HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is still getting paid two months after he was convicted of murder. Huntsville officer William Ben Darby was stripped of his law enforcement certification after a jury May 7 found him guilty of murdering…
Ford addressed the incident in the Tuskegee town square. Ford says he's willing to continue the fight to get the statue removed. Since ford cut half way through one of the legs of the statue, it now makes the monument a hazard to the public, and could force the county to take it down.
The second chance job fair was designed to pair ex criminal offenders with employers willing to give them a second chance.
Alabama State Troopers say a woman has died of the injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Chilton County.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The mother of a 17 year old who was shot at a Marengo County nightclub and died last week -- is out to get justice for her…
President Joe Biden says the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31. He says “speed is safety” as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war.
Jessica Taylor has become the fourth Republican candidate to announce a run for U.S. Senate in 2022. The seat will be open with the retirement of six-term U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby.
Currently, people in 26 of Alabama’s 67 counties are considered at “very high risk” for COVID-19 exposure.
Alabama News Network has asked Macon County District Attorney Jeremy Duerr what charges Tuskegee City Councilman Johnny Ford could face for damaging a Confederate monument.
Alabama News Network was on the scene of a shooting near the Eastern Boulevard intersection with Carmichael Road in Montgomery this morning.
FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been found shot to death near an abandoned house in Fairfield. Jefferson County sheriff's deputies found the boy's body early Wednesday morning. Sgt. Joni Money says there had been reports…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s low vaccination rate makes the state vulnerable to an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, an infectious disease expert warned Wednesday. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Infectious…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says it investigated 10 traffic fatalities during the Fourth of July holiday period, which officially began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 2, and ended at midnight Monday, July 5.
Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored.
According to a recent Frontline Education Survey, the nation is dealing with a teacher shortage, and the Montgomery Public School System is among those trying to combat the problem. MPS says as the new school year approaches, it is crunch time to fill vacancies they currently have. They're looking for interested candidates with any kind of college degree to apply for open positions.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A project to light the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge -- continues to move closer to becoming a reality. The effort was slowed by the COVID-19…
Emergency workers are giving up on any hope of finding survivors in a collapsed Surfside, Florida, condo building.
The start of a new month means it's time for Alabama News Network to present another 3 Degree Guarantee check to a local non-profit to help the community.
Macon County Sheriff Andre Brunson tells Alabama News Network that Ford and another man tried to cut down the 115-year-old Confederate monument in the downtown square using a saw and a lift.
The Alabama District Attorneys Association swore in a new president. District Attorney Michael W. Jackson of the 4th Judicial District will serve as President of the Alabama District Attorneys Association (ADAA) 2021-2022. This is a historic moment as DA…
A Montgomery man has been sentenced to 37 months (over 3 years) in federal prison. Ronnie White, 51, of Montgomery was convicted for distribution of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will also serve three years of supervised probation upon his release. The federal prison system has no parole.
A federal judge declined to block some challenged sections of Georgia's new election law ahead of two runoff elections scheduled for next week. But in his order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee didn't rule out the possibility for future elections.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says a juvenile died in a crash on Monday, July 5. The crash happened on Interstate 65 near mile marker 216 in Chilton County.
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a fatal car crash. The crash occurred on Tuesday, July 6, around 6:50pm, in the 1100 block of East South Boulevard.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Jurors recommended the death penalty on Tuesday for a man convicted of killing his wife, her unborn child, and three other people in 2015 in a scheme with another woman to whom he was married. The…
