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Montgomery closing out 2025 with 61 homicides

Action 8 News has checked with the Montgomery Police Department on the number of homicides in 2025, and how the number compares with recent years.

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i-TEAM: Shannon Paulk: Beyond the Headlines Part 2

Action 8 News has woven together new interviews with archive video to tell the story of the abduction and murder of 11-year-old Shannon Paulk of Prattville in 2001, in the hopes that 2026 will be the year that we finally get answers as to who killed her and why.

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Montgomery man arrested on arson charge

A Montgomery man has been arrested on charges of arson in a domestic violence-related incident, according to fire investigators.

Man dead in Montgomery shooting

It happened around 8:17 p.m. Monday in the 6900 block of Lakeview Drive.

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Lee County judge orders new trial for woman sentenced to 18 years after stillbirth

A judge in Lee County has ordered a new trial for a woman who was sentenced to 18 years in prison following a stillbirth that her attorneys argued was caused by an infection rather than drug use.

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i-TEAM: Shannon Paulk: Beyond the Headlines Part 1

As most prepare to welcome 2026, a local family will be remembering a heartbreaking anniversary. Next year will mark 25 years since 11-year-old Shannon Paulk disappeared from her Prattville neighborhood and was later found dead. But a quarter-century later, her killer still has not been caught.