Alabama News Network is in Tampa covering the Alabama Crimson Tide playing in the National Championship Game. Fans who have already arrived in Tampa Bay are eagerly awaiting Monday night. They hope the…
Selma residents are watching road conditions closely today and tonight as winter weather moves in from the west. They will likely be among the first people in our area to experience snow, sleet…
Alexander City is one spot in our viewing area that may see more snow and ice than most. On Friday afternoon, drivers were on alert for changing conditions. For now, drivers are watching…
Andalusia police say a man was killed when he was hit by a car Friday evening. It happened on Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway. The pedestrian has been identified as 51-year-old Rafael A. Malave of Andalusia. The driver of the…
Alabama News Network is covering the winter weather threat. Alabama State Troopers are also preparing themselves for what could be a long night, at least in parts of the state. The Alabama Law…
Road conditions are quickly deteriorating in some sections of Alabama under a thin blanket of snow and sleet. The National Weather Service in Birmingham is urging people to avoid travel if possible. Police and county road officials said roads were…
Alabama News Network is in Tampa to cover Alabama in the National Championship Game. Friday, we began seeing more Bama fans arriving and taking in the sights of Tampa Bay as they await…
Selma Police say Walter Young, 46, ran over his girlfriend with his SUV after seeing her with another man in the 500 block of Maxey St Thursday afternoon. They say after fighting with the woman, Young got back into the…
Alabama News Network is tracking the winter weather threat that is impacting our viewing area. We have the latest information from the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency. Montgomery Co. EMA Director Christina Thornton…
University of Alabama football fans are trying to get to the national championship game against Clemson ahead of a winter storm bearing down on the state. Forecasters are saying travel could be a problem through Saturday, and some flights already…
Ohio's Democratic senator says he will oppose Donald Trump's choice for U.S. attorney general. Sherrod Brown of Cleveland says in a statement Friday that he met with Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, on Wednesday. He says they discussed Sessions' positions on…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has approved a $5,000 reward to help find the person responsible for killing a Selma mother and her daughter with cerebral palsy in a house fire last month. Fire officials determined the Dec. 8 fire that…
Autauga County EMA Director Ernie Baggett held a meeting Thursday morning with city and county officials to prepare for the possible winter weather. Autauga County School leaders, Prattville City officials, fire teams and law…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Longtime former Marengo County coroner Stuart Eatmon finds himself under fire amid allegations that he used a racial slur on social media. Eatmon says he didn't do it. He…
A judicial discipline panel has suspended a Montgomery municipal judge for 11 months over the jailing of poor defendants who couldn't pay fines. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary announced the suspension Thursday of Montgomery Municipal Judge Armstead Lester Hayes…
With a new semester starting next week for Troy University students, the threat of winter weather could hinder travel plans back to the area this weekend. University officials say classes will start on time, Wednesday. Residence halls open Saturday. Officials…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he is nearing a decision on a replacement for U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions. Bentley told reporters Thursday in Mobile that he expects to make a decision by the end of this week. But Bentley says…
An Alabama inmate who prison officials say was mistakenly released from the Barbour County Jail, was recaptured Thursday in Montgomery. Bobby Campbell and another man were taken into custody at a hotel near Interstate Park Drive. Campbell was released from…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has issued a state of emergency because of the possibility of a winter weather headed toward the South. The state will open its emergency operations center starting Friday morning, and the Alabama National Guard will activate…
The Montgomery County School Board met Thursday to discuss the possibility of a takeover of Montgomery Public Schools by the state department of education. School leaders say the meeting was in hopes of…
From Alabama News Network: These are the school and business closings/early dismissals for Friday because of the threat for winter weather. This list will be continually updated. Alabama State University - Closing at 1:00 PM Alexander City Schools - Dismissing…
Alabama prison officials say a fake court document may have been behind the mistaken release of a state inmate from a county jail. A spokesman says 37-year-old inmate Bobby Campbell Jr., who was serving time for the second-degree rape of…
A German man has pleaded guilty and apologized after setting a fire that engulfed an oak tree at Auburn University's landmark Toomer's Corner. Jochen Weist pleaded guilty to criminal mischief Thursday in Lee County. Asked to speak, Weist said: "I'm…
It's shaping up to be a big year in politics as President-Elect Donald Trump will soon take office and Jeff Sessions' Senate seat will be up for grabs. "There are probably 20 viable people who would have the qualifications to…
Montgomery currently has 12 different schools that qualified as failing in Alabama in 2016. That's about 15 percent, and after looking at recent test scores, Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange says things aren't moving in the right direction. "We only have…
