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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The National Weather Service forecast for the Montgomery area calls for a 20 percent chance of showers after noon.

Many of you have given up on trying to treat weeds in your lawn on your own, turning instead to... Charter schools and a city-run school system, both hot topics in the Capital City, took center stage at an education forum Thursday night intended to simply provide information on what those options would look like in Montgomery.

A chance to make a change. Residents and business leaders shared a vision for their little piece of Montgomery at a charrette for a project along Atlanta Highway.

Casino owner Milton McGregor arrives at the Federal Building in Montgomery, Ala.

Aluminum cans pressed into a bale form an abstract sculpture of silver and colors.

The prime suspect in Montgomery's Christmas Day 2011 homicide case is back in the state of Alabama, according to authorities.

Sen. Greg Reed, R-Jasper, left, talks with Sen. Bill Holtzclaw, R-Madison right, and Sen.

The Montgomery Fire Department responded to a fire at a vacant home in north Montgomery early this morning.

Drue Fortune recently opened the Commerce Street Soda Shop and says signs outside his store and another at the corner help attract customers.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Nearly half of potential jurors asked to be excused from duty in Alabama's gambling corruption retrial as jury selection went into a third day Wednesday.

The owner of a downtown Montgomery restaurant got a request recently that hasn't been echoed in all the legendary hotdog eatery's 95 years of special orders.

Ray Crosby, the late legislative bill writer who was indicted on bribery charges in Alabama's federal gambling corruption trial but cleared following his sudden death, was the subject of an Alabama Senate resolution Tuesday.

Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey gavels in the official start of the first day of the 2012 session in the Alabama Senate on Tuesday in Montgomery.

If a handful of Montgomery business owners were waiting to see if the city was serious about that whole business-license-revocation thing, they found out.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A Montgomery artist is sharing his city with the world from behind a video camera.

The new face representing the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office should be a familiar one to residents.

Despite C.C. Calhoun's DUI charge, city officials say his role as a council member is not affected.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is asking the Legislature to create a limited number of charter schools.

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Civil rights, labor and immigration activists say they are returning to Selma, Ala.

The AFL-CIO is joining with civil rights, community and labor partners in the re-enactment of the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery, Ala., civil rights march that will focus attention on new attacks on voting rights , immigrants , workers' rights and education .