Montgomery news

• Alabama asks US Supreme Court to allow Ronald Bert Smith's execution

  06-12-2016 22:34
  
  Smith was convicted of killing Huntsville store clerk Casey Wilson in 1994.
  
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• Luther Strange announces he is running for Sessions' seat

  06-12-2016 22:07
  
  Strange had previously told The Weekly Standard that he would run for the Senate seat.
  
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• Knight: Interagency agreements can hurt AL transparency efforts

  06-12-2016 21:53
  Interagency agreements allow the State of Alabama some flexibility to move money around after a budget has been passed, but they can also hurt transparency efforts. After months of work by lawmakers trying to figure out how to best spend your tax money, interagency agreements allow money to be moved around without lawmaker approval.
  
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• How much rain has the River Region received?

  06-12-2016 21:53
  In case you were wondering how much rain our area has received over the past couple of days, check this out: According to First Alert Meteorologist Eric Snitil, Montgomery has received 39.13 inches of rain since the start of the year. The recent rain across our area has brought our deficit from -11.32 inches to -9.92 inches.
  
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• 3 Montgomery men sentenced in 2014 multi-county crime spree

  06-12-2016 21:53
  Three Montgomery men said to be associated with the Crip street gang have been sentenced for taking part in a series of armed convenience store robberies, according to the U.S Attorney General's office. George L. Beck Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama says Tremane Darnell Carthen, 37, and Scottie Jeroma Groce, 26, were each sentenced to 57 years and one month in jail, followed by five years of supervised release.
  
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• Secretary of state announces cost of reprinting ballots after mistake

  06-12-2016 21:17
  
  Two paragraphs were initially omitted from one of the proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.
  
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• Weather Blog: Rain tapers, but cold waits

  06-12-2016 19:35
  First, it was weeks without seeing rain. Now, it's days without seeing sunshine.
  
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• United Brothers and Sisters toy and clothes gift drive Saturday in Montgomery

  06-12-2016 19:35
  The drive will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Connecting the Body of Christ Community Center in Montgomery, formerly known as the Bellingrath Community Center. Donated gifts can be any items ranging from toys, electronics, clothes, bikes, monetary gifts or whatever you wish to donate.
  
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• Montgomery announces 2016 YMCA Man of the Year

  06-12-2016 19:35
  The YMCA of Greater Montgomery honored its 2016 Man of the Year Monday night. This year's winner is Simuel Sippial.
  
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• 4 former Auburn football players subpoenaed in murder trial

  06-12-2016 18:32
  
  Four former Auburn football players were subpoenaed to testify in the murder trial of two men accused in a December 2013 slaying outside a now-closed bar.
  
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• Psychiatrist says fearful Alabama inmates fake suicidal tendencies

  06-12-2016 18:23
  
  Dr. Robert Hunter, medical director for MHM Alabama, which provides mental health care in Alabama prisons, testified on the second day of a federal trial in Montgomery.
  
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• Montgomery County celebrates bicentennial anniversary

  06-12-2016 17:21
  "It came into existence by an act of the Mississippi Territory Legislature," said Gary Burton with the Montgomery County Historical Society and the Pintlala Historical Association. "When the county was formed, there was no state of Alabama, no City of Montgomery, no Alabama territory."
  
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• Gatlinburg fire latest update: City reopens Friday; Great Smoky Mountain park status; what was destroyed?

  06-12-2016 14:12
  
  The evacuation order for Gatlinburg will end Wednesday for those who live and work in the tourist town but the public won't be allowed back in until Friday, city officials announced.
  
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• Arctic blast heading for Alabama

  06-12-2016 13:19
  
  Coldest air since last winter will begin to arrive on Thursday.
  
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• Bet you didn't know: Alabama was the first state to...

  06-12-2016 13:01
  
  This Alabama first was recently a clue in a New York Times' crossword puzzle.
  
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• Alabama governor lifts burn ban after rain eases drought

  06-12-2016 10:59
  
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• Josh: Overnight storm update

  06-12-2016 07:07
  
  A new area of rain has formed over southwest Alabama; it will likely help maintain the cool, stable airmass still in place across central Alabama. North of Montgomery, the severe weather threat is near zero.
  
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• Shots fired at 2 ambulance workers while on scene in Selma

  06-12-2016 03:34
  
  Multiple shots were fired at two Selma ambulance workers while they were responding to a suspicious emergency call.
  
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• Good People Brewing among winners of Alabama Small Business awards

  06-12-2016 02:58
  The Business Council of Alabama and the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama announced the winners, along with the Emerging Small Business of the Year during the BCA-CCAA annual meeting in Birmingham Friday. King's Olive Oil was recognized at the Small Business of the Year in the employees 1 to 10 category.
  
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• Inmates who harmed themselves say care lacking in Alabama prisons

  06-12-2016 00:52
  
  Mentally ill state inmate Jamie Wallace was the first witness to testify in a federal trial about claims that mental health care in Alabama prisons fails to meet constitutional standards.
  
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