A Montgomery man is making waves in the film making world with his breakthrough web series featuring African Americans in horror films. His name is Sylvester Folks, and he writes, shoots, edits, and directs his own films. Now, Folks’ series is taking him all the way to the LA Film Festival. The The Ghost and the Negro falls into the Indie Series from…
A first class First Responder goes above and beyond the call of duty every day. Whether aiding the elderly, giving the needy the shirt off his back, or feeding the hungry with his own food, Detective Jared Roberson truly embodies what it means to be a First Responder. Roberson was named the First Responder of the Month of May. He was…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the Saturday, April 23, shooting death of 55-year-old Charles Jones Jr. of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged Nathan Thomas 41, of Montgomery with one count of murder. Thomas was taken into custody in Rochester, NY, on May 3, by the U.S. Marshals. He was returned to Montgomery on Thursday, May 26, and was transported to…
A Montgomery man has been acquitted in connection with the 2013 slaying of a 29-year-old man. A Montgomery County jury found Rodricko Davis not guilty on capital murder charges in connection with Keon Sankey’s death. Davis and Elijah Frazier had been accused of fatally shooting Sankey in Montgomery in November 2013. Frazier’s case is pending trial. During Davis’s trial, both…
Source: Lowndes Co. Sheriff’s Office According the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, the man accused of stealing money from the elderly is behind bars. Kenneth Dynd Gordon was arrested in Montgomery at about 11:30 Tuesday night. Gordon is accused of posing as a contractor to take advantage of senior citizens. According to the sheriff’s office, once a victim makes a pre-payment…
Source: Lowndes Co. Sheriff’s Office The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Kenneth Dynd Gordon. Gordon is accused of posing as a contractor who swindles the elderly out of money in the county. According to the sheriff’s office, once a victim makes a pre-payment for services promised, they no longer hear from Gordon and are unable to make contact…
The website www.gobankingrates.com has listed the Alabama Capital as the 25th best city in which to retire on $1,000 a month. The site used several factors to determine the ranking, including: Housing — rental prices for a one-bedroom apartment, rounded to nearest dollar. Percentage of retirees — in the local population as of April 1, 2010. Walkability — scores ranging…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – New Census data shows that Huntsville could be on track to become the state’s largest city by around 2030. The data shows that more than 10,000 residents have been added to Huntsville since 2010. At that rate, Huntsville would pass Birmingham as the state’s largest city within 15 years. The data also shows that among the…
There has been a Family Justice Center in Montgomery since 2010. It, and others like it. are based on the first such center, begun in 2001 in California. All of them are authorized by federal law. Now Birmingham is starting one: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Birmingham Mayor William Bell, Police Chief A.C. Roper and others say they hope consolidating legal…
The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is filing a lawsuit against the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Program (PEEHIP). In the suit, the AEA claims PEEHIP held a “secret meeting” to increase the healthcare premiums of teachers across the state. This increase would offset most, if not all, of the four percent pay raise the State Legislature approved for teachers in the…
