MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- Alabama State's Board of Trustees gave the interim president
of the university the authority, Friday, to provide legal counsel to members of
the university's administration who are questioned during the forensic audit of
the institution's financial dealings.

The board, along with ex-oficio member Gov. Robert Bentley
commissioned a pair of financial examinations of Alabama State University
during a December board meeting. The audits came about after former President
Joseph Silver raised allegations of wrong-doing last November. He described
some financial relationships as "troubling at best and conflicts of interest at
least."

The Chairman of the ASU Board of Trustees, Elton Dean, has
denied that the university has participated in any sorts of dealings.

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- The number of homicides in Montgomery is up dramatically from years past, and we've uncovered some disturbing similarities many of these killings share.

So far in 2013 someone in Montgomery is killed by someone else once every six days.  At this rate we'll surpass the number of killings in all of last year by early July.  While some of these killings have been random acts, most of them have something in common.

Montgomery has seen 22 homicides in less than 5 months.  There were 32 in all of 2012.

"It's no secret that it's black males who are dying. Ninety percent of the murders in Montgomery," says Alabama State University psychologist Dr. Earnest Blackshear, who has been working with police to try and find ways to stop a trend that's been in place for many years.    

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - You're invited to help 'take a bite out of cancer' today in Montgomery. Homewood Suites by Hilton invites the public to a cookout fundraiser Thursday, May 9th.

For $12, you get all-you-can-eat hamburgers, hot dogs, salad, chips and drinks! Eat-in or carry-out. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

The hours are from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. Homewood Suites by Hilton is located in Interstate Park. That's just off Perry Hill Road near I-85.

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