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Justin Walker
Justin Walker returned to WAKA Action 8 News in July 2025. He joins Savanna Sabb as co-anchor of Action 8 News Rising on weekday mornings from 4:30 to 7:00 AM.
Justin is a graduate of Troy University’s Hall School of Journalism, where he graduated Cum Laude in 2008 with a broadcast journalism major and political science minor. While in college, he volunteered for the university’s award-winning Troy TrojanVision News station, where he anchored, reported and co-produced newscasts.
While in college, Justin interned at WAKA Action 8 News, before getting hired as a reporter in our Troy bureau from 2018 to 2020.
During his first stint at Action 8, Justin covered many events throughout south and central Alabama, including the 2019 Wetumpka tornado and the death and funeral of Lowndes County Sheriff ‘Big John’ Williams.
Justin has also worked at television stations in Dothan, Alabama, and in Lexington, Kentucky. He loves covering events in the community, political news and providing a voice to the voiceless.
Justin is a Covington County native, growing up in the rural town of Red Level, near Andalusia. Notable figures from Red Level include Luther Terry, who was surgeon general of the United States when tobacco packaging warning messages were first released and Eugene Crum Foshee, an Alabama state legislator.
When he’s not bringing you the latest news, you can find Justin on a tennis court, a running trail or hanging at the beach with family and friends.
He is also a HUGE Auburn Tiger fan (War Eagle) and loves all things sports.
If you have story or tip you’d like to share with Justin, feel free email him.
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The technology to analyze audio and use it for advertising certainly exists. But there is no evidence that Meta secretly activates your phone’s microphone to target you with ads.
Man injured after Tuesday afternoon shooting in Montgomery
MPD says officers responded to the 5700 block of Villas Lane, where they found an adult male suffering from life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound.
Pay It Forward: Curtis Browder of Montgomery
Curtis Browder began a prison ministry nearly 60 years ago in Colorado. Since moving to Alabama, he continues to spread the gospel to inmates in our prisons.
What The Tech App of the Day: CleanMyPhone
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Bridge repairs to begin Tuesday in Montgomery
ALDOT has announced it will close the two inside lanes on I-65 south at exit 167 over Catoma Creek on Tuesday, July 28, for bridge repairs.
Man dies in Sunday afternoon shooting in Montgomery
According to a Montgomery police spokesperson, the shooting happened just after 4 p.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Amherst drive.
Marion man killed in Perry County crash
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16,on Perry County 23 near Perry County 20.
