MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Federal judges have struck down 12 Alabama legislative districts, saying Republicans relied too heavily on race when drawing the lines. A three-judge panel ruled Friday in the long-running lawsuit over the legislative districts. The judges say 12…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's unemployment rate is up to 6.2 percent. Statistics released by the state on Friday say the December jobless rate increased three-tenths of a percent from 5.9 percent in November. The rate is better than the state's…
New research out of the University of Alabama shows the number of fatal traffic crashes in Alabama increased by nearly 25 percent last year. While the number of wrecks may not have increased much, the number of people dying is…
President Barack Obama will not pardon former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. The Department of Justice informed Siegelman's attorneys Thursday that his clemency petition had been denied. Siegelman's supporters had long hoped the president would free the former Alabama governor before…
The Montgomery Biscuits will hold their fourteenth annual Job Fair at Riverwalk Stadium, split between two dates on Thursday, February 9th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM and on Saturday, February 11th from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM to fill…
In parts of the country, some people are already sharing roads with driverless cars. It's exciting technology, but it raises a lot of questions. Questions that lawmakers like State Senator Tom Whatley…
Hayneville Police are looking for two men who robbed the Dollar General store on Tuskeena Street on Christmas Day. Police say the two threw a brick through the glass, and took over $900 in merchandise, mostly cigarettes. If you know who they are, call…
WASHINGTON - In his last major act as president, Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes. The move brings Obama's bid to correct what he's called a systematic injustice to a climactic…
AUBURN, Ala. - A construction worker has found a human leg stuffed inside a trash bag in Lee County. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones says the grisly discovery occurred Wednesday afternoon after the worker noticed a bag in a creek…
MONTGOMERY – Thousands of students, parents, teachers, and community leaders from around the state will travel to Montgomery for a large rally in support of National School Choice Week. On Friday, January 27, at 11 a.m. in the Marriott Renaissance…
The celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior continued Wednesday night in the Capital City. ASU, Troy, and Friends of the ASU Theatre held the…
The Prattauga Art Guild is planning its annual Art with a Heart fundraising event on Saturday, February 18, to benefit the Autauga Interfaith Care Center food…
Washington, D.C. –The lone Democrat in Alabama's congressional delegation says she is skipping the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump. Rep. Terri Sewell of Selma tweeted Wednesday that she can't accept the disrespect shown to Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a…
On Wednesday, January 18, agents with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Special Victims Unit (SVU) arrested a Montgomery man on four counts of possession of child pornography. Richard Alan Ward,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A former Alabama State University athletic adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges. The Montgomery Advertiser reports, that in addition to the prison sentence, Tremayne Moorer was also…
Andalusia Police Dept. Investigators are looking into the death of an Andalusia man, who’s body was discovered yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, January 17, 2017) on Sixth Avenue. The man was identified as 79-year-old…
Mrs. Rosa Parks’ activism started ten years before she refused to give up her seat on the metro bus on December 1, 1955. Her act of courage and hope…
TROY, Ala. - A Dale County teen has been killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Troy. Troy police Chief Randall Barr tells news outlets that 19-year-old Dakota Lee Henry was riding a four-wheeler Saturday at Heart of Dixie Trail…
Never before has there been a musical where the main character is played by a dog. But that's exactly what's happening at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The musical is…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has met with one of the judges on his shortlist for potential Supreme Court nominees Judge William Pryor met with Trump in New York Saturday, a person familiar with the meeting said Tuesday. The…
Montgomery police are investigating an apparent drowning. Captain Regina Duckett says an adult male was found dead in the 100 block of Oldfield Road. The circumstances are under investigation. Check back with Alabama News Network for the very latest on…
Montgomery, AL – Corey Smith is coming to Montgomery for one unforgettable night. With his innovative sound, honest lyrics, and energetic performance – if you haven’t seen Corey live, you don’t…
Alabama State University now houses and edits one of the nation's most acclaimed scholarly journals of the African experience, the International Journal of Africana Studies. And, ASU's own Dr. Bertis English, professor in the Department of History and Political Science, has…
Montgomery, Ala.—Huntingdon College President J. Cameron West announced today the formation of a summer seminar/awareness program focused on economic and community development for rising high school seniors. The Huntingdon College Economic and Community Development Scholars Program, planned in partnership with…
Monday marked the 88th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Many people came to visit his home on 309 Jackson Street in Montgomery. Dexter Museum and Parsonage director Shirley Cherry tells us…
