After ongoing structural issues at the Pike County Jail..County officials have finally started repairs on the facility. The jail has experienced roofing leaks, interior corrosion and walls separating. Since repairs have started, the parapet at the top of the jail…
Millbrook police have identified the man killed after being hit by a train last Friday. He's been identified as 54-year-old Calvin Neal Ray of Letohatchee. The accident happened Friday near Alabama River Parkway and Jackson Lake Road. Police say the…
State Auditor Jim Zeigler is asking the House Judiciary Committee to restart an impeachment probe of Gov. Robert Bentley. Zeigler sent a Jan. 1 letter to House Judiciary Chairman Mike Jones asking the committee to resume the investigation. The committee…
A single-vehicle crash at 1:15 a.m on Jan. 4, has claimed the life of a Mathews man. John Dandridge Walters, 76, was killed when the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta he was driving left the roadway, struck a utility pole and a tree. …
The National Weather Service says a tornado didn't directly kill four people who died Monday in southeast Alabama. A survey team concludes a tree that crashed through a mobile home near Rehobeth, killing four, was felled by straight-line thunderstorm winds.…
Montgomery police have arrested and charged a man with making terrorist threats against the city. Police say they arrested Matthew Shashy this morning after he barricaded himself at his home on Myrtlewood Drive,…
The Montgomery Police Department negotiated with a man barricaded in his home for multiple hours Tuesday afternoon. Â The home is on Myrtlewood Drive in the McGehee Estates neighborhood. Officials…
The Inside Government website has ranked the states based on how many licensed gun shops there are per capita. Alabama is ranked lower than you might think---31st. Hawaii has the fewest stores per capita....and the most? Wyoming.
Alabama News Network talked to Rhonda Adair a month ago right after her baby, Anna Parker, was born at 33 weeks. She was in high spirits and living one day at…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Torrential rainfall from Monday's weather event left several roads in Lowndes County washed out and in need of repair. County crews are working to repair roads…
Montgomery Elite All-Stars Midget team is the first team from Montgomery to be invited to play in the BCYF National Youth Championship Football game in Orlando, Florida. But first,…
Harvey Updyke, who pleaded guilty to poisoning Auburn University's oak trees, has missed a court hearing about his restitution payment schedule. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker issued a contempt of court citation Tuesday. Walker…
Storms moving across South Alabama left some Butler County roads and bridges flooded.…
In Bullock County, people are cleaning up after a tornado touched down in the southeast part of the county. National Weather Service officials believe the tornado started near County…
A man is missing from the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System in Tuskegee. 72-year-old Navy veteran, Earl Zook, went missing Monday. Zook is not considered dangerous or a threat to anyone. If you have any information on his whereabouts,…
The NAACP is staging a sit-in at the Alabama office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to protest his nomination to be the nation's next attorney general. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks said in a statement that Sessions "can't be trusted…
Alabama News Network was in New Orleans for Auburn's appearance in the Sugar Bowl. With the Tigers 35-19 loss to Oklahoma, Auburn fans are leaving town disappointed. After Auburn's opening drive touchdown, the…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that took place Tuesday morning. Lt. Regina Duckett says the shooting happened at the intersection of Day Street and Airbase Boulevard. No one was injured, and there was no damage to any facility…
Former Alabama Governor Albert Brewer has died. He was 87. There were no immediate details on his cause of death. Brewer served as Governor from 1968 to 1971. Brewer was the state's 49th governor. He assumed the office after Gov.…
Donald Trump has only hinted at the future of NASA. But his campaign suggestions - more deep space exploration, less Earth science - seem to bode well for Alabama and for Marshall Space Flight Center. The center's 6,000-person workforce is a…
Auburn fans in New Orleans are having to cope with rain. But that's not dampening their spirits heading into Monday night's Sugar Bowl against Oklahoma. Alabama News Network anchor Josh Ninke is in…
Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama's health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute. Speaking to reporters Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says the GOP will begin its "assault"…
Severe weather was expected to bring a variety of threats to parts of the Deep South through the night. Thousands of power outages were reported in the New Orleans area, where a tornado watch remained in effect early Monday afternoon.…
Organizers of President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade say the marching band of Alabama's oldest private, historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform. The move comes as historically black schools like Howard University, which marched in President…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Lane Kiffin isn't sticking around to run Alabama's offense in the national championship game. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Monday that Kiffin will leave to focus on his new job as Florida Atlantic's head coach.…
