ATLANTA (AP) - The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate has settled an ownership dispute with his daughter over the slain civil rights leader's traveling Bible and Nobel Peace Prize medal. King's two sons and daughter are the sole shareholders…
Governor Robert Bentley on Monday released details of his call for the Special Session of the State Legislature. “This call is designed for the Alabama Legislature to address adequate support of…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The Blue Flu police crisis continues in Selma with officers failing to report to work for a second day in a row. Chief John Brock says patrol officers called in sick again Friday. Brock says…
Six people from Oxford, Mississippi, are dead following a plane crash in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Friends, relatives and officials identify the dead as dentists Jason Farese and Lea Farese; dentist Michael Perry and his wife, Kim Perry, a nurse practitioner at…
A special session to decide the fate of a lottery in Alabama begins Monday. The topic of a lottery has divided the legislature for nearly two decades, after former Governor Don…
Millbrook police are still looking for a suspect involved in an armed robbery yesterday afternoon. Milbrook police have already made one arrest in the case. Joe Jones was taken into…
Earlier this week a sign was stolen from a family's yard in Montgomery. The Outlaw's have displayed their family name in their front lawn for almost 50 years. The family's caretaker has now found out who took the sign and retrieved…
An early morning crash on interstate 85 left one person dead today. Montgomery police say a Mazda tribute crashed head on into a Toyota Camry around 5:30 a-m near the south Perry street overpass. The driver of the Mazda, 31…
VictoryLand Casino is slated to open next month. Milton McGregor and Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford jointly announced today that VictoryLand will reopen on Tuesday, September 13, at 2 p.m. The casino has been shut down since Attorney General Luther Strange…
It's officially move in weekend for troy university students living on campus. Residence halls opened their doors early this morning to welcome new and returning students. Check-in to dorms lasts until…
A Wetumpka woman caught drivers passing a stopped school bus on her home's security cameras Tuesday. Her son was boarding the bus when the drivers passed it. "I was just…
Whether its pizza, barbecue, Japanese or farm fresh ingredients, you can find it in Montgomery. "We're seeing a lot of new restaurants come in and some places that have been here for…
A Troy package store owner now has statewide bragging rights. Pete Jordan of Pete's Package Store was recently named Retailer of the Year by the American Licensee Association. The award is based…
There are a lot of people in the state that are passionate about problems that affect kids, including the group Alabama Children First. They hosted the first ever conference about those issues…
A New York man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who fell asleep next to him on an international flight has been sentenced to two years in prison. U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers says 43-year-old Staten Island resident Nadeem Mehmood…
United Airlines won a much-needed labor victory Friday when its 25,000 flight attendants voted to approve a new contract. The agreement comes nearly six years after the airline merged with Continental Airlines and is the first contract to cover flight…
A federal judge is letting Volkswagen study the feasibility of scrapping 2-liter diesel cars that cheat on emissions tests. Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco signed an order Friday authorizing a test program involving 20 cars now owned by VW…
The East Montgomery Islamic Society wants to build a new mosque in East Montgomery. The mosque would be built in the 8700 block of Vaughn Road near Deer Creek neighborhood. The proposal for…
A judge has scheduled a September hearing on motions filed in former House Speaker Mike Hubbard ethics case as Hubbard seeks to overturn his criminal conviction. Circuit Judge Jacob Waller on Thursday scheduled a Sept. 2 hearing on post-trial motions…
Alabama News Network has new court documents relating to the case involving the former secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Spencer Collier. He's filed a lawsuit saying he was wrongfully fired from his job. In the latest documents, Collier's attorney…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) once again is participating in the American Association of State Troopers' Best Looking Cruiser Contest. Everyone is encouraged to "like" the photo of ALEA's 2014 Ford Explorer using the link on ALEA's Facebook…
Law enforcement and transportation officials are asking drivers to be very cautious now that school is back in session. Officials say their biggest concern is loading and unloading school buses. They say…
An autopsy shows that a giraffe which died at the Montgomery Zoo had a knotted rope inside its intestines. A post-mortem report shows the rope led to an intestinal blockage, and that resulted in aspiration pneumonia which killed the animal.…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Despite the first day of school fast approaching, a federal judge isn't ruling immediately on 13 states' request to halt an Obama administration directive on bathroom rights for transgender students in public schools. U.S. District Judge…
The Alabama Department of Transportation is closing one lane of Southbound Interstate 65 from mile post 187 to mile post 186. That's the spot where several cars and a UPS truck collided Thursday morning. The left lane will be closed…
