A Pike Road neighborhood held a parade for their 5-year-old neighbor who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Kaiden King was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and will be facing 3 long years of chemotherapy. Kaiden was having a tough time with the chemo and his mom, Angela Martin, felt completely alone. Martin decided to reach out to her neighbors and…
Prattville Native, Ruth Hunt, is turning 100 years old, and Sunday her loved ones honored her with a parade. Family, friends, and staff at the Harbor at Hickory Hill organized a parade of people from the community to wish her “Happy Birthday”. Visitors included the Autauga County Sheriff’s departments and the Holtville High School Cheerleaders and Majorettes. Hunt says she…
On Wednesday, September 2, Montgomery residents gathered for a parade celebrating the 100th birthday of the WWII veteran, James Vernon Godfrey. The parade started at 9:30 a.m. from the parking lot of the Dalraida Baptist Church. The parade passed by Godfrey’s house at Pelzer Avenue where he has lived since the 1950s. Mayor Steven Reed issued a special proclamation declaring…
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s office lead was a special drive-by salute Wednesday to a Montgomery police officer critically injured in a 2017 car crash. Wednesday, officer Carlos Taylor’s family and friends lined up outside of his home, to watch as fellow officers paraded by in police cars, fire trucks and more to honor him during National Police Week. Every…
The grand finale of Alabama’s three year bicentennial commemoration — is underway this weekend in downtown Montgomery. The Alabama Bicentennial Parade kicked off an event-filled Saturday — chocked full of events. The parade featured dozens of floats — elected officials and other dignitaries — and marching bands from all over the state. “You can’t beat all these bands they’re awesome….
Hundreds of people lined the streets of downtown Prattville to enjoy the 15th annual Mardi Gras parade. Sunny skies , warm temperatures, and a cool breeze met parade goers.There were food vendors, people selling other things, and plenty for kids to do. People at the parade say they love the family environment and community participation and thats why they come…
Late last year the Marching Volunteers got the invite to New York to perform in the parade. The staff has been planning and holding fundraisers to make sure the students can get there and back comfortably. They still need to raise more money. With a little over a month to go before the parade the vols want to raise about…
Hundreds of people lined both sides of Dexter Avenue to witness the inauguration parade. Kay Ivey became the first elected female republican governor in the states history. It was a cold morning but that didn’t dampen the spirits of those in attendance. There were people from all four corners of Alabama to witness the historic moment. Bands from Auburn University,…
The rodeo is back in town! Opening day for the 61st Annual SLE Rodeo, also meant the return of the kick-off parade. Cowgirls and Cowboys lined the streets of downtown Montgomery to jump-start a weekend of family fun at Garrett Coliseum. The rodeo caravan even made a special stop at the steps of the Capitol to give Governor Kay Ivey…
On opening day at the 60th annual SLE Rodeo the cowboys and cowgirls kicked things off with a bang. Thursday afternoon they paraded through the streets of downtown Montgomery. The kick-off parade was a little shorter than usual because they did not have the wagon train, but that did not seem to discourage true rodeo lovers from lining the streets to…
