A Selma High School teacher is now facing sex charges after police say she had a relationship with a student. Authorities say Charlaina Lee Wilson had intercourse with a 15-year-old student multiple times and at different locations, including on school grounds.…
After a human error caused for close to 5,000 Montgomery Public School employees to get their paychecks late. The school board dished out it's punishment today by firing the Chief School Financial Officer. The School board called a special meeting to…
Authorities say five students at a central Alabama high school had to be taken to a hospital after ingesting medication they got another student. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin is quoted saying the students from Holtville High School took anti-seizure…
An Alabama corrections officer is improving after being stabbed at Holman prison in Atmore. Corrections spokesman Bob Horton says the officer was listed in serious condition Friday. That's an improvement from after the attack on Thursday, when the officer was…
With the new football season means a big boost in business for retailers across Alabama. Stores and restaurants are preparing for the big college football opener for both Alabama and Auburn. According to the Alabama Retailers Association, September is a big month…
On Thursday, August 25, at about 6:20 p.m., MPD responded to the 4100 block of Lone Oak Drive on a call of a subject shot. An adult male was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. After further investigation,…
A judge is refusing a request by former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard to have a sheriff investigate whether there was juror misconduct at his ethics trial. But Judge Jacob Walker said Friday he is open to taking testimony from…
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is searching for Deontay Shurmarcus Mack. Mack is wanted for active felony and misdemeanor warrants. Mack was in custody serving his sentence at the Montgomery Community Corrections for Obstruction of Justice, Criminal Possession of a Forged…
A video featuring the Montgomery Police Department is going viral. The video shows a "cookie roadblock" Wednesday in West Montgomery. Â Officers were out in the streets stopping cars and giving…
Thursday night, Black Finn Ameripub in Montgomery held a tailgate to kick off the start of football season. SEC college alumni clubs were invited to come out and enjoy tailgate food and…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- An Orrville man is fighting for his life after a family dispute ends in tragedy. Sheriff Harris Huffman says 19 year old Aaron Tower was in…
Labor Day Weekend is almost here, and that means only one thing in Luverne: peanuts. Specifically, Alcazar Shriners boiled peanuts. Labor Day Weekend marks the start of the Shriners' World's Largest Peanut…
Pike County Authorities continue to search for 29-year-old Lelia Faulkner, a Pike County woman who went missing on July 4th. Two days before her disappearance she had just moved back in…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alabama attorney Donald Watkins and companies he controls with defrauding professional athletes and other investors out of millions of dollars, much of which he spent on his girlfriend and to cover personal expenses…
Montgomery police are investigating after a car struck an apartment building Thursday afternoon. Police say the accident happened at Eagles Landing Apartments in the 5700 block of Villas Lane. The driver was taken to a local hospital with life threatening…
On August 24, the Bureau of Investigations responded to 4301 Hartford Street on an Incendiary, W-3 structure fire. It was determined the structure had been vacant for approximately one year. Several interviews were conducted on scene and follow-up field interviews…
The last of three men tried and acquitted in an infamous civil rights slaying in Alabama has died. An obituary says Namon O'Neal Hoggle of Selma, Alabama, died Tuesday. He was 81, and services were scheduled for Thursday. Hoggle was…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) would like to advise the traveling public of evening lane closures on Chantilly Parkway beginning the week of September 6. During construction, lane closures will not occur during peak hours. Lane closures will only…
Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday awarded nearly $3.7 million to help keep Alabama roads safe during the upcoming Labor Day weekend and other major traveling holidays during the next year. Funds will be used by law enforcement agencies throughout the…
An explosion has rocked the SpaceX launch site in Florida. NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred Thursday morning. The test, considered routine, was in advance of a planned Saturday launch…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people. Georgetown president John DeGioia told…
A major AP story praises Alabama for preserving Civil Rights sites, while calling on other states to follow suite. Not all states and cities are letting time bury memories of their civil rights sites. In Alabama, for example, tourism…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma City School officials say a full investigation is underway into a fight at Selma High School that ended with one student in the hospital and…
Wednesday was payday for employees of Montgomery Public Schools but as of Wednesday night, thousands had not received their paychecks. The school system says that a human error caused the delay…
September is National Preparedness Month. Local emergency management agencies want to make sure you know what to do in case of severe weather. Even though we are well into hurricane season, severe…
