Consumer Technology Reporter Jamey Tucker started providing his daily “What the Tech” stories to Action 8 News in 2019. He can be seen on Action 8 News Rising as well as Action 8 News at 5:00 and 5:30PM.
Jamey previously worked as a reporter for WKRN in Nashville, Tennessee. He was also an anchor and reporter for WREG in Memphis, Tennessee, and WHNT in Huntsville.
Jamey has been honored by the Associated Press in Alabama as Best Reporter and Best Feature reporter for his work as a religion reporter. His love for technology reporting grew while working in Nashville. Jamey now focuses entirely on technology reporting and enjoys finding new apps and gadgets to make life easier, safer and a little more fun.
Jamey and his wife have three children and are the proud owners of a hairless cat.
You can follow Jamey and submit story ideas and questions on X at @jameytucker.
No. 1 Georgia and unranked Florida have unsettled quarterbacks situations heading into their annual rivalry football game known as “The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" in Jacksonville.
The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is hoping to help those with a criminal record obtain employment skills. In a partnership with Tuskegee University, the job retention workshop will be held on…
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin declined to address his vaccination status days after the university imposed a mandate requiring all employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Alabama State Troopers say a Montgomery County man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle into a metal pole in Crenshaw County.
On September, 30, 2021 an arsonist tried to burn down Montgomery's First Baptist Church. With extensive damage and expensive repairs ahead, Pastor Mark Bethea joined David Lamb on Alabama News Rising to discuss what the immediate plans are for his congregation and the surprising positives amidst a painful chapter.
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - An Alabama man who celebrated his birthday at a Mississippi casino died after he fell from the top of a parking garage. Authorities said it happened late Friday in Biloxi. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identifies…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a longtime professor at a U.S. Air Force school in Alabama has pleaded guilty to lying to an investigator about his contacts with a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955 wants to end the case once and for all.…
TERRIFIC TUESDAY: Today will be a beautiful fall day across Alabama as we will be in-between systems. Expect a sunny day with temperatures ranging from the upper 60s to low 70s across…
Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery this week to redraw congressional and legislative districts.
