Montgomery AdvertiserView CommentsMayor Steven Reed issued an executive order to mandate masks in Montgomery, bypassing a tied City Council vote that failed to do the same less than 24 hours prior. Reed announced the order in a news conference at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. It goes into effect at 5 p.m. Friday and is intended to be temporary until the next council meeting for council members to consider another ordinance, Reed said. "We felt the city should have taken official action last night," Reed said of the council's deadlocked vote on mandatory mask wearing. "As...…Montgomery AdvertiserView CommentsMayor Steven Reed issued an executive order to mandate masks in Montgomery, bypassing a tied City Council vote that failed to do the same less than 24 hours prior. Reed announced the order in a news conference at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. It goes into effect at 5 p.m. Friday and is intended to be temporary until the next council meeting for council members to consider another ordinance, Reed said. "We felt the city should have taken official action last night," Reed said of the council's deadlocked vote on mandatory mask wearing. "As...WW…

Montgomery AdvertiserView CommentsA Montgomery man charged in federal court with possession and receipt of child pornography pleaded guilty to the crimes Wednesday, previously saying the female dolls, children's underpants, pictures of children in public places and white duct tape found in his bedroom were a part of his "fantasies."Charles Bennett Salter III, 38, was initially charged in 2018 with 10 counts of possession of child pornography in state court after an Alabama Law Enforcement investigators found him distributing over 100 files of children younger than 17 engaged...…Montgomery AdvertiserView CommentsA Montgomery man charged in federal court with possession and receipt of child pornography pleaded guilty to the crimes Wednesday, previously saying the female dolls, children's underpants, pictures of children in public places and white duct tape found in his bedroom were a part of his "fantasies."Charles Bennett Salter III, 38, was initially charged in 2018 with 10 counts of possession of child pornography in state court after an Alabama Law Enforcement investigators found him distributing over 100 files of children younger than 17 engaged...WW…