Stable gasoline prices are expected to fuel a slight increase in long trips this Memorial Day weekend. The AAA auto club predicts that 39 million Americans will make a trip of at least 50 miles this weekend, up 2.7 percent…
Just under 5,000 people call Tallassee home we spoke with  a few who shared what Sets Tallassee apart from any other town. Resident, Hunter Mote grew up in Tallassee says there's a little…
Here's a list of several Memorial Day Weekend events that are just a short drive away for people in our area: "To Kill a Mockingbird" What: Stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel, performed in historic former courthouse. When: May 26-27…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma police say a man was shot during an early morning shootout that involved a police officer at a public housing complex. Capt. Johnny King says the officer…
New census projections show that Montgomery's population has dropped about 3% since 2010. While it is still Alabama's second-largest city, fast-growing Huntsville could overtake Montgomery in the coming years. Some Montgomery residents say…
The long Memorial Day travel period is underway. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will not be taking a holiday. Instead, state troopers will be out to make sure people buckle up and obey…
Local Muslim leaders have broken ground on the first mosque in east Montgomery. The mosque will be the first place of worship for Muslims on the east side of town. Â It will be…
Montgomery Police say Lalin Sanderson has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that happened late Thursday night. Police say the shooting happened at about 11:30 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Court Street. Officers say the…
Alabama has put to death Tommy Arthur, the man who escaped seven prior execution dates for his conviction in a 1982 murder-for-hire. Officials say the 75-year-old inmate was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. CDT following a lethal injection at a southwest…
Schools. For many, it's one of the deciding factors on whether they move to a city... and it may be the reason they leave. Mayor Todd Strange blames the educational system in Montgomery…
For people in Troy, having a glass of wine or beer on Sundays could soon be an option. Governor Kay Ivey signed local legislation that allowed the city council to set a special…
 The Latest on the scheduled execution of Alabama prisoner Tommy Arthur (all times local): 5:40 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay on the execution of an Alabama prison inmate. The nation's high court stayed the execution…
Tallassee police are seeking the public's help with information regarding a man in custody on sex crime charges. Police say Robert Ben Taylor faces charges of electronic solicitation of a child and enticing a minor. Police ask anyone with information…
Gov. Kay Ivey is appointing Birmingham attorney William B. Sellers to the Alabama Supreme Court. Sellers will fill the associate justice seat previously held by Lyn Stuart. Stuart was appointed chief justice after Roy Moore resigned following his permanent suspension.…
Huntsville has overtaken Mobile to become Alabama's third-largest city. New population estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau show the north Alabama city is home to 193,079 people. That surpasses Mobile's estimated population…
The Seventy-five-year-old inmate is scheduled to be put to death Thursday for the 1982 murder-for-hire of Troy Wicker. Judy Wicker initially told police a black man broke into the house, raped her and killed her husband. After her conviction, she…
The Montgomery County Board of Education met with the state board Monday to get some of their issues ironed out. One of the biggest concerns from the MPS board was a lack of…
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed into law sweeping protections for Confederate monuments and other long-standing historic markers. Ivey signed the bill Wednesday. The moves come as some Southern cities, such as New Orleans, have removed Confederate monuments from public…
Butler County Schools Incoming Superintendent John Strycker doesn't officially take over the school system until June, but he's making the rounds on the last day of school trying to meet some of his students…
"There's a lot of w's that's weighing in the clouds," says Brundidge Mayor, Isabell Boyd. That's the reaction of Brundidge Mayor Isabell Boyd after the announcement that the Brundidge National Guard Armory is…
Jessica Bentley, the Prattville mother who had been undergoing treatment for Leukemia and recently had a bone marrow transplant has died. We first did a story with Bentley when she was looking for bone marrow matches. She received what doctors…
Prattville police and CrimeStoppers are searching for a man suspected of the fraudulent use of a credit card. Investigators say on May 10, a man used a cloned credit card at the Ulta Beauty store in Prattville at around 7…
Just weeks after her daughter was shot and killed near a Montgomery school, the mother of Bellingrath Middle School student Jaquerria Timmons, stood alongside law enforcement officials and tearfully thanked them for their…
The House has unanimously approved legislation that makes it a crime for U.S. service members to distribute intimate photos or videos of people without first getting their consent. The measure is a direct response to a nude-photo sharing scandal that…
Lawyers for Alabama inmate Tommy Arthur say his lethal injection should be delayed because of issues with the state's execution drugs. His attorneys filed court papers Wednesday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. They pointed to issues with…
