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.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating a crash that claimed the life of a Wetumpka man. Tobaius George, 28, was killed when his car left the road and struck a tree. The car caught fire after striking the tree.…
CAIRO (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has arrived in Sudan, the first visit by a senior American official since President Donald Trump removed the African country from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The move was a…
ATLANTA (AP) - Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. Warnock, a pastor who spent the past 15…
COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) - A confrontation that occurred as Alabama sheriff's deputies answered a call about a domestic disturbance left a woman dead and an officer injured. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office says officers responded to a 911 call near…
ONE MORE DRY DAY: It was a frosty start to the day for many locations, but under generally sunny conditions, highs this afternoon should reach the upper 50s and lower 60ss. Clouds…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The mayors of at least four Alabama cities have been diagnosed with COVID-19 as the illness spreads rapidly across the state following the holidays. The city of Birmingham said Mayor Randall Woodfin was admitted to a…
Montgomery District 3 City Council member Tracy Larkin has died. The announcement came from Frank Lee, the Macon County EMA Director, who calls Larkin "my best friend." Here is the statement Lee…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama's DeVonta Smith is your Heisman winner. The first receiver to win the award since Michigan's Desmond Howard in 1991. Smith sits at 105 catches, 1,641 yards and 20 touchdowns on the year. The next closest receiver…
AUBURN, Ala.—Jeff Pitman has been named the head football strength and conditioning coach at Auburn, head coach Bryan Harsin announced Tuesday. Pitman comes to Auburn after spending the previous eight years on Harsin’s staff at Boise State (2014-20) and Arkansas…
A pursuit ending in downtown Montgomery has led to the arrest of a Trinity man. On Monday, January 4 at approximately 8:15 p.m., Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol attempted to conduct a traffic stop on…
