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MPD launching death investigation after body found near Greil Memorial

Submitted by WSFA 12 News Staff
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 6:30am

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- Montgomery Police have confirmed they are conducting a death investigation after a body was found on McCarter Avenue near the now closed Greil Memorial Psychiatric Hospital.

Authorities say a body was found in the 2300 block of McCarter Road. Detectives spent the afternoon at a house investigating the incident.

Police are releasing few details about the investigation. The sight of so many police cars left some neighbors stunned.

"I was actually shocked just to see all of those units down there," said Stacy Trantham, a neighborhood watch captain. "It really sort of kind of rattled me just a little bit."

Trantham said neighbors had been concerned about suspicious activity at the house over the past few months.

No additional details are available at this time.

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AUM professor to be featured on HGTV's "House Hunters" Thursday

Submitted by WSFA 12 News Staff
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 6:37pm
AUM Associate Professor Clara Taylor (far right) with the HGTV film crew on campus in October. Photo by Buffy Lockette.

MONTGOMERY, AL- The popular HGTV program
"House Hunters" will feature the home buying journey of Clara Young,
AUM associate professor of education, during a new episode set to air on May 16
at 9 p.m.

A crew from HGTV visited Montgomery in
October to film Young's search for a new home.

Footage of the AUM campus can be
seen in the episode, including scenes of Young teaching, according to show
producers. 

"House Hunters" takes viewers
behind the scenes as individuals, couples and families learn what to look for
in a house and decide whether or not a home is meant for them.

Focusing on the
emotional experience of finding and purchasing a house, each episode shows the
process as buyers search for a new home.

INFORMATION SOURCE: Auburn Montgomery

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Montgomery serial rapist pleads guilty to 12 counts

Submitted by WSFA 12 News Staff
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 4:48pm

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- The Montgomery man police say used social media to lure his victims to be raped has pleaded guilty to 12 counts relating to the rapes of five women.

At the time of his arrest, authorities called 22-year-old Roderikus Alloway a serial rapist and sexual predator. He has now pleaded guilty to five counts of first degree rape, six counts of first degree sodomy and one count of forcible sexual touching.

According to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, the series of rapes occurred from February of 2012 through April 2012.

Alloway would contact women via text message and phone calls in order to form a relationship with them. He would eventually invite the women over to his apartment in the Fox Run apartment complex off of Calmar Drive. 

When the women would arrive he would pull them into a dark vacant apartment and threaten them with a hammer.

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ASU faculty member elected president-elect of nationwide business honor society

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 3:46pm
ASU faculty member elected president-elect of nationwide business honor society

 

An ASU faculty member was elected president-elect of a national business honor society at its annual meeting April 17-20 in Atlanta, and two ASU business and marketing education students attended the same event as delegates.

ASU faculty advisor to the Pi Omega Pi National Business Honor Society, Emma A. Faulk, assistant professor of Business Education, was elected president-elect of the honor society at its 43rd Biennial Convention. She will take office as president at the pre-biennial meeting in April 15-19, 2014 in Los Angeles.  

Attending the meeting with Faulk were seniors Keven Smith and Jana Brooks, where they attended numerous workshops and heard several keynote speakers discuss business and technology teaching topics.

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LPGA coming back to Prattville in 2014 with 3 mystery sponsors

Submitted by WSFA 12 News Staff
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 3:11pm

MOBILE, AL (WSFA)- The announcement was made Tuesday morning that the LPGA Tour will be returning to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill in Prattville in the fall of 2014.

The Senator Course at Capitol Hill will be home to the Alabama LPGA Classic presented by the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The event is being sponsored by three companies that did not want any publicity, so the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is the glue holding the deal together. While the companies' names were not revealed, they are said to be out-of-state, American businesses.

It costs on average between $3 million to $4 million to run
an LPGA Tour. That cost is paid through ticket sales and cities. The actual purse for this tour will be $1 million and will be shared by the three
unidentified companies.

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NAMI Alabama Receives 2013 Best of Montgomery Award

Submitted by JoBeth Davis, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 12:22pm
NAMI Alabama Receives 2013 Best of Montgomery Award

 

MONTGOMERY April 24, 2013 -- NAMI Alabama has been selected for the 2013 Best of Montgomery Award in the Doctors & Clinics category by the Montgomery Award Program.

Each year, the Montgomery Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Montgomery area a great place to live, work and play.

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CRASH VIDEOS: MPD is watching you with 10 new red light cameras

Submitted by WSFA 12 News Staff
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 8:53pm

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- The odds of being caught running a red light in the city of Montgomery just tilted a little more in law enforcement's favor with the installation of 10 new red light cameras that became operational last Friday.

Authorities say these additional cameras are part of the city's automated traffic enforcement program that targets specific intersections to increase safety and prevent crashes.

When a vehicle runs a red light where a camera is installed, the system will catch three images of the violation. The first image shows the vehicle before crossing the while line while the light is red, the second shows the vehicle in the intersection and the third image shows a close-up of the license plate of the vehicle in question.

Starting on Friday, May 10, drivers who run red lights at the following intersections can smile pretty for the camera and brace themselves for a fee - there will be no grace period with the new cameras:

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