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Montgomery

Coroner: Gambling defendant's death natural

February 3, 2012

Montgomery County Coroner David Thrasher said Friday an autopsy by the state Department of Forensic Science showed Crosby died from hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

Montgomery coroner rules bingo retrial figure Ray Crosby died of natural causes

February 3, 2012

Crosby was found dead at his Montgomery home on Jan. 29.

Overturned cattle truck on I-85 cleared, 2 cows still loose

February 3, 2012

Police and firefighters worked to clear the roadway and round up stray cows this morning after a cattle truck hauling 109 cows ran off the road in Shorter, Alabama. Overall, nineteen cows were killed during the accident or after being struck by passing vehicles.

Sen. Dial says no to fuel tax increase

February 3, 2012

MONTGOMERY | Raising the state fuel tax to generate money for road improvements is not an option, said Sen. Gerald Dial, a member of the Joint Permanent Legislative Transportation Committee.

He ain’t heavy, he’s my governor: Bentley, others form Scale Back team

February 2, 2012

Program gets adults to focus on good diets and exercise working with teams of peers.

You can call them Alabama groundhogs, but they’re more often referred to as woodchucks in these parts

January 31, 2012

It may be surprising that the hibernating herbivores can be found as far south as Alabama, although the warmer climate means they may not truly hibernate like their northern cousins.

Alabama Hyundai Plant to be featured in Super Bowl commercial

January 31, 2012

The ad features almost 200 actual Hyundai team members, trained by a vocal coach, and was filmed at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, in Montgomery, Ala., which produces more than 300,000 Sonata and Elantra sedans each year.?

State board denies parole for former Homewood Scout volunteer

January 31, 2012

More than 30 people showed up for the hearing in Montgomery at the Board of Pardons and Paroles headquarters.

Gambling trial suspended after death of defendant

January 30, 2012

A federal judge temporarily suspended jury selection Monday in Alabama’s gambling corruption trial. Jury selection was supposed to begin Monday morning at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, but one of the seven defendants, former legislative employee Ray Crosby, died Sunday.

Hyundai’s Alabama plant, employees to be featured in Super Bowl ad

January 30, 2012

TV spot filmed in Montgomery