Missouri city officials more cautious after Mamtek failure By WES DUPLANTIER The Associated Press By WES DUPLANTIER Updated: 2012-02-18T18:23:43Z More News JEFFERSON CITY | Five months ago, the failure of a sweetener factory project in a northern Missour

MONTGOMERY – Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley said during testimony Friday in the gambling corruption retrial that Milton McGregor was intertwined in the bribe offers Gilley said he made to multiple legislators. The McGregor defense, however, ins

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — An attorney for casino owner Milton McGregor continued his efforts this afternoon to cast prosecution witness Ronnie Gilley as a liar, pointing to a series of false statements before a key gambling vote in the Legislature. McGregor

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Testimony from casino developer Ronnie Gilley continued this afternoon with assertions that he offered hundreds of thousands of dollars to a pair of state senators in an attempt to win passage of a gambling initiative. Gilley, who h

MONTGOMERY – On the brink of seeing his life savings — and millions in loan obligations — dissolve with the implosion of Country Crossing, developer Ronnie Gilley testified Wednesday he took money from Milton McGregor and formed an alliance with the casi

» School bus drivers must turn on their warning lights at least 300 feet before a stop within city limits (or 500 feet outside city limits). » Drivers approaching a school bus — from the front or back — with its warning lights flashing must reduce speed

Finally, a court in Alabama has ruled that the computerized devices used for gambling as electronic bingo machines are nothing more than slot machines. That’s been the consensus of some prosecutors, former Gov. Bob Riley and the heavy handed Task Force o

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Phil Riddick was former Gov. Bob Riley's pick for Madison County Commission District 5 last year, and that was almost the only vote Riddick needed to win a full term this year. Riley appointed Riddick, 54, to the commission in Janua

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Prosecutors described VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor and his fellow defendants as corrupt and greedy people who put a price tag on legislative votes. But defense lawyers countered that the alleged crimes only exist in prosecutor

WASHINGTON -- I got a chance to ask former lobbyist Jack Abramoff yesterday whether he was expecting to testify in the public corruption trial getting underway in Montgomery. Here is Kim Chandler's full story, including the comment from Abramoff. Questio

Former Gov. Bob Riley and convicted gambling lobbyist Jack Abramoff are among the potential witnesses in the federal corruption trial of VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor, three current or former state senators, and two others that began Monday. Other po

As co-chair of the National Policy Alliance and as the sponsor of the original electronic bingo legislation of 2003, I am calling for a quick end to the bingo trial. The trial is wasting our hard-earned tax dollars. They didn’t find anyone guilty the fir

MONTGOMERY – Prosecutors and attorneys held to the same recipe Monday at the beginning of jury selection in the bingo corruption trial, but added a few new ingredients. There was a new chief prosecutor in U.S. Attorney Kendall Day, at least one new gover

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, from left, is congratulated by Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, Rep. Kerry Rich, R-Albertville, and Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, after signing into law what critics and supporters are calling the strongest bill in the nation crac

The five-member Missouri Gaming Commission this week unanimously approved a settlement agreement and $375,000 fine against a company that provided electronic bingo machines to casinos in Alabama. The order states that International Game Technology, or IG

It’s always amazed me how much money judicial candidates raise for a job that can pay less than the cost of their campaigns. Six years ago, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Drayton Nabers raised nearly 5 million bucks in his race to keep the se

Riley Targets 11th victory as 50th Rolex 24 Ushers In New DP Era Wins in Rolex GT and Continental Tire Challenge Also in Play for Riley 25 January, 2012-The 50th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona will have the full focus of the racing world this weekend

A bill that would allow advertising on school buses could go to a vote in the House this week. House Bill 30, proposed by Rep. Terry Mills, D-Lebanon, and co-sponsored by six other legislators, would enable school districts to sell exterior advertising o

Tuscaloosa businessman Stan Pate today filed papers to run for Congress against incumbent U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus. Pate joins a crowded field running for the Republican nomination to the 6th Congressional District seat. Also running are Sen. Scott Beaso