Montgomery native and career banking executive Ed Grimes has announced a bid for the Montgomery City Council District 1 seat left vacant by the death of Richard Bollinger.
Bollinger, a three-term councilman, died in March after battling cancer. Voters will choose his successor July 13, with a runoff set for Aug. 24. District 1 includes a wide swath of the city stretching from central to east Montgomery.
Grimes is the vice president of business services at Max Credit Union and a political newcomer, but he said Bollinger encouraged him to run for office after working with him on Lagoon Park Trail. Grimes praised Bollinger’s work ethic and advocacy for District 1 and said he would take the same approach, with a focus on “out-of-the-box” solutions for public education and crime.
Montgomery police charge 2 with robbery, kidnapping From the left, Hikeem Edmond and Kylyn Taylor are charged with robbery and kidnapping. (Source: Montgomery County Detention Facility) By Jonathan Grass | February 1, 2021 at 4:20 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 4:20 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery police have arrested two men in connection to a pair of robbery incidents and a kidnapping on Jan. 29.
Hikeem Edmond, 22, of Bessemer and Kylyn Taylor, 20, of Jackson are both charged with two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of second-degree kidnapping.
According to court filings, the pair kidnapped someone during a robbery at Dollar General at 2769 Eastern Blvd. between 10:50 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Police say it was an armed robbery and they kidnapped the male victim at gunpoint.