Author: WAKA Action 8 News

The Dog Days of Summer

A downright miserable week of weather is ahead with lots of heat, even more humidity, and daily storms scattered about the Alabama landscape during the afternoon and evening hours. An upper ridge begins to intensify over the region causing our weather to trend hotter. Still, with such a moist air mass in place, we will have the daily risk of…

400 Panties Found in Home of Man Facing Voyeurism Charges

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Police searching the home of a man suspected of attacking an Alabama woman in her home found more than 400 pairs of women’s panties, authorities said. Investigators also found dozens of photos of John Thomas Uda’s co-workers taken without their permission from, the neck down, leading to 50 counts of voyeurism, Dothan police told news outlets….

Huntsville Officer Getting Paid after Murder Conviction Resigns

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer who remained on his city’s payroll for two months after being convicted of murder has resigned from the Huntsville Police Department. Officer William Darby left of his own accord. Darby has been on paid leave since his May 7 conviction for shooting a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head….

Activist Who Helped Desegregate Birmingham Library Dies

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city’s library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according to the library and an obituary published by his family. Shelly Millender Jr. of Birmingham died on Saturday. He was 86. Millender already was a veteran when he attended Miles College, a historically Black school…