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🌱 Deadly Crash Kills Infant + Food Supply Shortage
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Good day, people of Montgomery! It's me again, Sammi Caramela, your host of the Montgomery Daily.
First, today's weather:
Partly sunny and humid. High: 81 Low: 63.
Here are the top stories today in Montgomery:
- Montgomery police said a baby has died of injuries from a crash involving an ambulance that happened on Tuesday. The four-month-old Israel Barrera of Montgomery passed away in a hospital from injuries he suffered in the wreck. The investigation into what caused the wreck is ongoing. (Alabama News)
- Nationwide food distribution challenges are now having impacting Alabama school lunchrooms. According to the Alabama State Department of Education, every school district, including Montgomery, has been affected by food supply shortages. This issue is affecting 687,000 students statewide. (CBS 42)
- On Monday, October 18, the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra will present "The Montgomery Variations" by Margaret Bonds — one of the first female African American composers to gain recognition in the U.S. (Montgomery Advertiser)
- An initiative of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, TechMGM is helping with Montgomery's collaborative approach to connecting and leveraging the advantages it offers in technology- and innovation-related fields. (Alabama News Center)
- A Montgomery-based Jackson Hospital has announced that it will expand access to COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments. This action comes in partnership with the Alabama Department of Public Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Alabama News)
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Today in Montgomery:
- Regional Workforce Leadership Training - Leadership 2 (All Day)
- GO/PS - County of Montgomery (10:15 AM)
- Virtual Mid-Day Power Hour Small Business Education Seminar -How Businesses Use Credit (11:00 AM)
- T&E/PS - County of Montgomery (1:30 PM)
- Montgomery Housing Authority Landlord Workshop (4:00 PM)
- AODAAC General Meeting & Subcommittee Meetings (6:00 PM)
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— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."