Not everyone supports the school supply tax-free weekend for school supplies that started at Midnight. A report from The Tax Foundation says it just has people buying things this weekend that they would have bought another time. And the Foundation…
College football season gets closer and closer everyday. Â A coaches preseason poll was released Thursday, with Alabama in the top spot. Fans at Baumhower's in Montgomery say they are counting down the days…
The Alabama summer heat makes everyone want to stay inside, but summer athletes who play outdoor sports don't always have that option. They've got to do whatever it takes to stay…
Two Butler County schools are getting some much needed new additions. The refinancing of a 2007 bond issue left the Butler County School Board with a little more than $3…
After 40-years of serving the City of Brundidge as mayor, James Ramage is stepping down to to run for the city's District 4 City Council seat. Ramage believes it's simply time for…
The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission has filed ethics charges against a Greene County probate judge over a case regarding her father's estate. Al.com reports that the commission filed the charges against Greene County Probate Judge Earlean Isaac on Wednesday to…
A federal judge has dismissed an effort by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to overturn his suspension. U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton threw out Moore's lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission in an order Thursday. The Alabama Court of…
The Alabama Board of Education is interviewing six finalists in the search for a new state school superintendent. The board scheduled a day of interviews Thursday for the candidates, who…
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama judge is suspended after being accused of sending sexual messages to a woman he met when she went to his office to wed another man. State judicial…
Some city workers in Alexander City have been on strike since Tuesday. Â The mayor of Alexander City says the strike is because the city's finance director was reinstated Monday night…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A state park in Camden is set to reopen to the public this fall -- after being closed for nearly a year. Roland Cooper State Park…
Horses are in five-year-old Mckenzie Fulton's blood. Her mother and father are both a part of the rodeo scene. Mckenzie's dad competes in team roping, and her mother is a barrel…
Governor Robert Bentley met with his newly created State Children's Cabinet Wednesday morning. The group's purpose is to find new ways to help the state's children. Governor Bentley says his lottery would go a long way towards doing just that.…
Troy Regional Medical Center's new CEO is making efforts to make the hospital excel. CEO Ronnie Dean met with leaders of the community at the Pike County Chamber's Health and Wellness luncheon. He says he's proud to join the staff of…
Teachers of Troy Elementary School and local pastors are making prayer the first priority before the school year begins. Pastors and several teachers prayed throughout the halls of the school. Groups walked…
A federal judge in Montgomery says he will decide Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's lawsuit against state judicial investigators without a hearing. U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton issued an order Wednesday saying his eventual decision will be based on legal…
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange joined a coalition of 14 states and state agencies in filing suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s job-killing attack on the nation’s oil and natural gas industry. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, petitions the U.S. Court of…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in Tuesday, August 2, stabbing death of 75-year-old Thomas Shaw Jr. of Wetumpka. MPD detectives charged, Corwin Walker, 21, of Montgomery with one count of capital murder. Walker was transported to the Montgomery County…
A Montgomery woman has been sentenced to 125 days behind bars for the death of her 3-month-old puppy last month. Court records show 23-year-old Jessica Pruette was found guilty last week of cruelty to animals. Montgomery Humane Society Officer Robert…
Alabama's parole board has decided against freeing a one-time Ku Klux Klansman convicted in a church bombing that killed four black girls more than 50 years ago. The girls killed…
Many neighborhoods in Montgomery participated in National Night Out Tuesday evening. National Night Out is a national campaign to build partnerships between neighborhoods and police to make communities safer. The Normandale neighborhood participated and their message was simple. "Bringing awareness…
Exit 38 along Interstate 85 is starting to look a little different as crews break ground on a new development. "We are breaking the ground on the infrastructure, which is the basic foundation and I can tell you its been…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Hundreds students turned out for the Edmundite Missions 4th Annual Slice-of-Hope Back-to-School Bash. Free school supplies and pizza were given out at the event. Organizers say…
Summer is almost over and school is right around the corner for teachers and students. The first day for students to come back to school in Butler…
Republican lawmakers gathered in Montgomery for the first time in months, looking for new leadership. This comes after former speaker Mike Hubbard was convicted of 12 ethics violations in June, earning…
