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Pike Road Schools shares context after student artwork features KKK members
The project involved some Pike Road Junior High students who took part in an art show to better connect with civil rights history. As part of its community outreach, the school posted photos of some of the students holding their work to its official social media accounts. Some took offense...
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Man in life-threatening condition after Montgomery shooting
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A man is fighting for his life after being shot Thursday evening, the Montgomery Police Department is confirming. The victim, whose name has not been released, suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound just before 7:30 p.m. Police and fire medics responded to the 4400 block of Troy...
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Man shot to death in Montgomery days after moving to Alabama: ‘His new start of life ended’
A man shot to death in a Montgomery park had just moved to Alabama two days before to get a fresh start in life. Tommy Berg was killed just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. “His new start of life ended today with us getting the phone call of him being shot and killed,’’ his sister, Ashley Berg, said on a GoFundMe for her slain brother.
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Was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ actually filmed in Alabama? Harper Lee said it ‘looked so real’
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” one of the most-read books in the world, was written by Monroeville, Ala., native Harper Lee. The fictional setting of the 1960 book was a small town called Maycomb, which Lee confirmed numerous times in her lifetime was based on Monroeville, now a quaint town with plenty of “Mockingbird”-themed sites for tourists.
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Junior Bridgeman, businessman who invested $600M in Montgomery ‘beverage park,’ dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WSFA) - Billionaire businessman and former NBA player Ulysses L. “Junior” Bridgeman has died. According to our sister station WAVE, Bridgeman suffered a medical emergency Tuesday night at an event in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 71. Bridgeman was a founding partner of Manna Capital Partners, which...
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Brundidge chief, others bilked federal rental program, DOJ claims
BRUNDIDGE, Ala. (WTVY) - Brundidge Police Chief Samuel Green, his wife, and another person face allegations they used a federal program to commit fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed the 20-count indictment following the arrests of Green, his wife Sharon Jones, and acquaintance Shemillia Levera Fenn on Thursday. DOJ...
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Brundidge police chief among 3 indicted on federal fraud charges
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A federal grand jury has indicted three Troy residents, including the Brundidge chief of police, for their alleged roles in a scheme to defraud the federal government, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. According to the indictment, Samuel Cornelius Green, 50, Sharon Jones Green, 53, and...
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BPD chief arrested by U.S. Marshals
Brundidge Police Chief Sam Green was among three people arrested by U.S. Marshals on Thursday morning. According to Doug Howard, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Alabama, Samuel Cornelius Green, Sharon Jones Green and Schemilla Levra Fenn, were taken into custody by United States Marshals. Howard said all three were in custody and had been transported to federal court in Montgomery and are awaiting arraignment on charges related to fraudulent use of federal funds for rentals.