A north Alabama business is shutting down until a court rules on the state's lawsuit claiming it's an illegal gambling operation. A court order says River City Entertainment in Lacey Springs and the state have reached an agreement while a…
Police are looking for two people captured on video dashing out of an Alabama pet store with two French bulldog puppies worth thousands of dollars. The owner of Petland Montgomery, Keith Evans, says a man and a woman spent about…
Montgomery officials have decided to replace the Veterans Day parade the city organized for the past seven years with an event inside Riverwalk Stadium this year. The city's announcement quotes Mayor Todd Strange: “Although support has been steady in the…
Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Montgomery Public School System. Band Director Brandon Howard at Jefferson Davis High School continues working just as hard today as when he…
A man wanted for theft has turned himself in. CrimeStoppers released photos of the suspect on October 19th. After being shown on television and social media, the suspect contacted the lead Investigator and identified himself as Mardrecuis Williams. The Investigator…
President Donald Trump is praising the passage of a $4 trillion Republican budget in the House of Representatives. Trump says on Twitter Thursday: "Big news - Budget just passed!" The House narrowly passed a budget in a 216-212 vote. The…
One person is in custody and police are looking for another suspect following a deadly shooting at a nightclub in Selma. Police Chief Spencer Collier tells area media that 30-year-old Juantonio Oteis Cosby was arrested late Wednesday. He's being charged…
Alabama's interim school superintendent says the state Department of Education has eliminated a $3 million budget deficit. Ed Richardson told a House committee Wednesday the department isn't filling 27 vacant jobs at its headquarters in Montgomery. The Decatur Daily reports…
It was a special night for the Pike Road community as they dedicated the newly renovated Historic Pike Road School Wednesday. The historic school is one hundred years old and 47 years ago it had to shut its doors. But…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Selma man is on trial for murder at the Dallas County Courthouse for the shooting death of an elderly man. District Attorney Michael Jackson says…
Butler County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a double homicide that happened today near Greenville. This morning around 9:30, officers were dispatched to a location in front of the property of Lighthouse Pentecostal…
School is back in session in Bullock County after a Bullock County High School Female student was arrested for making terrorist threats. Officials say the threats were sent via email…
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has recently confirmed a case of rabies in a raccoon in the Lake Forest neighborhood in east Montgomery. A raccoon that was found in a resident’s back yard tested positive for the rabies…
Secretary of State John Merrill tells Alabama News Network there were 674 instances of crossover voting in the Republican Senate Runoff. Â Merrill explains these are voters who participated in the August…
An analysis of newly released government data finds that premiums for the most popular health plans under the Affordable Care Act are going up by an average 34 percent next year. The independent analysis by the consulting firm Avalere Health…
A high school teacher has been charged in two road rage incidents in Alabama. AL.com reports 23-year-old Amol Kaushal was arrested last Friday in connection with an Oct. 12 encounter and arrested Tuesday in connection with an Aug. 30 incident.…
An Alabama photographer has pleaded guilty to more than 175 counts of possession of child pornography. Todd Wayne Fye was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday, but entered his guilty plea last week. Fye owned a photography studio in Dothan.…
A federal review has found Alabama's child-welfare system wrongly denied services to people who couldn't speak proficient English. The civil rights branch of the U.S. Health and Human Services department said in a statement Wednesday that it reviewed a Justice…
A former Alabama county commissioner once accused of killing a girlfriend is now accused of stalking another woman. Court records show an Escambia County judge issued a protective order Friday against former Mobile County commissioner Stephen Nodine at the request…
The Montgomery County Board of Education met Tuesday night for one of two budget hearings. There were a lot of concerns brought up about where the money was going and how it was being used. Almost 3 million dollars are…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier is reaching out to the community for information to help take a murderer off the street. Twenty year old Shykereya Leggett of Selma died after being shot at Prime Ultra…
Montgomery Regional Airport air traffic controllers John Leslie and Lee Watson are unsung heroes in the sky. "We hope this doesn't happen, but we're prepared for when it does," said Leslie. In June, this duo guided PSA Airlines flight 5559…
Union Springs police have arrested a juvenile this morning in connection to a bomb threat at Bullock County High School. The juvenile is said to be a student in the Bullock County school system but officials would not release which…
On October 23, at approximately 4:00pm, Prattville Police Department responded to Bass Pro Shop on a report of shoplifting. Officers made contact with James Hasty Hudson, 56, of Trillium Court in Wetumpka and took him into custody without incident. Hudson…
Montgomery police say they've made an arrest in a fatal shooting that happened Monday afternoon outside the Montgomery County Courthouse. Police say 25-year-old Josephus Boone is charged with capital murder in the death of 31-year-old Kelvin Cooley. Police say Boone…
