Author: WAKA Action 8 News

Spotty Showers Today, Wetter Days Ahead

FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: A surface front will approach our state from the north today and the day will be mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers, nothing really heavy or widespread. The day will be mild with a high in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Not much change Saturday as the front stalls out across the region; expect…

Hillary Clinton to Participate in Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee

The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady will be in Selma for the bridge crossing jubilee. She will participate in jubilee activities, but more importantly she will be there to voice her support for the Lift Our Vote 2020 initiative. The initiative is aimed at having every American that can vote to be registered and at the…

Dry Thursday

Our Thursday will be a dry day and the sky will be partly sunny with a high in the upper 60s. Clouds increase tonight ahead of our next front and those clouds will keep temperatures up with lows in the lower 50s expected for most locations. FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: A front approaches to end the week and Friday will…

Montgomery Regional Airport has Major Growth in Air Travelers

Officials have gone the extra mile to make Montgomery Regional Airport a viable option for travelers. Now they are seeing the results of their labor as the airport has reported and 11% growth in passenger traffic. An eleven percent increase in passengers equals roughly 34,000 passengers. Last year the airport added two non-stop flight. One to Washington D.C. and one…

Food Regulators Unable to Identify Source of Romaine Lettuce Contamination

U.S. food regulators say they weren’t able to identify a contamination source for a food poisoning outbreak that prompted them to warn people to avoid romaine lettuce this fall . The Food and Drug Administration says it wasn’t able to determine how a water reservoir on a Santa Barbara County, California, farm became contaminated with E. coli. It also says…

Head of FEMA Announces Resignation

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is resigning, months after an investigation found he misused government vehicles to travel to his home in North Carolina. Brock Long said in a letter Wednesday to agency employees that he was resigning to spend more time with his family. Long was under investigation by the Homeland Security Department’s watchdog, and word…

Gamblers Betting on AAF Games Despite No Knowledge of Teams

Almost no one knows the players and there’s virtually no history to look back on. That’s still not stopping gamblers from making and bookmakers from taking bets on America’s newest professional football league, the Alliance of American Football. One weekend of games has been played and the league has already drawn interest from some gamblers. It’s not nearly as much…

Passenger Traffic Up 11% at Montgomery Regional Airport

The Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) has announced that 338,920 passengers traveled through the airport in 2018, an 11.3% increase from traffic during the previous year. The rise in passenger count, more than 34,000 travelers, marks important progress in ongoing efforts to continue airport growth, specifically the attraction of new customers and the addition of services. “We’ve been hard at work…

Wetumpka Church Members Vote to Return Donation to Casino

Courtesy of First Baptist Church Wetumpka Facebook The First Baptist Church of Wetumpka is returning a $25,000 donation from a casino because it doesn’t support gambling. The church was damaged by a tornado last month. The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka, James Troglen, says that church members voted Sunday to return the contribution from Wind Creek Casinos….