Today, the Roy Moore for U. S. Senate Campaign announced that former State Senator and Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead will serve as Campaign Chairman. “I have known Bill for over 25 years and know him to be an…
Vice Chairman of the Montgomery County Commission, Ronda Walker has announced her candidacy for Alabama State Senate District 25 in 2018. Â Walker has served on the Montgomery County Commission since 2014 and has a long career in Republican politics.…
Fresh off a year in which Alabama became a key state in the election of a political outsider to the highest office in the land, successful Birmingham businessman Josh Jones is launching a bid to bring an outsider’s perspective to…
Roy Moore made a stop in Wetumpka Monday as part of his busy campaign tour for the U.S. Senate. Â He says he wants the opportunity to get out and meet voters face to face and tell them where he stands…
A man is behind bars after Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said he killed a woman and left her body in a well on her property. Authorities say 59-year-old Jane Huddleston was found dead around 8:00 a.m. Monday . Deputies…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- When school lets out for the summer, people in Dallas County know they can turn to the public library for a fun, safe place for kids to have a productive summer. The annual Sensational Selma…
Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham says when it comes to emergency preparedness, local law enforcement strives to be two steps ahead. That means constant training, and learning from other emergency situations. Cunningham explains "when you start talking about horrific events…
Defense lawyers for an Alabama man held in jail for a decade without a trial say his constitutional right to a speedy trial has been violated. A judge is holding a Tuesday hearing on a defense request to dismiss murder…
Hank Williams Jr. is bringing his rowdy friends back to "Monday Night Football" six years after ESPN dropped the country singer for his comments about President Barack Obama. ESPN says a new version of Williams' longtime "MNF" theme and its…
State Rep. Alan Boothe (R – Troy) on Monday announced that he will not seek re-election to the District 89 legislative seat that he has held since 1998 and said he has also decided to step down as chairman of…
A former president of Auburn University has died. The university says James Martin died Saturday at the age of 84. Martin was the university's 14th president and served from 1984 until he retired…
From basketball, to motivational talks with community leaders and law enforcement, these kids are being influenced in a positive way. "If you look around there's a bunch of abandoned gyms and stuff of that nature and it's not a lot…
The Hank Williams Festival kicked off in Georgiana Friday night. Fans came from all over to be there. "I was a fan of Hank Williams from age 13," said Becky Westmoreland…
Family and friends are remembering a Brundidge murder victim in a special way. A vigil was held in honor of Xavier Thomas Friday night. Thomas was shot and killed on Friday, May 26th at Brundidge Retirement Center on Walding Circle. The…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police say an armed robbery suspect was shot and killed in Selma by one of the victims he was trying to rob. Police Chief…
Georgiana is one small town takes pride in being the home town of a big star. Many say it's the southern hospitality and the annual Hank Williams Festival,that puts Georgiana on…
Each day many lives are lost across America due to gun violence. "They're just seeing the here and the now and when they get upset, they're so quick to pull a…
A stabbing at a state correctional facility on Thursday has left an inmate in serious condition. Prison officials said the stabbing happened at around 4:30 p.m. at the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore when a fight broke out between two…
Linda Stuckey was ready for a long day of cutting hair on Thursday. "Your regular haircut? Clean, short?" she asked the man sitting in her chair. "A high and tight? Sure…
A single-vehicle crash at 2:45 a.m. today, June 2, has claimed the life of a Clanton woman. Laurie Brooke Mims, 36, was killed when the 2003 Chevrolet Tracker she was driving left the roadway, struck a guardrail and overturned. Mims, who…
Online retailer Amazon is making a move to the Alabama Gulf Coast. The company says it is constructing a $30 million sorting and shipping center near Mobile. A release from Amazon says the warehouse-like facility will eventually employ more than…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A shooting in Marengo County leaves one man dead and another man behind bars. Sheriff Ben Bates says 26 year old Joseph Miles of Myrtlewood has…
Montgomery police charged Robert Wiley, 28, with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree robbery, and first-degree sodomy in connection with a continuing sexual assault investigation. Wiley was placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility under bonds totaling $240,000. MPD previously charged…
A single-vehicle crash Thursday, June 1, has claimed the life of a Banks woman and injured another. Kathy Ingram Harden, 69, was killed when the 1998 Infiniti I30 she was driving collided head-on with a 2007 GMC Yukon. Harden pronounced…
An Alabama mail carrier has been charged after authorities say she fed at least one dog meatballs that contained nails. 47-year-old Susanna Dawn Burhans was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. The U.S. Postal Service worker was…
