A car rally hosted by a group calling for the economy to re-open is closing several streets in downtown Montgomery Tuesday around the Capitol. A group called Stand Up Alabama is planning the rally for 1 p.m. called Operation Back to Work to encourage the state to reopen businesses. Here is an early photo gallery of the event in Montgomery: The group plan the rally in support of the Small Business Commission Emergency Task Force report released Friday. The task force recommended the state open...

Montgomery City Councilman Oronde Mitchell is offering a $2,500 reward to anyone who has information on the death of 17-year-old Maryuri Aleman Cantillano. Aleman Cantillano's body was found last week near the Regency Park Community Center in District 6, the district Mitchell represents. Aleman Cantillano had been stabbed, police said. She was found more than a week after she went missing. Mitchell worked with Tony Garrett from Central Alabama CrimeStoppers to set up the fund to reward anyone...

A city of Montgomery sanitation department employee tested positive for COVID-19, the city confirmed Tuesday. The city was informed late Monday and verified the positive results today. The employee has been self-quarantined for more than a week. The employee did not come in contact with the virus at his job, according to a press release from the city. The source of the infection was tracked to a relative who works in the health care field. Upon learning of the family member’s positive test,...

(Photo: Jake Crandall/ Advertiser) Trash collection was about 1,300 tons higher than usual citywide following storms last week. The city has also attributed recent volume increases to the coronavirus pandemic. The city considers "garbage” to be the content in the green rollout containers that are serviced twice per week. While volumes have increased during the coronavirus stay-at-home period, there has never been a delay in servicing these routes. “Trash” is the limbs, leaves and grass left...

The Montgomery City Council approved a $35 million line of credit in lieu of a projected $23 million dollar shortfall in revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. The city's Interim Director of Finance Betty Beville told the City Council on Tuesday before the vote that the credit was needed to service approximately $32 million debt. About halfway into the fiscal year, the city owes roughly $10 million to bond holders by Sept. 30. How much of the $35 million line of credit the city needs to use...