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…
An early morning house fire is being blamed for the death of an elderly woman in rural north Alabama. Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick says 80-year-old Odell Bice died in the blaze that broke out early Tuesday. Johnson's Crossing Fire…
Authorities have filed murder charges against the second suspect arrested in a triple slaying in central Alabama. Court records filed Tuesday show 35-year-old Marty Deaundre Morgan of Prattville is charged with three counts…
Alabama state troopers have released the names of the three people killed in a wreck in Pike County on Monday afternoon. The wreck happened on U.S. Highway 231 in southern Pike County, near the Coffee County line. State troopers say…
A local teen is about to head to Washington D.C. to possibly testify before Congress for her research in Type One diabetes. Lily Wientjes  was diagnosed with Type One diabetes at 6 years…
Millbrook police need help solving a string of car break-ins. Police Chief PK Johnson says police have investigated seven break-ins reported in the Columns Subdivision and the Plantation Oaks Subdivision. Seven cars were broken into, and Chief Johnson says several guns…
Officials say a military transport plane has crashed in Mississippi's Delta region, killing at least five people aboard. Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks tells The Associated Press that a C-130 military transport crashed Monday about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Thieves steal two more pitbull puppies from a Selma couple's backyard and this time they do it in broad daylight. The latest theft was caught on tape. The…
Governor Kay Ivey has made a few changes to her staff. Â Lynn Beshear, is now the new commissioner of the department of mental Health Beshear replaces Jim Perdue, who offered Ivey his resignation…
The Minnesota police officer acquitted in last year's fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile has left the police department where he served. The Minneapolis suburb of St. Anthony says Jeronimo Yanez has reached a "separation agreement" and is no…
Authorities say a University of North Alabama police officer is on leave after shooting a woman during a traffic stop. The TimesDaily of Florence reports the confrontation occurred about 3 a.m. Sunday in the northwest Alabama city. A statement from…
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Alabama state troopers have confirmed that a third person has died in a wreck on U.S. Highway 231 in southern Pike County. The wreck happened this afternoon near the Coffee County line and involved an 18-wheeler and two cars. The…
American consumers increased their borrowing in May at the fastest pace in six months, reflecting a sharp rebound in the category that includes credit cards. The Federal Reserve reports that total consumer borrowing rose by $18.4 billion in May, the…
Wells Fargo has received preliminary approval to pay out $142 million to customers affected by the bank's sales practices scandal. A federal judge gave preliminary approval Saturday to the deal that would settle claims over fraudulent accounts going back to…
The federal financial consumer watchdog agency has moved to broadly ban the use of so-called arbitration clauses when groups of people want to file a class-action lawsuit against a bank or other financial company. Consumer advocates have been pushing for…
Governor Kay Ivey today announced that five Alabama school systems, with a total of eight individual schools, will lead a new effort to improve student success by aligning effective teaching strategies and improving collaboration among educators in early elementary school…
A Georgia teenager has died after officials say he jumped off a rock into a creek at an Alabama park. DeKalb County, Alabama Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Michael Edmonson tells local news outlets…
An Alabama man has died in what local outlets are calling a freak lawn mower accident on his property. Chilton County sheriff's deputies say 74-year-old Larry Smitherman was killed while trying to disentangle a garden hose from his bush hog.…
Authorities have captured the second of two men wanted in a triple slaying in central Alabama. Police say 35-year-old Marty Morgan was arrested Monday at an apartment complex in Montgomery. Acting U.S. Marshal…
NFL Player O.J. Howard, of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers paid a special visit to Autauga Academy Sunday. Howard is a tight end for the Buccaneers. Howard hosted "Got Da Juice" a backpack drive and community day at Autauga Academy. Over…
