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WVAS Crime Report- Assassination attempt, lethal injection

2024 Assassination Attempt Reaction

Alabama Republican leaders are reacting to the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.

GOP Chairman John Wahl called the Saturday incident "an absolute tragedy for everyone involved and for the American people as a whole."

He went on to blast the mainstream media, saying its rhetoric incites acts of political violence.
Meanwhile, dozens of state delegates are in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention that starts today.

2024 3rd Execution

The Alabama Department of Corrections will carry out its third execution of the year this week.
Sixty-four-year-old Keith Edmond Gavin will be put to death by lethal injection on Thursday at Holman Prison in Atmore.

He was convicted in 1999 for the shooting death of a delivery truck driver outside a Regions Bank in Cherokee County.

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.