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Montgomery police searching for robbery suspects
Montgomery police need your help finding two women suspected of third-degree robbery. Police say on March 29, they were called to the 2700 block of Lower Wetumpka Road to a reported strong-armed robbery at a business. The business name has not been revealed. Police say the women left the scene...
Gunshots cause damage to cars, businesses in Montgomery
Shots that were fired near Atlanta Highway in Montgomery have caused damage to cars and businesses. Montgomery Police Dept. Maj. Saba Coleman told Action 8 News that officers were called to the 3500 block of Eastdale Circle at about 1:44AM Sunday. That is where Planet Fitness, the Velvet Room and other businesses are located.
Montgomery police searching for two women in robbery investigation
Montgomery police are investigating a strong-armed robbery case and need your help identifying the suspects. Police say on Monday, April 22, they were called to a business in the 3000 block of McGehee Road. The name of the business has not been announced. Police describe the suspects as two women...
1 killed in weekend Macon County motorcycle crash
MACON COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A motorcyclist died following a weekend crash in Macon County, according to the sheriff’s office. The victim, Henry Whitfield Jr., was traveling along U.S. Highway 80 West when he collided with a vehicle near the intersection of County Road 18, according to Sheriff André Brunson. The crash happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Prattville Library Board chair: New policy is “far right” so state could “move to center”
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ray Boles, chair of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library board, met with board member Gloria Kuykendall on April 22 at a public meeting of the board’s quartering committee and talked about what has been going on “behind the scenes.”. During the 20-minute meeting,...
Fundraiser, benefit dinner set for woman paralyzed in Atlanta Highway shooting
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two fundraisers have been created to help Amy Dicks, the woman paralyzed after being shot on Atlanta Highway on April 12. Dicks is “paralyzed from the chest down,” according to her family, and the incident “will impact her and her family mentally, physically, and financially for the remainder of their lives.”
Wetumpka student receives international recognition
Wetumpka sophomore Shun Steele has a reason to walk a little taller. Beagle Education just recognized him as the top student in a worldwide monthly reading program. “He rocked the leaderboard in our global contest,” Beable’s Khan Defour said. Elmore County Schools started to use Beable in the...
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