Operation We Remember started for Veterans Suicide Prevention Awareness campaign
According to national data, the state of Alabama has the second highest number of Veteran suicides per capita.
Carrington Cole
Carrington Cole is a Reporter/MMJ for WAKA Action 8 News. She also works in the Creative Services Department editing station promotion and commercials.
Carrington was born and raised in Montgomery and has always dreamed of working in the media industry. She is a 2019 Auburn University graduate with a degree in Visual Media and a minor in Theatre.
Carrington interned with WSFA in Montgomery and War Eagle Productions while finishing her bachelor’s degree. She moved to Atlanta after graduating college where she worked in a production company before moving back to Alabama in 2020.
She has been working with WAKA since May 2021 and has been excited to learn more about the media industry.
When she’s not working, Carrington loves shopping for clothes and getting new books to read. At home, she’s usually curled up with her cat while watching a horror movie.
Articles
Pets of the Week: September 2
This week we have Charlie and Artie.
Pets of the Week: August 12
This week we have Beckett and Spink.
Pets of the Week: August 5
This week we have Kai and Miss Kitty.
Grieving mother searching for answers two weeks after ASU honor student was killed
On July 14, Tiana Dye was found fatally stabbed to death in a house she lived in with other ASU students. Her mother says video from a doorbell camera shows one of Tiana's roommates with a knife. No arrests have been made.
Prattville residents voice frustration about mining trucks constantly driving through quiet neighborhood
Constant noise from trucks hauling clay out of a nearby mine can be heard inside and outside of homes in Prattville's Beacon Hills neighborhood.
Pets of the Week: July 29
This week we have Madison and Meowtini.
Pets of the Week: July 22
This week we have Sammy and Cocoa.
Pets of the Week: July 8
This week we have Eris and Nick.
City Council fails to override Mayor’s veto regarding proposed luxury student housing
The city council voted 7-2 to allow four lots on Carter Hill Road to be rezoned on June 18, but the mayor vetoed it. The city council failed to override the veto Tuesday night, so a $3.8 million dollar student housing development project will not go forward.
