Temperatures begin to rise this week
The extreme heat that’s been over Texas will start moving our way this week and actual temperatures could near upper 90s several days this week… #alwx
Author: WAKA Action 8 News
Suspect in four deaths south of Atlanta is killed in shootout with police; three officers wounded
Officers shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire.
Man killed in Macon County crash
A man has been killed after crashing a car in Macon County.
Woman returns home following disappearance after reporting child on Interstate 459 in Hoover
A woman has returned home after being the focus of a two-day search by police and family who reported her missing after she stopped to check on a child who she said was walking along Interstate 459 in Hoover.
Woman killed in head-on crash in Pike County
A woman has been killed in a head-on crash in Pike County that also left a man and a baby injured.
Four killed in shooting south of Atlanta
Four people have been killed in a mass shooting in a subdivision in Hampton, about 30 miles south of Atlanta.
Man seriously injured in shooting
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a man seriously injured.
Some Alabama lawmakers want to remove funding from state archives after LGBTQ+ history lecture
Some Alabama lawmakers are seeking to remove $5 million in funding from the Alabama Department of Archives and History after it hosted a June lecture focused on LGBTQ+ history.
UPS to train non-union employees as talks stall with union for 340,000 workers and deadline nears
UPS said it will begin training non-union employees to step in should there be a strike, which could happen by the end of the month.
Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH
Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971.
