[gtxvideo vid="6kC0Tcqv" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6kC0Tcqv-120.jpg?cachebust=1461075471574" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_18_17_02_08"] Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden is asking for help finding some stolen guns. Harden says 18 guns were stolen from a Butler County home while the residents were on vacation, during what he believes were multiple…
The Montgomery County Commission is looking to celebrate Montgomery County's 200th birthday by getting healthy. This morning, county officials kicked off the Montgomery County Celebration, Walk 200 Challenge. During this six week challenge, teams will walk 200 miles in honor of…
Alabama lawmakers will hold hearings this week on the state's Medicaid program. The House and Senate general fund budget committee have scheduled a joint meeting Wednesday to discuss funding for the health care program that covers approximately a million Alabamians.…
Governor Robert Bentley on Monday released his 2015 income tax filing. “As a promise to the people of Alabama, I am again releasing my income tax filings for the citizens of Alabama to see the financial standing of their governor,”…
[gtxvideo vid="P1I25Nsr" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/P1I25Nsr-120.jpg?cachebust=1461075830718" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_18_17_59_40"] A Montgomery woman received a scare from a man who shouted racial slurs at her while she tried to receive money from an ATM. One woman saw it all, and recorded the confrontation on camera. The…
On April 14, Donell Lee Fleeton, 28, and Derrick Lee Fleeton, 33, both of Hope Hull, were arrested in connection with a series of four-wheeler thefts in the Lowndes County area. These two men are suspected of stealing four-wheelers from local farmers…
The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a 76-year-old Alabama man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for possessing less than three pounds of marijuana that he said he grew for personal use. Lawyers for…
A central Alabama man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his wife at a physician's office a year ago. Eric Price pleaded guilty Monday to a murder charge in the slaying of 24-year-old Leaj Jarvis Price. Prosecutors will recommend a…
After years of struggling to effectively provide services with fewer financial resources available, The Salvation Army of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi has decided to resize its operations in Selma/Dallas County. The Salvation Army will “right-size” its operations to that of…
Not many people could face a life like Katherine and Jay Wolf's with such a positive outlook. Katherine suffered a major stroke in April 2008, one doctors did not think she would survive. Eight years later, Katherine and her family are thriving thanks to…
Ft. Toulouse in Wetumpka offers re-enactments throughout the year. This weekend's encampment focused on the French and Indian War, also known as the 7 years war. Hundreds came throughout the weekend to history come alive. The final day featured a…
The first graduating class of Robert E. Lee high school held its sixtieth anniversary reunion this evening. They were the first to walk the halls of Lee high school when it opened. Over one-hundred people attended the event with the…
Today the Family Sunshine Center held an event called the ranch round-up. The events purpose was to raise money for women and children in the community who need counseling and safe shelters. The Family Sunshine Center works to end domestic…
There was a big crowd in downtown Montgomery for this year's walk of life. The event is the biggest fundraiser for the Joy to Life Foundation. The organization provides breast cancer screenings across the state for those who can't afford…
The city of Wetumpka came out today to celebrate one of its most unique features. Thousands of people celebrated the 83 million year old impact crater at the fourth annual Crater fest. It's the only confirmed impact crater in the entire…
[gtxvideo vid="SVi94F2k" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SVi94F2k-120.jpg?cachebust=1460992353255" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_15_22_07_02"] A chilly night as friends, family members and advocates gathered together, each one remembering someone who they have lost, including Lucy Cooks. "My grandson was Jamie Sinclair Cooks. Today would have been his 23rd…
Montgomery police are searching for an armed robbery suspect. Investigators say a man walked into a check cashing business on the Atlanta Highway Friday morning and sprayed the clerk with pepper spray or mace. He then left with an unknown amount…
The current secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Stan Stabler, is responding to recent allegations made against him by former secretary, Spencer Collier. On Friday, he sent Alabama News Network a letter. Here is a copy of what he wrote:…
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will present its “Under Age, Under Arrest” program on underage drinking Monday, April 18,to students at Carver High School in Montgomery. The program will be at 9:30 a.m. in the school auditorium. The program…
The Salvation Army in Troy is is making sure no one goes hungry. It's all part of their annual Empty Bowls Luncheon that feature unique clay bowls. Several people in the community including people at the Colley Senior Complex and…
[gtxvideo vid="PyqNE7GR" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PyqNE7GR-120.jpg?cachebust=1460991069708" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_15_22_00_19"] Gov. Robert Bentley's office has issued a statement concerning a trip the governor took with several staff members to attend the Republican Governors Association Conference in Las Vegas last year. One of those staffers…
[gtxvideo vid="KQoNzThw" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KQoNzThw-120.jpg?cachebust=1460740764923" vtitle="troy walmart"] Since August of last year after a tornado damaged Troy's Walmart, employees have been hard at work getting everything back to normal. Friday morning was the store's grand reopening. City officials and Walmart…
Three corrections officers at Bullock Correctional Facility have been charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into the prison. According to public records, three corrections officers - 24-year-old Victor Davis, 23-year-old Tevin Denton and 20-year-old Khayla Chambers - were recently found…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the Wednesday, April 13, shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Rogers of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged James Thomas, 21, of Montgomery with one count of murder. Thomas turned himself in to MPD detectives on April…
Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted March unemployment rate remained steady at 6.2%. “Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to hold steady, all the while showing labor force and employment growth,” Governor Bentley said. “The growth is…
