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Fireworks & Bullets Over Alabama New Years Eve

Montogmery women headed to council to urge action

Alabama News Network’s Bill Gill shoots video of Mary Catherine Phillips She was reading about someone hit by gunfire that had been fired into the air on New Year’s Eve in California. She worries about the same thing happening here in Montgomery.   Phillis says she and her husband thought it sounded like a war zone outside their home in…

Christmas Gift: Gas at $1.78

Almost all prices in the area are below $2.00 a gallon for regular.

Some Montgomery stations are selling gas at $1.78…the lowest price for regular in almost three years. In January of 2016 the Montgomery average was near $1.50   The highest price in recent years? …in 2012. Categories: Montgomery Metro, Statewide Tags: $1.78 a gallon, low gas prices, montgomery

Montgomery VA Hospital Holding Town Hall Meeting

Friday, December 28, 2:30 - 3:30PM

MONTGOMERY – Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) will hold its next Veterans Town Hall on December 28, 2018, at the Montgomery VA Clinic, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (CST) in the Education Conference Room, located at 8105 Veterans Way in Montgomery, Alabama. Veterans, their families and the public are invited to attend the forum where CAVHCS leaders provide…

MPD: Man Dies After Being Shot in Montgomery

Montgomery Police say a man has died following a shooting in Montgomery Wednesday afternoon. Police say the man drove himself to relative’s house in the 3600 block of Oak after being shot.  He was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Police are not sure where the shooting actually took place at this time. So far no arrests have…

Everyone Safe After Car Crashes Onto Perry Hill Road Home

There were scary moments for a Montgomery family early Sunday morning. The family awoke to find a car had crashed into their Perry Hill Road home. The driver of the car left the road, the car hit an embankment and was thrown over a fence and on top of the living room portion of the house. “I got up and…

Car vs House. Neither Wins.

On Perry Hill Road in Montgomery this morning

Montgomery fire officials sent this photo of a house hit by a car on Perry Hill Road, commenting that it “is nothing short of a miracle” that neither the driver nor anyone in the house” were injured.   Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: car vs house, montgomery, perry hill road

Trenholm State helps displaced Virginia College students

Meetings to be held Tuesday Dec.18

There are still many unanswered questions for Virginia College students. Earlier this month the college announced that it would be closing its doors for good nationwide. Many students were shocked and confused. Students do not not know if credits or financial aid will transfer. Trenholm State Community College is here to help these students. Trenholm will be holding information meetings…

Recycling Reboot in Montgomery

Testing underway now

The long dormant Montgomery recycling plant will be back in full operation on January 7th. Mayor Todd Strange announced the date this morning during  his weekly news conference. The IREP plant closed down in October of 2015 when the owners failed to make sufficient profit. The company eventually bankrupted the operation and the city took possession after lengthy bankruptcy hearings….

Montgomery Leaders Working on Clogged Drains

As the leaves continue to fall all across Montgomery city leaders are asking for your help to keep drains and roadways as clear as possible. This is a big issue every fall when the leaves begin to turn, and residents we talked to know the outcome all too well.  Once leaves and other debris stop up storm drains many people…

Happy 199th Birthday Montgomery!

City was formed by combining two small towns.

Montgomery turns 199 today, and city boosters will begin the countdown to Montgomery’s 200th birthday, December 3, 2019. The city was formed on December 3rd 1818….days before the State of Alabama was created.   One of the oldest existing photographs taken in the city shows the Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as first (and only) president of the Confederacy, February 18,…