Montgomery Area Council on Aging (MACOA) was chosen by the public as LWT’s seventh CreateAthon client for 2011.

Montgomery, Alabama – July 25th, 2011 – LWT, a Montgomery-based marketing and interactive firm, will work with seven area non-profits during their 2011 CreateAthon™. To celebrate their tenth year of CreateAthon™ outreach to the community, LWT allowed the public to choose the last non-profit organization to receive free marketing services through an interactive Facebook promotion. 

The finalists for the seventh non-profit to receive marketing services through CreateAthon™ were The Montgomery Area Council on Aging (MACOA), Montgomery Area Nontraditional Equestrians (M.A.N.E), and The Shepherd’s Staff, Inc. The Montgomery Area Council on Aging (MACOA) received the most votes and will be the final recipient in this year’s CreateAthon™ event.

One provision of the new immigration law allows police to check immigration status during a traffic stop, something Olivia Turner finds thoroughly 'unconstitutional' and wrong.

"This law will invite rampant discrimination," said Turner.

One of the champions of Alabama's new immigration law disagrees.

The Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard said in this statement released to WSFA 12 News today:

"Make no mistake, this lawsuit will not undo Alabama's immigration law. If the court finds problems with parts of the law, tweaks can be made. But Alabama is not going to be a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants. Alabama will have a strict immigration law and we will enforce it."

The Speaker was just as adamant a few days ago while addressing a local civic club.

"The operative word here is 'illegal' and somehow that's gotten lost," Hubbard said.

Law enforcement from Autauga, Montgomery and Chilton County's, along with the Millbrook Police Department, conducted an investigation over the weekend involving alleged illegal alcohol sales, stolen property, and illicit drugs at a home in Prattville.

The home, located on Rosa Mae Lane, was raided by a multi-jurisdictional team that included narcotics, patrol, K-9, and other officers, said Captain Jim Steele, Chief Investigators at the Autauga County Sheriff's Office.

Citizens called to report that, "a pending function was to take place," Steele said and that complaints had been filed in the past.

Arrested were: Xavier E. Albright, 24, of Autaugaville, Edward L. Davis, 46, of Prattville, Franklin J. Howard, 30, of Prattville, Allen D. Saleary, 18, of Montgomery, and Leonardo A. Allen, 29, of Prattville.