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.
Our “Parenting Your Parents” series is back. This year we are dedicated to highlighting services throughout the River Region that can help you better assist your aging parents. This week our team is featuring the State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Watch the video below for details on a service that might be able to save you or a loved one thousands of dollars!
AirNow Home Services and Alabama News Network are happy to provide yet another “3 Degree Guarantee” check to a local non-profit. Together, we presented a check for $1,350 to Butterfly Bridge.…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Jurors have acquitted a man on a federal charge in the slaying of an Alabama police officer in 2019. Marco Perez was found not guilty Wednesday of obstructing justice by killing a witness, Mobile Police Officer…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Health experts say the most recent wave of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be waning in Alabama, with hospitalizations and new cases falling rapidly over the past month. But they say the state could face another…
PATTERN BEGINS CHANGING: Today, we will maintain the chance for scattered showers and storms mainly east of Interstate 65, as the upper low will begin to lift out of the area so…
The Alabama Hospital Association has released its daily statistics on the status of Alabama hospitals in treating people with COVID-19. The number of cases continues to fall.
The 33rd Annual Holiday Market, presented by the Junior League of Montgomery, kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 6 with the Preview Party followed by three full days of shopping, Oct. 7-9
The Montgomery City Council voted on October 5 to rename Jefferson Davis Avenue for civil rights attorney Fred Gray. Gray, who is now 90, still practices law in Tuskegee but grew up on the street during the Jim Crow era and went on to represent Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. In a unanimous vote by the city council, his name will now take Jefferson Davis's place.
A Montgomery district judge has increased the bond of the First Baptist Church Montgomery arson suspect. District Judge Monet Gaines…
DOZIER, Ala. (AP) — Police say a 95-year-old south Alabama man who heard someone breaking into his home grabbed a weapon and ran off an intruder who was later captured and charged with burglary. News outlets quote Covington County Sheriff…
