State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) officially pre-filed a bill for the 2025 legislative session that would allow the Governor or Attorney General (AG) to appoint an interim police chief in municipalities where crime has gone out of control.
Scott Kenneth Vaughn, 59, of Montgomery, was found in a wooded area adjacent to U.S. Highway 280 on February 17.
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in a Sunday night murder that claimed the life of 22-year-old Noel Avido Lopez, the most recent in a slew of violent crimes affecting Hispanics in Montgomery.
While Montgomery’s rising crime has a ripple effect throughout the city, members of the healthcare community are sounding the alarm on the negative effects on staff and resources caused by increased gun violence.
Leaders in Montgomery are continuing to pass the buck as residents express displeasure with how the City handles crime after a suspect in a shooting that paralyzed an innocent woman swiftly made bail after his arrest.
On Tuesday, Acting Montgomery Police Department (MPD) Captain John Hall and Montgomery City officials announced a slew of recent arrests in the Atlanta Highway shooting that left an innocent woman paralyzed.
A suspect in the Montgomery shooting that left an innocent woman paralyzed was released on bail after being arrested on charges related to the crime over the weekend.
At a Friday press conference, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed elaborated that Police Chief Darryl Albert's resignation came during an investigation into sexual harassment, as well as issues surrounding morale in MPD.
A massive group of residents descended on the Montgomery city council to rail against rising crime rates after an innocent bystander left paralyzed in Friday shooting.
Alabama’s “Big 10” cities stand to make a windfall of cash should the proposed online retail tax increase pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday while many of the state’s metro areas remain embroiled in hardship or controversy.
After getting swept this weekend, Auburn got back on track tonight with a win over South Alabama in Montgomery.
A former Montgomery police officer is claiming that she faced retaliation and was ultimately fired by the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) after refusing to have an affair with Montgomery Police Chief Darryl J. Albert.
Landry, a historian of big band music and of Montgomery radio, died on January 12 at age 93.
The Wright brothers not only invented the airplane but also developed it through many stages, all without government money or regulation. American inventiveness and entrepreneurship.
A $1 million Yass Prize was awarded to Valiant Cross Academy, an all-boys Christian school based in Montgomery, on Wednesday.
The administrator managing the City of Montgomery’s supplemental health insurance program for retired Medicare-eligible employees is changing next year.
State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) announced on Monday she will co-host a “Girls Day At The Capitol” event on Monday, December 18.
An attorney for two individuals charged with assault in the Montgomery Riverfront brawl in August filed a motion on Thursday asking the judge to recuse herself, alleging she is “predisposed” against the defense.
Former State Rep. Perry Hooper, Jr. has moved to dismiss his lawsuit against the city of Montgomery, stemming from his sex abuse arrest last year.
A resolution limiting the flying of flags on city property to the Montgomery, Alabama and United States flags passed at a Montgomery City Council meeting on Tuesday.
A dockworker attacked during a brawl in Montgomery's Riverfront Park that got national media coverage in August said he has some “bumps and bruises” after the incident.
Aaron Cody Smith, the former Montgomery police officer convicted of manslaughter, is seeking a new trial after the Alabama Supreme Court expressed concern over the effectiveness of Smith's counsel during his criminal trial in 2019.
Members of the Montgomery City Council didn’t pass a resolution proclaiming September as American Christian Heritage Month for a second straight meeting on Tuesday.
Brenda Palmer, a former interim chief financial officer of Montgomery Public Schools, pleaded guilty on Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court to two counts of state ethics law violations and two counts of making false statements to investigators.
They were for it. Then they reconsidered it. Then they delayed a vote on declaring September as American Christian Heritage Month until their next meeting in two weeks.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed recently received the National Mayor of the Year Award at the 123rd National Black Business Conference in Atlanta.
If new Montgomery is to rise – and as a native son, I hope it rises to become the envy of the world – continuing to blame the sordid past for the lackluster present is a death knell for the future.