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.
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Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on the Southeastern coast of Louisiana. Impacts will be felt in south and central Alabama, including the chance for spin-up tornadoes. However, following Ida's departure, routine summer weather will return.
Actor Ed Asner, the blustery but lovable Lou Grant in two successful television series, has died. He was 91.
You've probably looked at your house on Google Earth or Google Street view. But to someone looking to break into houses, those images give the bad guys a lot of information to help them decide which house to hit.
The president and first lady Jill Biden met in solemn privacy Sunday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware with the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport.
NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicated that the eye of Ida made landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana near Port Fourchon around 11:55 AM Central Time.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says evacuation of hospitals is something that would normally be considered, but that's impractical now because hospital beds are filled with COVID-19 patients.
Saturday and Sunday will feature a similar story; hot, heat indices nearing 100, and afternoon showers and storms. However, Hurricane Ida could pose a threat to central Alabama after landfalling in Louisiana Sunday evening.
Thousands of voting rights advocates rallied in Washington and across the country Saturday to call for sweeping protections against a further erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
President Joe Biden is warning that it's “highly likely” an Islamic State affiliate will try another attack in Afghanistan.
The United States military struck back at the Islamic State in Afghanistan on Saturday, acting on President Joe Biden's vow to hit the extremists in retaliation for a suicide bombing claimed by IS that killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at Kabul airport Thursday.
