U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in recent days rolled through Iowa, Nevada and the panhandle of Florida to stump for Republican Donald Trump. The first U.S. senator to endorse the outsider candidate-turned-Republican nominee has emerged as a frequent surrogate for the…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - An Auburn official says the university is holding off on renovating the north end zone of Jordan-Hare Stadium until at least 2018. Al.com reports that athletic director Jay Jacobs made the announcement regarding the delayed project,…
A Montgomery man has been arrested and is accused of robbing 10 different businesses at gunpoint in the span of eight days. Montgomery police says that DeGregory Lee was arrested Nov. 3 and is charged with 16 counts of first-degree…
Days are counting down until Tuesday's Presidential Election and with neither candidate showing true Christian values, those voters are having a difficult decision choosing who will be a better leader. "I'm not looking forward to what we're in for for…
The company that owns the Shelby county gasoline pipeline that exploded last week says the pipeline is back in service. Colonial Pipeline says service was restarted this morning. The pipeline takes gasoline from the Gulf Coast to New York City.…
An Alabama lawmaker wants to allow the state to carry out executions with firing squad. Republican Senator Trip Pittman said the firing squad should be an "option" for the state during ongoing litigation over lethal injection. Pittman pre-filed the bill…
Students gathered on the lawn of the president's house at ASU Friday just after word spread that President Gwendolyn Boyd had been suspended. Students gathered to pray and show their support. "I believe President Boyd to be a very, very…
Alabama News Network was at a tense Alabama State University Board of Trustees meeting that culminated in a vote to put ASU President Gwendolyn Boyd on administrative leave. Dr. Leon Wilson was chosen…
Selma police confirmed to Alabama News Network this morning that the body that was found yesterday was that of missing teenager Derrick Nichols. The 17 year old had been missing since October 28.…
This year alone we've seen a big increase in violence across the Alabama prison system. Video was taken by inmates in March and posted to YouTube from inside Holman Prison in Atmore. A…
A seventh College in Mississippi has decided to stop displaying the official Mississippi flag because of the prominent confederate symbol on it. Delta State's President issued a statement explaining the decision: This is a painful decision in many respects…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police are investigating the disappearance of a Selma teenager and they need your help to find him. Seventeen year old Derrick Nichols of Selma hasn't been seen by his family in just about a…
Sometimes if you can't say something nice, maybe you shouldn't say anything at all. That's some advice Governor Robert Bentley might have needed to hear before he spoke at the Alabama Association of Regional Councils Conference on Wednesday. Bentley made several…
The Christmas season started a little early in Montgomery. Mental Health America kicked off it's 64th Operation Santa Claus. The campaign supplies Christmas gifts to hundreds of mentally ill adults throughout the River Region. Santa was even on hand to…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Mike Jones, R-Andalusia, announced Thursday he's is suspending hearings into the Articles of Impeachment filed against Governor Robert Bentley. Jones says he's stopping the hearings at the request of…
On Wednesday, November 2nd around 9 p.m., MPD received an email containing a screenshot of a Facebook post threatening a shooting Thursday, Novemeber 3rd at a Montgomery Public Schools high school. MPD detectives immediately began to investigate and quickly identified the suspect…
A panel that will recommend changes to Alabama's gambling laws has opened its meeting to the public, after the governor's office initially said it would be closed. The governor's advisory council on gaming on Thursday voted to open the meeting.…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley isn't budging on the blunt language he used to describe the state's educational system. Spokeswoman Yasamie August said Thursday the governor isn't apologizing for telling a group in Montgomery that Alabama's educational system "sucks." August says…
BOSTON (AP) - Researchers say they have found a traumatic brain disease in former Eagles and Patriots fullback Kevin Turner, who was the lead plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit against the NFL. Announcing the results of their study at a…
Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded $1.6 million in grants to improve recreation opportunities in Alabama. Funds will be used to build or expand trails at 12 locations. In addition to those grants, Bentley awarded another grant to the Alabama Department…
The Dallas County coroner says a decomposing body of a man was found in a wooded area off River Road, by a landowner who was preparing his land for hunting. Investigators have not yet identified the body. The body is…
ATLANTA (www.Chick-fil-AKickoffGame.com) – The No. 5 Washington Huskies and the No. 9 Auburn Tigers will face off in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game to start the 2018 season in a rare Pac-12 vs. SEC clash. The game is set for Saturday,…
Alabama is preparing to execute an inmate who was convicted in the 1982 killing of a man in a murder-for-hire arrangement. Tommy Arthur is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday. Arthur, now 74, was convicted of…
Patrick Quinn and his son, Patrick Wilson Quinn, are rooting on the Cubs in the World Series. In fact, the Quinn's have been rooting them on for several generations. "It was always the plan…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Controversy is swirling between two top law enforcement officials in Dallas County after reports surface about two inmate stabbings at the county jail. Sheriff Harris Huffman…
