Alabama National Fair Gets Ready to Open the Gates
Before the rides light up the night sky and the smell of funnel cakes fill the air, there is a lot of work to be done.
Author: WAKA Action 8 News
September’s last sunset
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Task Force Continues To Tackle Alabama Prisons
State leaders are continuing to look into the problems with Alabama’s prison system
The state’s recently created prison reform task force met at the state house today.
Montgomery Co. Deputies Concerned With Heroin In Area
CBS 8 is taking action against crime. Montgomery County deputies say heroin use in the area is on the rise and after making a number of arrests. They hope to not only get the drug off Montgomery streets… and clear up other crimes too.
UA Student Arrested On Terroristic Threat Charge
University of Alabama officials say a 19-year-old student accused of making a terroristic threat has been arrested. University spokesman Chris Bryant said in a statement Tuesday that Daniel Evan Simmons was arrested by university police after an investigation into alarming messages that were sent the morning of Sept. 23. Bryant says Simmons is in the Tuscaloosa County Jail and is…
Court Rules In Case Tied To Jailed Casino Boss
The Alabama Supreme Court has sided with a Troy bank in a fight over the troubled finances of jailed casino developer Ronnie Gilley. The ruling Tuesday involved a $100,000 check that Ronnie Gilley Properties wrote to Cile Way Properties in December 2010. Cile Way deposited it at Citizens Bank in Geneva. Citizens Bank only encoded the check for $1,000 when…
Malzahn: 3 Injured Starters ‘Day To Day’ For LSU
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn says he’s not counting out three injured starters from returning against LSU.
Troy Man Gets New Trial In 2 Rape Cases
A Troy man convicted of raping two women in one day will get a new trial. The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday left intact a ruling by Pike County Circuit Judge Jeff Kelley that Andre Lamon Ellis should receive a new trial. Ellis was convicted in 2013 of raping two women and burglarizing one woman’s residence at a mobile home…
Trial Begins For Former Alabama Education Official
The trial of a former state Department of Education official and her husband has started in Montgomery. Prosecutor Bill Lisenby told jurors Tuesday that Deann Stone used her position as the department’s director of federal programs to manipulate the awarding of federal stimulus funds. He said $24 million in stimulus grants went to three school systems using her husband’s employer,…
Prattville Apartment Project Enterance Declined
This video is no longer available.The County Planning commission has decided against allowing a new Prattville apartment project enterance connect with an existing street. Â Apartments proposed for McQueen Smith Road were going to have two entrances, Including one connecting with a neighborhood next door called “Pecan Ridge”. But Pecan Ridge residents objected, and now the planning commission has fallen short…
