Ft. Toulouse in Wetumpka offers re-enactments throughout the year. This weekend's encampment focused on the French and Indian War, also known as the 7 years war. Hundreds came throughout the weekend to history come alive. The final day featured a…
The first graduating class of Robert E. Lee high school held its sixtieth anniversary reunion this evening. They were the first to walk the halls of Lee high school when it opened. Over one-hundred people attended the event with the…
Today the Family Sunshine Center held an event called the ranch round-up. The events purpose was to raise money for women and children in the community who need counseling and safe shelters. The Family Sunshine Center works to end domestic…
The city of Wetumpka came out today to celebrate one of its most unique features. Thousands of people celebrated the 83 million year old impact crater at the fourth annual Crater fest. It's the only confirmed impact crater in the entire…
[gtxvideo vid="SVi94F2k" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SVi94F2k-120.jpg?cachebust=1460992353255" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_15_22_07_02"] A chilly night as friends, family members and advocates gathered together, each one remembering someone who they have lost, including Lucy Cooks. "My grandson was Jamie Sinclair Cooks. Today would have been his 23rd…
Montgomery police are searching for an armed robbery suspect. Investigators say a man walked into a check cashing business on the Atlanta Highway Friday morning and sprayed the clerk with pepper spray or mace. He then left with an unknown amount…
The current secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Stan Stabler, is responding to recent allegations made against him by former secretary, Spencer Collier. On Friday, he sent Alabama News Network a letter. Here is a copy of what he wrote:…
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will present its “Under Age, Under Arrest” program on underage drinking Monday, April 18,to students at Carver High School in Montgomery. The program will be at 9:30 a.m. in the school auditorium. The program…
[gtxvideo vid="PyqNE7GR" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PyqNE7GR-120.jpg?cachebust=1460991069708" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_15_22_00_19"] Gov. Robert Bentley's office has issued a statement concerning a trip the governor took with several staff members to attend the Republican Governors Association Conference in Las Vegas last year. One of those staffers…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the Wednesday, April 13, shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Rogers of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged James Thomas, 21, of Montgomery with one count of murder. Thomas turned himself in to MPD detectives on April…
[gtxvideo vid="9uCzjT1z" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9uCzjT1z-120.jpg?cachebust=1460733200878" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_14_22_14_11"] Ben Smith gives a speech at his graduation from Hope Inspired Ministries--a place he never thought he would be after 15 years in prison serving a murder sentence. "My life when I did time…
[gtxvideo vid="8ajZOcJc" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8ajZOcJc-120.jpg?cachebust=1460731676023" vtitle="bentley-ALEA-wallet"] The former head of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Spencer Collier is disputing claims that he approved the decision to use a state aircraft to take Governor Bentley's wallet to him in 2014. Current…
Tuskegee police are searching for a missing man. They say 46-year-old Frank Martin Jr. was last seen near the area of School Street in Tuskegee. If you know where Martin is, call the Tuskegee Police Department at (334) 727-0200.
[gtxvideo vid="HOMjI0cq" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HOMjI0cq-120.jpg?cachebust=1460734406832" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_14_17_59_47"] Franklin Graham is carrying the torch for his father Rev. Billy Graham these days, touring the country speaking from the Bible to everyone who will listen. There were many who came to Montgomery to…
Travelers spent $777 million and were responsible for 11,981 jobs last year in Montgomery County, according to a report conducted for the Alabama Tourism Department. This represents a 7.5% increase in traveler spending on hotels, restaurants, shopping and transportation. Estimates…
Edward Hundley, 50, of Birmingham, and Richard Freeman, 39, of Montgomery, were sentenced Wednesday, April 13, for bank robbery, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Hundley was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison. Freeman…
[gtxvideo vid="SDQUKFgI" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SDQUKFgI-120.jpg?cachebust=1460671661315" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_14_16_59_35"] A few years ago the state was named the second most obese in the country. That was a wake up call for the river region. A health and wellness task force was created. The task force…
Daryl Bailey, district attorney for Montgomery County will give the commencement address at H. Councill Trenholm State Community College’s graduation ceremony Friday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. at Frazer United Methodist Church in Wesley Hall, 6000 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery. “We are very pleased and honored…
[gtxvideo vid="h9zafCVn" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/h9zafCVn-120.jpg?cachebust=1460646880277" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_13_22_12_18"] Real estate website Movoto.com, recently ranked the largest 10 cities in Alabama from first to worst. Montgomery ranked near the middle at #6. Some say that Montgomery deserves to be there. "Actually, overall I think…
[gtxvideo vid="kysgzveA" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kysgzveA-120.jpg?cachebust=1460646510347" vtitle="education budget"] Education in Alabama ranks pretty low compared to other states, but lawmakers hope they can work to buck that trend. Part of that includes the 4 percent pay raise that would go into…
The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to vote next week to establish a 15-person investigatory committee to probe the possible impeachment of Governor Robert Bentley. Bentley last month acknowledged making sexually charged remarks to a female aide but denies…
Alabama is one step closer to researching industrial hemp production. Lawmakers in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate on Tuesday approved separate bills to allow the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to research industrial hemp production…
[gtxvideo vid="toWUmc9u" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/toWUmc9u-120.jpg?cachebust=1460560738246" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_12_22_00_18"] Arica Watkins-Smith got 58.4 percent over Collins' 41.5 percent. Collins was appointed to the board to fill Beverly Ross' seat after she passed away last year. Watkins-Smith says her motto is "leadership focused on…
[gtxvideo vid="LRtAGKt9" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LRtAGKt9-120.jpg?cachebust=1460565552159" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_12_18_08_13"] A train collides with a car almost every 90 minutes and thousands of people are injured or killed in train wrecks every year, according to the RailRoad Safety Committee. Because of those statistics, the Alabama Department of…
[gtxvideo vid="p6i0SefS" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/p6i0SefS-120.jpg?cachebust=1460560810649" vtitle="election results"] Alabama voters returned to the polls Tuesday to decide several runoff races to choose party nominees for the November General Election. In our area, the races included the state school board seat for…
