🌱 Patch AM: How a former mall is powering Montgomery students’ tech careers

What's up Montgomery! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a former mall is powering Montgomery students' tech careers
• Meet the new Space Force instructor shaping officers at Maxwell AFB
• How a Montgomery-based ruling sealed this long-running death penalty case

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 73.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hyundai Power Transformers makes major donation to Montgomery students (waka.com) — Montgomery students at the MPACT magnet school are getting a big technology boost, thanks to Hyundai Power Transformers' donation of 30 iPads, 500 notebook computers, and $5,000. The support strengthens Montgomery Public Schools' career-training programs housed in the former Montgomery Mall, helping local teens earn certifications and college credits that feed directly into high-demand jobs and area employers' workforces.
   

• Shaping Future Officers: 1st Lt. Christopher Lyons Selected as OTS Instructor (spaceforce.mil) — Right here in Montgomery at Maxwell Air Force Base, 1st Lt. Christopher Lyons has been chosen to train future Space Force officers at Officer Training School. The piece highlights his Alabama roots, career experience, and hopes for mentoring new Guardians, underscoring Maxwell's growing role in shaping the next generation of military leaders.
   

• Death Sentence Upheld for Man Convicted in 2001 Talladega County Double Murder (abc3340.com) — A major death-penalty appeal handled out of Montgomery has ended with a federal court refusing to overturn the conviction or sentence of an Alabama man in a 2001 Talladega County double murder. The Eleventh Circuit's decision, announced by Attorney General Steve Marshall, leaves the original death sentence in place after years of state and federal review.
   

📸 Around Montgomery

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Montgomery

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Friday August 28
• Football vs Hueytown
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• JV VB @ Catholic Tourn
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• Cross Country @ Gateway Park
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  8:30 am
Monday August 31
• GW Campus MS Football @ Enterprise
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• PRJHS PRMS Curriculum Night
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:30 pm
• JV Football VS MA
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:30 pm
• GW Campus PRMS Curriculum Night
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:30 pm
• MS Football @ Enterprise
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• Preschool Storytime →
  Wetumpka, AL Calendar, 212 South Main Street, Wetumpka
  10:00 am
• Football vs Hueytown
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• JV VB @ Catholic Tourn
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• Cross Country @ Gateway Park
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A special thank you to the lady in Deer Creek that recommended Trey Arthur for yard work.
  He came to my house today and worked all day clearing along my back fence line and cleaning out a large flower bed and put down pine straw. I highly… (Nextdoor Halcyon South)
• Warning to everyone who gets an email titled "New Email" in bold print.
  Don't open it! If you do, your computer will be "locked up" and you will be unable to use it until you call a particular number. Simply delete the… (Nextdoor Halcyon Forest)

• ABM Industries posted a job opening for Day Porter in Montgomery. Apply here.
• John Knox Manor posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Montgomery. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montgomery here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pike Road

• See 2026 Week 1 Alabama high school football scores from the Montgomery area (montgomeryadvertiser.com)
• What to do in Montgomery for Aug. 27-Sept. 2 (sunherald.com)
• Col. John Eidsmoe: What's wrong with socialism? (1819news.com)

Millbrook

• Man wanted in Millbrook retail theft incident turns himself in (wsfa.com)

Wetumpka

• The Purse (blogspot.com)

Ok Montgomery! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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