For people in Alexander City, Sun Festival is a time to getaway on the lake, with 50 events  happening at the festival, coordinators say there is something for everyone. "Some events are more well attended than others. Tomorrow night we'll…
It's nothing new for members of the Church of the Highlands to team up in the summer to make a difference. The annual day of giving back is something volunteers say always look forward to. Food given away to families during Serve…
Church of the Highlands will participate in community service projects all across the state on Saturday, including in Montgomery. One group is partnering with the Montgomery Area Food Bank and Montgomery Neighbors in Christ to provide about 30 thousand pounds…
A Troy man is under arrest after police say he tried to flee - causing an officer to get caught in the getaway car. 29-year-old Willis Cogburn is facing numerous charges - including reckless endangerment, attempting to elude, carrying a…
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is partnering with law enforcement officers for Operation Southern Shield to reduce the number of crashes due to speeding. While summer is a time for vacationing, it's also a time that the…
A second suspect in a shooting in Prattville is in custody. Quincy Davis was arrested in Elmore County Thursday night. The shooting happened on Cooper Avenue on June 28th. Police say a homeowner and his friend came home during a…
Two people are joining the Cabinet of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. Ivey's office says Jim Purcell has been named acting secretary of Information Technology, and Todd Cotton is acting commissioner of the Alabama Department of Senior Services. Purcell has worked…
"This is a travesty. This is a stab in the back," said State Rep. Ed Henry, Republican from Hartselle. Henry is talking about a letter Luther Strange signed in April with other Senators. It asked the Senate Majority Leader and…
An Alabama teenager is accused of attempting to set his own home on fire after an argument with his mother in Montgomery. The Montgomery Advertiser reports court documents show that 18-year-old Jonathan Jordan and his mother were having an argument…
Plans for Downtown Montgomery are coming along as a new gathering space will soon open. It's called Dexter Alley Park located on lower Dexter Avenue. It will also lead to the city parking deck with loft apartments overlooking the space.…
The landscape of downtown Montgomery is changing once again. If you've passed through lately, it is hard not to notice all of the work going on. Especially along Dexter Avenue. "You're going to see a lot of life spring up…
A man wanted in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife and two other people near Birmingham, Alabama, has killed himself in the Florida Panhandle. Sheriff's spokeswoman Deb Henley in Escambia County, Florida, says 52-year-old Kenneth Dion Lever killed himself Wednesday…
Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed an executive order that disbanded 18 task forces, commissions and councils established by former Gov. Robert Bentley during his administration that ran from 2011 until his resignation in April. “I believe strongly that my role is…
Police have identified an Alabama man who died after being found with gunshot wounds. Opelika-Auburn News reports that Lee County coroner Bill Harris says 23-year-old Shaqueille O. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Opelika police Capt. Bobby Kilgore says…
Former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has gone to court trying to regain the pistol permit he lost after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges and resigning. Court records show Bentley filed an appeal Tuesday challenging the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office decision…
The Alabama State Department of Education has revised the state's graduation rate after an earlier figure proved inaccurate. Information released during a meeting Tuesday shows Alabama's graduation rate was 87.1 percent in 2016. That's higher than the 85 percent rate…
The audit for Montgomery Public Schools is out. Â And "inadequate" is the overall review. There were four main areas that the State reviewed. Three out of the four were…
Tuskegee Police Chief Lester Patrick has announced another arrest in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Jaivontavious Sellers. Anthony Williford, 24, of Tuskegee was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Williford is charged with Murder, two counts of Attempted Murder and shooting…
Police in New Mexico are investigating whether a Texas teenager was electrocuted when she grabbed her charging cellphone while bathing. Detective Sgt. David Miranda of the Lovington Police Department said Tuesday that the 14-year-old Lubbock girl died Sunday while visiting…
It's been nearly 4 years since city officials broke ground on the future site of Montgomery Botanical Gardens, in Oak Park.Since the groundbreaking in November 2013, progress on the garden…
Special Agents with ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation and the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, have made an arrest in the Marathon gas station shooting that occurred in Lowndes County. Katrina Latrese Owens, 40, of Montgomery was charged with first-degree Robbery and…
Police say an Alabama man is charged in what they are calling the brutal stabbing death of his mother in suburban Birmingham. Authorities say 30-year-old Carl Brandon Goodwin is charged with murder in the killing of 55-year-old Maria Jocelyn Goodwin.…
Seven of the U.S. troops killed in the Mississippi plane crash were special operations forces based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Six were Marines and one was a sailor. The Marine Corps refueling and cargo plane went down in a…
President Donald Trump says he his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is "a high-quality person," and he applauds "his transparency." White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders read a brief statement from the president Tuesday in response to revelations that Trump…
The Alabama Board of Education has released its audit report into Montgomery Public Schools. Earlier this year, the state took over 27 schools in the system, which is about half of Montgomery Public Schools' facilities. In the overall categories of…
