryLand. We will have more details tonight on Alabama News Network at 5, 5:30 and 6. Letters sent by the Governor can be found here: Memo to…
City leaders announced that a new hotel will be built in downtown Montgomery Wednesday. The hotel will be built at the current site of the Bishop Parker building near Riverwalk Stadium. The development is estimated to cost $14 million dollars and will bring over forty full and part time jobs to the River Region. The Springhill Suites by Mariott will…
