Morning Pledge: Pine Level Elementary School-Ms. Meek’s Class
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by ASE Credit Union, is presented by Ms. Meek’s 4th grade class at Pine Level Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
Author: WAKA Action 8 News
Charges Still Pending for Hurt Woman Accused of Sons’ Murder
CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama woman accused of killing her 9- and 3-year-old sons hasn’t been charged while she remains hospitalized. News outlets report authorities say it may be another two weeks until 32-year-old Sara Franco Tapia is released from a hospital and taken to the county detention center. Tapia is accused of killing 9-year-old Taylor Garcia and 3-year-old…
Police: Alabama Man Sought in Slayings Could be in Georgia
NOTASULGA, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a man sought in the deaths of two people in east Alabama could be in the Atlanta area. A statement from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says Aaron Flynn Gess may be traveling in Georgia in a grey, 2019 Kia Optima with an Alabama license plate. The statement says Gess has a history of…
Person Killed at Alabama Grocery Store
MADISON, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say they are looking for a suspect following a shooting that left one person dead outside an Alabama grocery store. Police in the Huntsville suburb of Madison say a person found wounded at a Kroger store on Sunday afternoon died later at a hospital. Officials haven’t identified the victim, but Madison police Capt. John Stringer…
Cyclists Raise Awareness of Poverty, Civil Rights
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A group of cyclists are traveling across Alabama to raise awareness of rural poverty and civil rights. The group Civil Rides said in a news release that 20 cyclists are taking part in the ride on Saturday and Sunday. Civil Rides said the group sees poverty as a modern civil rights issue in America. The cyclists…
Search Fails to Turn up Missing 3-Year-Old Alabama Girl
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Another search has failed to turn up signs of a 3-year-old Alabama girl who’s been missing more than a week. Media outlets report that volunteers joined police, rescue workers, firefighters and others on Sunday searching for Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney in an area east of Birmingham. But the search didn’t produce the results officials were hoping for,…
Strong Storms Later Today
Areas of patchy fog could greet you out the door in some locations this morning. The rest of today will be very mild day with highs close to 80° with increasing clouds. A cold front will be approaching the state later today and it will bring a round of showers and storms to Alabama this afternoon. The SPC has all…
Nestor Exiting; Warmer Sunday; Storms Late Monday
Nestor lost its tropical characteristics this morning and become post tropical, but still continues to impact many areas across the Southeast. The system will continue moving inland and across northern Florida and southern Georgia the rest of today and tonight, and by tomorrow morning it should be over in South Carolina. Through the evening hours, the rain should gradually taper…
Montgomery Public Schools’ Response to State School Report Card
The latest school report cards from the Alabama Department of Education show that Montgomery Public Schools are making progress. School system officials are speaking out about the improvements. Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Ann Roy Moore is celebrating the results with students, staff and parents. “We are pleased that our hard work is reflected in our state report card grades,” said…
Update: Volunteer Firefighter Killed in Coosa County
Alabama News Network now has more information on the wreck that killed an on-duty volunteer firefighter in Coosa County. Alabama State Troopers say 45-year-old Michael Wayne Johnston of Equality was killed when the tanker truck he was driving hit an embankment and overturned. The wreck happened just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Investigators say Johnston was thrown out of the…
