Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Stephanie Azar announced Thursday that in light of known federal administration changes and potential congressional adjustments the Alabama Medicaid Agency will pursue an alternative to the Regional Care Organization (RCO) initiative to transform the Medicaid delivery system.…
"I think he's a sleaze bag...he downed Trump all through the campaign now he wants to jump on board," said Rick Walker. People we talked to in Montgomery are letting…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police take down an alleged drug ring in the city and take six suspected drug dealers off the street. Chief Spencer Collier says officers found…
President Donald Trump's comments on twitter about banning transgender people from the military are getting a lot of attention from some groups in Montgomery. Members of Montgomery…
Former Auburn University head football coach Pat Dye joins a list of legendary coaches including Nick Saban, Gene Stallings, Bobby Bowden, Vince Dooley, and Larry Blakeney who have paid tribute to the area's public safety officers and the group of…
It won't be long before many of the "Coming Soon" signs outside of store fronts on Dexter Avenue will be replaced with open signs. Officials are calling the developing area "Low-Dex", and…
A Wetumpka police officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Elmore County sheriff, Bill Franklin, confirmed with Alabama News Network that Wetumpka police officer, Andrew Bass, is facing manslaughter charges for his role in a wreck in…
Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced her new education initiative: “Strong Start, Strong Finish” at Innovation Depot in Birmingham. The “Strong Start, Strong Finish” education initiative will focus on three stages of education: 1) early childhood education, 2) computer science in middle…
Alabama's Department of Corrections says an inmate found stabbed in a prison yard is the third prisoner to be slain at Elmore Correctional Facility this year. The agency says Timothy Robertson, serving time for rape, was fatally wounded Tuesday night,…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) has issued a missing senior alert to help find William Moody Spencer. Maplesville police have been searching for him. Spencer is 84 years old and suffers from dementia and takes medication for a heart…
U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Alabama), who is running in the U.S. Senate special election, is offering to withdraw from the race if all the other Republican candidates agree to quit themselves. Brooks says it would be an effort to help…
The Federal Reserve is keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a time of low inflation, which remains persistently below the Fed's target level. The Fed notes that inflation has stayed undesirably low even though the job market keeps strengthening,…
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise - who was critically wounded in a shooting at a baseball practice last month - has been discharged from a Washington hospital. MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the six-term Louisiana Republican was released from the…
If U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns or is fired, he could return to Alabama and run for governor in the 2018 state elections. According to one potential candidate for governor, Sessions would “be the instant frontrunner and clear out…
The U.S.Park Service operates three interpretive centers along the route of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. There's one in Selma and another on Highway 80 in Lowndes County. Now the…
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating a fatal stabbing of an inmate that occurred at the Elmore Correctional Facility on Tuesday. At approximately 6:35 p.m., a corrections lieutenant observed an inmate in the prison yard who was in distress. Officers responding…
Hate crimes in Alabama. That was the topic of conversation at a round table discussion Tuesday evening in Montgomery. Community members representing different minority groups came together to talk about…
Lesa Keith, Vice President of The Montgomery Public School Board, weighed on State superintendent Michael Sentance's one year evaluation. She says her hope is that the board is fair after Sentance…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A former Wilcox County commission chairman is speaking out after being acquitted of theft and ethics charges. Former commissioner Michael Saulsberry says he's now looking forward…
Key dates in the tenure of Jeff Sessions, a Republican former U.S. senator from Alabama and early endorser of Donald Trump, who became Trump's attorney general: -Feb. 28, 2016: Sessions, a former Alabama attorney general and four-term U.S. senator, endorses…
President Donald Trump is praising the Senate for moving forward on health care repeal. He says a vote Tuesday to take up the Republican health care bill "was a big step." Trump is speaking at a joint press conference with…
Taco Bell is testing a new service that allows users of the ride-sharing app Lyft to add a Taco Bell stop to their ride with the click of a button. The companies have announced "Taco Mode," an option for Lyft…
Delta Air Lines is apologizing after an argument between a pilot and a flight attendant delayed a flight from New York to Portland, Maine. A Delta spokesman said Tuesday that the crew members were replaced before the plane took off.…
There's still a bowling logo on the automatic doors, but they pull aside to reveal a modern office lobby and the smell of fresh wood from craftsman furniture. Round a corner and the clunk and clatter of the alleys have…
The IRS says it is seeing a big drop in the number of tax refunds being stolen by identity thieves after the agency teamed up with tax preparers to fight the problem. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday that the…
