Author: WAKA Action 8 News

Alabama Dominates Clemson in Sugar Bowl, Will Advance to National Championship Game

A pair of Alabama defensive players scored touchdowns 13 seconds apart in the third quarter, and the No. 4 Crimson Tide dominated top-ranked Clemson 24-6 in the Sugar Bowl semifinal game Monday night to give coach Nick Saban another shot at his record sixth national title. The third straight playoff meeting between the college football powerhouses was a dud compared…

Georgia Advances to National Championship Game after Defeating Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl

Georgia is going to the national championship game. Sony Michel’s 27-yard touchdown run in double overtime gave Georgia a 54-48 win over Oklahoma in a Rose Bowl thriller. It was the first overtime game in the 104-year history of the Rose Bowl, the highest-scoring Rose Bowl ever and the first College Football Playoff game to go into overtime. Georgia will…

Auburn Loses to Central Florida in the Peach Bowl

McKenzie Milton threw two touchdown passes and ran for 116 yards with another touchdown, leading No. 10 Central Florida to a 34-27 Peach Bowl win over No. 7 Auburn that capped the Knights’ perfect season. UCF led 34-20 before having to stop a late Auburn comeback. Antwan Collier’s interception in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining clinched the win….

Noon Update: Hard Freeze Warning Extended

A frigid morning with teens and 20s area wide, and wind chills are in the single digits in many locations. The hard freeze warning has been extended until Thursday, and will likely be extended into the weekend before we finally see a warming trend. A tad warmer today and most locations will at least climb above freezing for a short…

Noon Update: Dangerously Cold Week of Weather

First off, Happy New Year everyone, welcome to 2018! The new year is not starting off kind with a terribly cold air mass in place, however, in all honesty, this is one of the easiest forecast we have had in some time; all you need is one word to describe the next 7 days…COLD!!! A long duration very cold forecast…

Whole Foods Montgomery to surprise customers with $50 gift card each day in January

  Whole Foods Market Montgomery announced the store will give away a $50 gift card and a selection “Whole Foods Diet Approved” products every day during the month of January. The Whole Foods Diet by Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey was released earlier this year. One customer will be selected at random each day while shopping or eating at the store….

Minimum Wage to Increase in 18 States On January 1st

On January 1, thousands of workers in California will receive a pay raise. But not everyone is happy about it. California is one of 18 states that will increase minimum wage for the new year. The increases start on December 31, when New York state law goes into effect. According to the New York State Department of Labor, minimum wage in New York City will…

LAMP High School Among Nation’s Best

A new ranking has a Montgomery school ranked as the best public school in Alabama. A review by 24/7 WalStreet names Loveless Academic Magnet School the best in the state. The review looked at data including diversity, teacher to student ratios and S-A-T scores. With 488 students and 14 teachers to every student… LAMP soared above any other public school….

Civil Rights Pioneer Recy Taylor Dies at 97

Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention, has died. She was 97. Taylor’s brother Robert Corbitt says she died in her sleep Thursday at a nursing home in Abbeville. She would have been 98 on Sunday. Taylor was 24 when she was abducted and raped as she walked home from…

Sunshine Returns, Arctic Air Invades Next Week

TOMORROW/SATURDAY: Sunshine will finally return for most of the state these two days. Both days will be cool and dry with more sunshine than clouds and highs in the lower to mid 50s. Lows will range from the upper 20s to lower 30s at night. NEW YEAR’S EVE: The latest run of the GFS and European have come to a…