MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- From the looks of the outside, it appears to be a normal day at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School St. Bede's campus.

But the end of the year excitement is on for these second graders. That's where we find 8-year-old Hannah who's in for a big surprise when her stepfather Lieutenant Colonel Craig Drecher walks through the classroom door.

Drecher had to accept the call of duty leaving his kids and wife in early January for a four and a half month deployment in the Middle east.

"Most of the unit came home on Friday and Sunday I stayed behind. We had one last plane and one crew that stayed behind and we got back with that crew on Monday to Pope Air force base and then I drove from Pope home and that allowed me to come to school today and surprise the children," Drecher said.

His son, 6-year-old Ben also had a big smile on his face after seeing his dad.

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – A bill to honor Civil Air Patrol’s World War II veterans with a Congressional Gold Medal passed the U.S. Senate Monday night under unanimous consent after gaining the necessary co-sponsors needed for consideration.

The bill, S. 309, recognizes the contributions of CAP’s pilots and other members who served during the war. Predating the U.S. Air Force, CAP’s services included flying combat and humanitarian missions under hazardous conditions.

Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, CAP’s national commander, credited members' and other supporters' hard work and expressed his thanks not only to leaders throughout the organization but also to the 82 senators -- 15 more than the minimum needed -- who have signed on as co-sponsors for S. 309.

Carr, reports to the CAP Board of Governors, which consists of 11 members representing the organization, the U.S. Air Force and private industry.

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA)- The Montgomery City Council snuffed out the last of the controversy surrounding Club Blaze during Tuesday's meeting by revoking its business license.

The business was in city councilman C.C. Calhoun's district, but he's called it a headache for him and the area since it opened two years ago as Quarles Barbecue. In August 2012 the name changed to Blaze Bar and Grill without the city council's knowledge.

Was it a restaurant or a nightclub? That was the question before the business's owner during the May 7 council meeting.