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🌱 Police Investigate Shooting + Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn

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Happy Saturday, Montgomery! Here's everything you need to know going on in Montgomery today.


First, today's weather:

Breezy and cooler. High: 69 Low: 49.


Here are the top stories in Montgomery today:

  • Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that has left a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Police say at about 2 p.m., they and fire medics responded to the 3500 block of Carter Hill Road. That is where they found the man who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. (Alabama News Network)
  • A Pike Road man has been convicted for possession of child pornography, according to the Alabama attorney general's office. Nicholas DeWayne Done, 41, pleaded guilty Thursday to possession of obscene matter depicting a person under the age of 17. Done was charged in February after a search warrant was executed on his personal computer which found a video depicting minors engaging in various sex acts. He was sentenced to 10 years. (WFSA)
  • Governor Kay Ivey announced Alabama lawmakers will gather later this month to draw new legislative and congressional district lines. Lawmakers will draw new district lines for congressional districts, the Alabama Legislature and the state school board. District lines will shift to accommodate large population growth in, and around, areas of Baldwin County, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa and Auburn while other areas of the state saw stagnant or declining population growth. (Alabama Daily News)

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Today in Montgomery:

  • Harvest Jam - Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce (11:00 AM)

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Sammi Caramela

About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."

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