From the U.S. Department of Justice in Montgomery: Montgomery, Ala. – Today, Ramone Jardon Nickerson, 33, of Phenix City, Alabama, was arrested on two charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and one charge of possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., from the Middle…
Tuskegee could become the manufacturing site of a new U.S. Air Force training jet, which could create hundreds of new jobs. Tuskegee has been in the running for several months now to get the latest T-100 jet trainer planes at Molton Field. Leonardo DRS plans to create an advanced assembly center at Tuskegee’s Moton Field. It’s very humbling for us, to…
CrimeStoppers needs your help finding a man wanted on multiple charges, including capital murder. Tuskegee police are looking for Michael Norris on attempted murder and capital murder charges. They say he shot 19-year-old Kentavious McDaniel. Norris also goes by the names of Mike and Boo-Boo. He is 6 foot 2 inches tall, weighs 185 pounds, and has a tattoo on…
Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday awarded a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to the City of Tuskegee. The grant totaling $300,000 will be used to extend municipal sewer service along Highway 81 to I-85 Exit 38. This project will provide sewer services to a new commercial development that will include a hotel, convenience store and gas station. The project will…
On Thursday, November 10, at 3:15pm Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Macon County, and the City of Tuskegee will host a Veterans Day Parade at the Tuskegee VA Medical Center. The parade route will began at Vetegee Field and will proceed around the Tuskegee VA Medical Center’s campus. This historical celebration serves to provide a link between the Tuskegee…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) Rachel Brownlee of Tuskegee University was voted the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Preseason Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and Destiny Betts of Benedict was selected as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, announced on Thursday during Media Day at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Ala. The preseason honors, and predicted order of finish, are…
ATLANTA (goldentigersports.com) — Tuskegee University freshman Shakayia Wilson earned the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Newcomer of the Week award this week in volleyball, announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon. Wilson finished with a team-high 11 kills in Tuskegee’s only match of the week against Division I Mississippi Valley State. The freshman outside hitter from Goose Creek, S.C. finished…
A federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment against Tariq Khalil Jones, 34, of Tuskegee, Alabama, charging him with committing ten armed robberies in Alabama and Georgia while brandishing and discharging a firearm, and an attempted carjacking, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Jones is alleged to have robbed various convenience stores and other cash-heavy businesses, including:…
ATLANTA (goldentigersports.com) — Tuskegee University junior linebacker Osband Thompson was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against 21st-ranked UNC Pembroke, announced by the league office on Monday. Thompson, who won his second conference award of the season, finished Saturday with 13 tackles. He had five solo stops and eight assisted tackles in…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) — Facing what many would seem an insurmountable deficit in the fourth quarter, the 11th-ranked Tuskegee University Golden Tigers pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in school history. Trailing by 16 with just over nine minutes to play, Tuskegee scored 21 unanswered points in a span of 4:23 to pull out a 21-16 victory over 21st-ranked UNC-Pembroke…
