Authorities say a correctional officer in south Alabama has confessed to smuggling in a cellphone. Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden says investigators interviewed the employee, Mary Frances Hardy, after she showed up for work on Friday at the Butler County…
Alabama officials say claims that a December lethal injection was badly botched are "highly exaggerated and incorrect." Lawyers with the Alabama attorney general's office in a court filing last week urged the Alabama Supreme Court to set an execution date…
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG.com) – A tragic start to Mardi Gras Day on the Gulf Coast. A car drove into a crowd of people before the start of the parade in Gulf Shores,…
Our Golden Apple Award winner this week comes from the Bullock County School System. In her 22nd year of teaching, Jennifer Kendricks, at Bullock County High School, wants to in still in her…
The port city of Mobile is transforming itself into one big parade route for the climax of Mardi Gras season, Fat Tuesday. Government offices and many businesses will be closed as parades roll almost continuously through the city starting Tuesday…
Local chefs heated things up Monday night as they faced off in Culinary Fight Club. It's a cooking competition that is taking place in cities across the U.S. Top local chefs have…
Covington County Schools Superintendent Shannon Driver says he's recieved multiple reports of vehicles passing school buses that are stopped on the side of the road with emergency lights. A bus driver…
It's been a tough time lately for several retail giants. Many have announced store closures and bankruptcies nationwide. "These department stores, are having to kind of having to shift their way of…
The Alabama Department of Corrections has identified two suspects in the stabbing death of a state inmate that happened at the Elmore Correctional Facility on Sunday. Prison officials said state inmates David Menuel…
Monday was an exciting day for Stephanie Miner. Â She lives with the neurological disorder cerebral palsy. Â With the creation of the Enable Savings Plan Alabama, Miner now has more saving…
On Thursday, February 23, MPD responded to the 8700 block of Will Newton Drive in reference to assisting DHR with a child welfare investigation. Contact was made with Randall Deal, 31, who attempted to flee from police. Once Deal was…
The White House says President Donald Trump's upcoming budget will propose a whopping $54 billion increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid. White House budget officials outlined the information during a telephone call…
President Donald Trump says nobody knew health care could be so complicated. Yet the opposite has long been painfully obvious for top congressional Republicans. And they face mounting pressure to pass legislation annulling the health care law even as it…
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and agreed to pay $1 billion for a scheme to conceal a deadly defect in millions of its air bag inflators. Takata admits to hiding problems that…
A man free on bond while awaiting trial in the slaying of an Auburn University football player has been arrested again on unrelated charges. Police in Dadeville arrested 24-year-old Markale Deandre Hart of Camp Hill on Sunday. A police statement…
The Prattville Police Department is searching for unknown subjects wanted in reference to a Theft of Property Investigation. Two have been identified and two remain at large. The listed females are wanted for questioning in regards to a felony shoplifting…
The Tuskegee Police Department and Macon County Sheriff’s Department has notified CrimeStoppers that Michael Anthony Norris has been taken into custody. Norris was suspected of shooting 19-year old Kentavious Deon McDaniel. Norris was arrested on Thursday, February 22, on County…
Montgomery police  arrested Keith Barnes, 38, of Deatsville in reference to an ongoing investigation that began on February 21, involving a teenage female victim. During the course of the investigation MPD determined that Barnes…
A suburban Philadelphia judge has ruled that a jury from outside the area will hear the sexual assault case against actor Bill Cosby. Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill ruled Monday. He says the jury will be sequestered during the trial.…
Neil Fingleton, a 7-foot 7-inch actor who played the giant Mag the Mighty in "Game of Thrones" has died at 36. The Tall Persons Club says Fingleton, who was Britain's tallest man, died Saturday. British media reported the cause as…
Montgomery County Sheriffs Office responded to a call of a vehicle fire off Marler Road in Pike Road. There they found a body in the trunk of the burning car. The fire was immediately put out by volunteer fire fighters.…
Dozens of people surrounded the Baptist South Hospital fountain Sunday afternoon to support…
Officials in Bullock County are investigating a wreck that left 2 people dead after a short police chase. The victims have been identified as 73-year-old Hattie Walker and 25-year-old Bryant Harris. State troopers say the wreck happened when Harris refused…
Saturday marks 1 year since Greg Gunn was killed by Montgomery Police Officer Aaron Smith just a few feet away from his home. A vigil was held for Gunn in…
Excitement builds as high school girls from across the River Region stand in a line that stretches around the building. The time is finally here to find their very own prom…
