Alabama's Unemployment Rate Dips to 3%
Alabama's unemployment rate dipped to 3% in February, from 3.1% in January. The counties with the highest employment rates are all in our area.
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Alabama's unemployment rate dipped to 3% in February, from 3.1% in January. The counties with the highest employment rates are all in our area.
Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies say the search for a missing man has been cancelled.
The Taiwan ambassador to the U.S. was in Montgomery and spoke to Alabama News Network about the ongoing threat that China might launch an invasion of her country.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has declined before Congress to express an opinion on whether President Joe Biden is serving in the office legally.
The state is launching an interstate safety campaign using additional state troopers, beginning with Interstate 85.
Yulia Childers was born and raised in Odessa, Ukraine and now lives in Prattville to operate her bakery Wild Yeast Kitchen. She is raising money through donations of baking a famous Ukrainian bread,…
Central Alabama CrimeStoppers has announced that it's offering a $1,000 reward in the hopes of solving a shooting case in Autaugaville that left one person dead and three others injured.
Former President Donald Trump has rescinded his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race in a major blow to the congressman’s campaign.
The city of Montgomery is seeing a rise in tourists as local families travel, and out-of-state families visit the area. One couple, from Virginia, says this is their first time in Montgomery and…
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama has dropped to the lowest point since the earliest days of the pandemic.
Millbrook police need your help finding the suspects accused of burglarizing a business.
Alabama State Troopers say a Montgomery man has been killed in a truck wreck.
The Tuskegee campus is expressing their sorrows over the loss of one of their students. Last Friday Reginald Summage was shot at an off campus party. Reginald Summage was a sophomore at Tuskegee University and also was apart of the football program, his death came as a shock to friends and staff members at the University.
The City of Montgomery has introduced a new police chief. Darryl Albert is coming from the police department in New Orleans.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says a two-vehicle crash has claimed the life of a Saraland man. 32 year old Chris Weaver was killed in a head on collision on I-65 about a mile south of Montgomery. The crash happened…
Police say a man was shot on East South Boulevard early Sunday morning.
Fresh Anointing House of Worship had a free gas giveaway Saturday morning for the first 100 cars in line.
Millbrook Police are searching for a man who they say is wanted for theft property 2nd Degree.
The bill is similar to Critical Race Theory legislation in other states.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced a bill to ban a list of “divisive concepts” from being taught in schools.
It's time to give away another “3 Degree Guarantee” check to a local charity!
Officials with Montgomery Public Schools have revised the interview schedule for the five finalists for the superintendent position.
Montgomery Police have charged a man in the February shooting death of a three year old boy.
An Alabama legislative committee has advanced a lottery proposal as proponents try to get the issue before voters for the first time since 1999.
Alabama State Troopers say a Wetumpka teenager has been killed in a pickup truck crash.



