Fitzpatrick Elementary School students tested their knowledge of the African-American culture today, with the school hosting its inaugural "Black History Trivia Bowl". Thirteen students competed in today's trivial bowl after winning individual classroom…
Fun in the sun during Spring and Summer comes with a potentially deadly danger, and everyone - young or old, black or white, male or female - is at risk of skin cancer.…
Investigators say they have new information in the disappearance of an Elmore County Woman twenty years ago. They say they are using a search warrant to look for evidence on a 300-acre plot of land in eastern Elmore County, hoping…
Hyundai has recalled tens of thousands of 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport. Hyundai says some of Santa Fe vehicles are at risk for the steering wheel breaking away from the steering column. Roughly 43,900 vehicles are included…
Prosecutors say they have new evidence in the disappearance of an Eclectic woman who vanished nearly 20 years ago. Thirty year old Traci Kegley was last seen with her two year old daughter driving to a Wetumpka convenience store on…
Friends and family of Gregory Gunn marked the 2nd anniversary of his death this afternoon with prayers on the site of his death in 2016. Gunn was shot and killed by a white Montgomery Police officer as he walked home…
One local organization invited everyone out to a night of food and entertainment for a good cause at the Renaissance in downtown Montgomery. The organization "That's My Child" held their annual "Black to the Future Gala" Saturday. The gala featured…
Former Democratic 2nd District Congressman and Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright will be able to run as a Republican for his old seat in the June Republican Primary. Bright went before a closed door GOP committee meeting in Montgomery this afternoon…
People who oppose the takeover of Montgomery Public Schools by the state are plotting strategy. They want to prevent the State Board of Education from going any further after Interim Superintendent Ed Richardson's demands. "This meeting here is to here…
The state of Alabama is observing its annual sales tax holiday on severe weather preparedness items from February 23-25. This means certain equipment, gear and supplies will be exempt from the state’s 4% sales tax. Some counties and cities are…
Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating 28-year-old Kaleb Carter Fannin. He was last seen at his residence in Montgomery on February 18. Authorities say Fannin may be traveling to Talladega, Alabama in a 2006 white Ford Taurus…
Itchy, watery eyes, sneezing and coughing. Kim McMillan says she knows it all too well. "Yes, I do. Coughing and mucus in the chest and stuff like that," said McMillan. Allergist Dr. Allen Meadows says it's common this time of…
Civil rights pioneer James Meredith is scheduled to speak at a church service in Montgomery on Sunday. He is the man who integrated the Univ. of Mississippi as a student in 1962. Meredith…
A law suit is filed in an effort to stop the sale of a Montgomery Middle school. The Alabama Education Association has announced that they are taking legal against interim state Superintendent, Ed Richardson over the sale of Georgia Washington…
Montgomery police say they've made an arrest in a double murder case from January. Police say they've charged 18-year-old Kevonta Brown with two counts of felony murder after officers say he turned himself in earlier today. He's being held on…
Millbrook police say they've arrested a 15-year-old student in connection to a terrorist threat investigation at Stanhope Elmore High School. Police say school officials contacted them Thursday after getting information from several students who said another student made statements about…
While the Parkland, Florida school shooting unfolded, officials say an armed resource officer at the school did not go inside. Alabama News Network spoke with officers of the Elmore County Sheriff's Department about what's expected of a school resource officer…
The Alabama Supreme Court is refusing to make a black judge quit the case of a white police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black man. The justices without comment Friday turned down a request from…
Citing family responsibilities and business obligations, State Rep. Ken Johnson (R - Moulton) on Friday announced that he will not seek re-election to the House District 7 seat he has held since 2010. “I am the father of a quadriplegic son,…
Our Alabama representatives in Washington are speaking out about the latest gun debate. Senator Richard Shelby and Congresswoman Martha Roby say they are both pro-Second Amendment. But they also agree something needs to be done when it comes to gun…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Students from the state's public college and universities descended on the state capital Thursday to remind lawmakers about the importance of higher education. It was all part of the 19th annual Higher Education Advocacy Day.…
NASA representatives made a special visit in the capital city today, and not without stopping by Alabama State University. NASA officials are encouraging Alabama State University Students to shoot for the moon, and consider a career in the space program. NASA's…
Montgomery firefighter Richard Glenn's job is to save lives everyday. But now he is being honored for stepping up to a different task-donating his left kidney to Billy Revell in November 2016. "They were starting to search and I felt like…
The advent of social media and online communities have created both incredible learning opportunities and real and viable threats for students. From cyber-bullying and inappropriate connections to using modern Apps and securing personal data, investigators at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office have…
Civil rights groups are again challenging a federal judge's ruling that an Alabama law requiring government-issued photo ID for voting is not discriminatory. The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Greater Birmingham Ministries and minority voters filed an appeal in…
