The state school board has scheduled a meeting to discuss the superintendent's contract weeks after board members gave him a poor performance review. The agenda for the specially called meeting on Aug. 23 includes an item to discuss Superintendent Michael…
President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon is leaving his White House post. That's according to two people familiar with the decision who demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss private conversations. Bannon was a key adviser…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect in the April 16 fatal shooting of 26-year old Keyon Timmons. On Sunday, April 16, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 600 block of Mill Street after receiving a report of…
Montgomery police have arrested and charged Laeric Davis, 21, with first-degree assault in reference to a shooting that occurred on July 31, in the 3600 block of Castle Ridge Road. The adult male victim sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound and…
Alabama's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.5 percent. A news release from the state says the jobless rate dipped one-tenth of a percent in July from June. That puts the current rate well below the unemployment rate of one year…
Alabama Community College System Chancellor Jimmy Baker announced on Friday the launch of a strategic planning initiative for Southern Union State Community College. The rigorous effort is designed to address critical issues facing the college and will culminate with the selection of…
On the heels of the deadly Charlottesville rallies, Prattville community leaders, church members and law enforcement gathered at Ward AME Church Thursday evening. It was a time to discuss issues especially those…
Hunting season is around the corner and many avid hunters will be in downtown Montgomery this weekend gearing up for the great outdoors. The 24th annual Buckmasters Expo is back in…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The solar eclipse is creating a lot of excitement around the country but school officials in Dallas County have decided not to let students view the…
For many kids, this will be their first time seeing a solar eclipse. That's why teachers are explaining to students what to expect on the rare occasion. Their first lesson-safety while…
Attorney General Steve Marshall today joined 15 other states in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the Court to uphold the travel ban imposed by President Trump to protect American citizens from terrorism. The President’s executive order…
White Southerners who equate Old South symbols with regional pride rather than hate are even more on the defensive since neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen and other extremists became the face of the fight over Confederate monuments. With more than two…
The bond of an Eclectic teen, charged with killing his parents, has been reduced. A judge set bond for 17-year old Jesse Holton at $1Million last September. That bond was reduced to $300 thousand today. Police say Holton killed his…
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey appears closer to announcing a run for governor after filing paperwork to create a campaign organization. Ivey on Wednesday filed paperwork with the secretary of state to reserve the name "Kay Ivey for Governor Inc." for…
Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that she has signed Executive Order 709 establishing the Governor’s Office of Volunteer Services. This office, which will be within the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), will replace the former Governor’s Office of…
Family court judge, Anita Kelly, has been charged with six counts of ethics violations. Consequently, Kelly has been suspended by the Montgomery County Family Court System. Judge Kelly took office as a family court judge in Montgomery County (15th Judicial…
Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh is not running for governor, but will run for lieutenant governor instead. Cavanaugh, a Republican, made the announcement Thursday. Cavanaugh had been mulling a bid for governor in 2018. She filed paperwork to…
It's been busy at the Montgomery planetarium lately as people get ready for the solar eclipse production and come to find out a little more about it. "I've seen so many pictures. I always wondered what it would feel like,…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The violence in Charlottesville has sparked a national debate about race and history. Its an issue people in Selma have been dealing with for years. A monument honoring Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest has been…
Tensions are high across the country about the removal of monuments that pay tribute to the Confederacy. Like President Donald Trump said on Monday-some people believe it's changing history. "If they're…
What was once a crowed race for Alabama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, has now dwindled down to 3. Current Senator Luther Strange is one of two republican victors in Tuesday's special…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Wednesday that his office has filed suit in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the City of Birmingham and Mayor William Bell for violating state law by constructing barriers to deliberately obscure a historically significant monument in Linn…
United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, announced that 11 Alabama counties are under a Secretarial natural disaster designation. Farmers in these counties which are classified by USDA as “primary” may be eligible for emergency loans from the USDA Farm…
President Donald Trump says he's ending a pair of White House advisory councils that were staffed by corporate chief executives. CEOs have been resigning since Saturday, when Trump blamed both sides for the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white…
Alabama's largest city has used a wooden structure to cover up a Confederate monument in a downtown park. Legislators passed a law earlier this year prohibiting the removal of structures including rebel memorials. So Birmingham Mayor William Bell ordered the…
