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Jamey Tucker
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.
Articles
Victim in Fatal Tractor Trailer Accident Identified
A South Carolina man has died after a two vehicle crash in Autauga County Monday afternoon. Troopers say 58-year-old Robert Atherton died when the tractor trailer he was driving hit head on by another tractor trailer that had crossed the…
Former Troy Hooper Signs with Iowa State
Troy transfer Javan Johnson has signed with Iowa State. The Cyclones announced on Monday that Johnson, who averaged 10.4 points a game last season, will join the team next fall. Johnson will sit out next season due to the NCAA's…
Montgomery Woman Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns
On Thursday, May 9, a federal jury convicted Laquanda Gilmore Garrott, 39, of Montgomery, on ten counts of aiding and assisting the filing of a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. and Special…
High court bickering over death cases, weeks after decisions
The Supreme Court is shining an unusual public light on its internal squabbling over the death penalty. The justices on Monday released more than 30 pages of new opinions on issues they decided weeks ago. The high court almost never…
MPS Students Break Last Year’s Record of Scholarship Offers Receiving Nearly $74M in Scholarships
Students from Montgomery Public Schools eight high schools have received just shy of $74 million dollars in scholarship offers this year – surpassing last year’s record of $71 million. This year’s total includes five students from LAMP who received offers…
Biscuits Win 5-0 on “Grand Slam School Day”
Kevin Padlo launched two home runs and Riley O'Brien (1-1) struck out 10 batters over six scoreless innings in the Biscuits (24-13) 5-0 win over the Mississippi Braves (17-19) in what was the final Grand Slam School Day of the…
Federal Government Stepping In to Help Selma Fight Crime and Gangs
The U.S. Justice Department is stepping in to help fight violent crime and gangs in Selma. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Richard W. Moore, will be in Selma tomorrow to announce a $1 million emergency  grant…
Two Women Arrested Saturday at Barbour County Prison
Law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made multiple arrests during visitation at the Ventress Facility in Clayton on Saturday. There was two separate incidents. Dionne Perdue, 28,…
Coat Belonging to Rosa Parks Causes Legal Issues
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of the civil rights movement, is fingerprinted by officer D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb.…
