When Herron Taylor saw a man trying to flee - after seeing him light toilet paper hanging from one of the Toomer's oaks on fire, she had one thought. Nope. Taylor began following the man, later identified as Jochen Wiest, and…
Less than 1% of breast cancer cases are reported in men. But that doesn't mean they're immune from this form of cancer. As we at Alabama News Network prepare for our Tickled…
Federal prosecutors say an Alabama man who imported a Chinese drug sold as a Viagra substitute has been charged with intentionally defrauding and misleading consumers. They say the drug sold as Zhen Gong Fu fails to list a potentially dangerous…
Alabama State University is mourning the loss of one its students. Police say Freshman, Jarrett Mumford, died in following a two car wreck outside of Atlanta. It happened Sunday night in Union…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Families living without water in Wilcox County may not have to continue living without it too much longer. The county commission appointed board members for the water authority and approved the water authority's articles of…
Friends and family of a Montgomery man shot and killed held a memorial walk Monday evening. The Montgomery Police Department says 19-year-old Zhivago Hines was shot Saturday Sept. 24, around 11 p.m. The shooting happened in the 600 block of…
A recent study conducted by WalletHub compares the best and worst states for teachers to live and work.…
Throughout the day, people came by to get a look at the damage leftover from the weekend. There's even a makeshift memorial in front of the burned tree. "It's a hundred…
Sales of new homes retreated in August, one month after surging to the highest level in nearly nine years. Activity fell in all regions of the country except the West. The Commerce Department says new home sales dropped 7.6 percent…
More than one-third of calls to a suicide hotline for troubled veterans are not being answered by front-line staffers because of poor work habits and other problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs. That's according to the hotline's former director,…
A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama's practice of stripping convicted felons' of their right to vote. Greater Birmingham Ministries and a number of Alabamians who are not allowed to vote because of a past felony conviction filed the lawsuit Monday…
Federal prosecutors in Alabama say a former Verizon Wireless technician used the company's computers to obtain customers' private call records - plus data showing where customers' phones were - and sold them to an unnamed private investigator. Newly filed court…
A 74-year-old Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed in November is asking an appellate court to review his claim that Alabama's lethal injection procedure is inhumane. Lawyers for Thomas Arthur filed the appeal with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of…
After months of tangling from afar, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are preparing to confront each other face-to-face in the first presidential debate, laying out for voters their vastly different visions for the nation's future. The high-stakes Monday night showdown…
On Thursday, September 22, at approximately 9:20 p.m. a Montgomery resident was parked in the drive thru at Popeyes of Ann Street getting ready to order. She didn't know but the two individuals were in waiting, preparing to rob her. Video released…
Police in Montgomery have identified the victim of a deadly weekend shooting as 19-year-old Zhivago Hines of Montgomery. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that police began a homicide investigation Sunday after Hines died of his injuries from a Saturday shooting. Montgomery…
The latest SEC match up for the Auburn Tigers was against LSU at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Fans who came out to the game might have been a little disappointed with the first half…
Authorities say an Alabama inmate convicted of setting a Tallassee store on fire escaped from a detention center. The Alabama Department of Corrections announced that 24-year-old Dylan Keith Carroll escaped from the Frank Lee Youth Detention Center in Deatsville around…
A grand jury has indicted an Alabama couple accused of forcing their young son to stay outside without food and water for days. Shelby County court records made public Thursday show 33-year-old Matthew Scott Rowe and 34-year-old Catherine Rowe were…
A supplier of cookie dough that Blue Bell Creameries is blaming for possible listeria contamination of some ice cream says the product tested negative for the pathogen before being sent to the Texas-based company. In a statement Thursday, Iowa-based Aspen…
In a news conference carried Exclusively on Alabama News Network at Noon, Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford says he will seek federal help to keep electronic bingo machines operating at VictoryLand. As Alabama News…
Each week, federal weather officials issue a report on drought conditions across the country, and this week's map shows continued dry conditions statewide, with the worst condition in several extreme northeast counties. River Region counties are generally in two…
Wetumpka was one of four communities throughout the state chosen by Main Street Alabama to get help with the renovations. Last night city leaders held a planning meeting. They discussed downtown streetscapes, lighting, and signage along Highway 231. The city…
A Pike County restaurant now has their beer license after being denied in July. Co-owners of the Smokin Skillet Cafe were granted their license by the ABC Board. The decision comes two months after the county commission denied the license…
The recent clown threats are no laughing matter to real, professional clowns. But how is the uproar over the scare scare tactics affecting their livelihood? Kimberly Davis is a professional clown…
