MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department is releasing the mugshot taken of District 5 City Councilman C.C. Calhoun.

The councilman was arrested early Friday morning after a police officer pulled over his Mercedes for allegedly running a red light.

The officer reported smelling alcohol on the councilman's breath and administered a field sobriety test. Councilman Calhoun was subsequently arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence.

He was released several hours afterward on bond. His son, Cornelius Jerrel Calhoun, Jr. was arrested around the same time on a harassment charge at Montgomery Police Headquarters. Calhoun, Jr. - a Macon County Sheriff's Deputy - was also released on bond a few hours after being booked.

The Montgomery Election Center announced absentee voting for the Primary Election begins Thursday, February 2, 2012.

The Primary Election will be on Tuesday, March 13 and the last day to apply for an absentee ballot is Thursday, March 8.   

Registered and eligible voters in Montgomery County must complete an Absentee Ballot Application before receiving a ballot.  Voters requesting an absentee ballot must select their political party preference and choose one of the following reasons for requesting a ballot on the application:

• Will be out of the county or state on Election Day
• Is physically incapacitated and will not be able to vote in person on Election Day
• Works a required workplace shift which has at least ten (10) hours that coincide with the polling hours at the voter’s regular polling place
• Is a student at an educational institution based outside the county of the voter’s permanent residence, and t

The Alabama Farmers Federation has tapped Mitt Walker to be the new director of National Legislative Programs within the Department of Governmental and Agricultural Programs. Walker’s career with the Federation began in 2005 as the director of Catfish and Meat Goat and Sheep Divisions.

“I am greatly humbled by this opportunity, and look forward to serving our members in this new role,” Walker said. “However, I will certainly miss working on a daily basis with the Catfish and Meat Goat and Sheep Divisions. I have been blessed to work with some truly wonderful people whom I now count as friends.”

Prior to his new position, Walker had assumed responsibilities working with environmental issues and regulations and matters dealing with the Clean Water Act for the Federation.