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.
A single-vehicle crash at approximately 1:16 a.m. on July 5, 2020, has claimed the life of a Montgomery County man. Tiara Cortez Massey, 31, of Montgomery, was killed when the 2008 Infinity M45 he was driving left the roadway and…
A Banks man is dead after he was involved in a two-vehicle crash at 4:33 p.m. Saturday, July 4. According to Senior Trooper Michael Carswell, Moses Lee, 54, was killed when the Polaris Sportsman ATV he was driving struck another…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - A $3 million grant will help encourage new conservation practices by Alabama farmers. A statement from Auburn University says the college of agriculture is getting the money to help row farms through an Agriculture Department program.…
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) - Organizers are scaling back plans for a major fishing tournament on the Alabama coast so it can be held despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo has grown to include music events…
A body was found at Catoma Creek on Old Selma Road yesterday, July 4 around 6:45 pm. According to the Montgomery Police Department, after receiving a report from a citizen about a possible body found in the water, units were…
The Church of the Highlands has announced that in-person services have been postponed after reopening to the public late last month. The announcement comes amid the rise of COVID-19…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has just retired its Confederate-themed state flag and now the state's voting process is under consideration of also being retired. The state's voters will decide in November whether to dump an election process that dates…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Public Health said it could not verify reports of so-called COVID-19 parties where students deliberately tried to become infected, but also warned people not to try it. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry…
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - As statues of figures from America's slave-owning past come down across the nation, the largest Confederate monument ever crafted may outlast them all. Georgia's Stone Mountain features supersized carvings of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Governors across the U.S. have been stressing the need for "personal responsibility" to combat the coronavirus instead of issuing statewide mandates to wear masks or avoid large social gatherings. The ethos has been part of Republican…
