Montgomery police say they’ve made an arrest in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Gregory Smith of Selma. Smith was shot on Sunday, Jan. 17. Detectives say they’ve charged Antuan Johnson, 21, of Montgomery with one count of capital murder. Johnson was taken into custody Wednesday, Feb. 3, and is being held without bond. Police say Smith was found shot in…
A Gallup ranking of the States finds Alabama ranked 5th most GOP state but finds it is the most conservative state in America. Gallup also says the number of red states now is larger than the number of blue states. You can read the entire Gallup poll results online here. Categories: News, Statewide Tags: conservative states, Gallup, Politics
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) – A poultry company that has seven plants in Alabama says its Laurel, Mississippi, plant will close its deboning lines and lay off about 500 workers by the end of June. Officials with Wayne Farms say one customer has contracted for the entire plant’s output, but wants only whole birds. They say some 200 workers will remain…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama announced that 17 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play football with the Crimson Tide Wednesday, joining eight players who enrolled at the Capstone in January and will compete in spring practice later this semester. The 25 total players, including eight mid-year enrollees, come from 12 states and Washington, D.C….
Auburn – 21 of the nation’s top high school and junior college football players have signed to play for Auburn in 2016, head coach Gus Malzahn announced this afternoon. Woody Barrett QB 6-3 225 Winter Garden, FL/West Orange John Broussard Jr. DB 5-11 163 Phenix City, AL/Central Derrick Brown DL 6-4 315 Sugar Hill, GA/Lanier Marlon Character DB 6-0 …
We now know how the city of Selma will commemorate the struggle for voting equality. Plans are now set. We are one month away from the commemoration of the “March on Selma”. Thousands flock to the Queen City every year to mark the moments that led up to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This year they will have a…
Governor Robert Bentley used his State of the State Address to deliver groundbreaking news for education. He proposed teacher pay raises, an increase in the education budget and a monumental expansion of the state’s pre-Kindergarten program. All things educators say are extremely necessary. Lisa Peavy at Butler County’s Bright Beginning’s Pre-K program is one of those teachers. She believes that…
Alabama’s general fund has suffered serious cuts over the last year, with lawmakers needing special sessions to make it work in 2015. This year the governor wants to add about 80 million dollars to the general fund, paid for partially by the education budget. “The governor’s budget proposal for the general fund for FY 17 includes un-earmarking 181 million dollars…
“It gives me an opportunity to get out there and actually do it myself on my own in front of real people with real income and real families,” says Rhett Tucker. These students are crunching numbers outside of the classroom. They are offering free tax services all while getting valuable experience for the future. “We’ve learned all these kinds of…
A judge has set a hearing on indicted House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s claim of prosecutorial misconduct in his ethics case. Circuit Judge Jacob Walker set a Feb. 10 hearing in Opelika. Hubbard on Tuesday filed a renewed motion to dismiss the charges after a political consultant said he communicated regularly about the case with prosecutor Matt Hart. Baron Coleman wrote…
