[gtxvideo vid="T8ZmIQ1f" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/T8ZmIQ1f-120.jpg?cachebust=1460648432068" vtitle="butler co. population decline"] Butler County population numbers have been on a steady decline since 2010, according data from the U.S. Census Bureau. On average, more than 150 left Butler County every year. County Commission…
[gtxvideo vid="kysgzveA" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/kysgzveA-120.jpg?cachebust=1460646510347" vtitle="education budget"] Education in Alabama ranks pretty low compared to other states, but lawmakers hope they can work to buck that trend. Part of that includes the 4 percent pay raise that would go into…
The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to vote next week to establish a 15-person investigatory committee to probe the possible impeachment of Governor Robert Bentley. Bentley last month acknowledged making sexually charged remarks to a female aide but denies…
[gtxvideo vid="B64btjgu" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/B64btjgu-120.jpg?cachebust=1460648617217" vtitle="teen suicide"] Teen suicides are growing at an alarming rate and for many families its a difficult time to get through. Mental health advocate Jessica Azar believes that faith is the only thing that can…
The Code of Alabama Section 36-33-2 charges the Department of Public Safety, now ALEA, with the duty of protecting the person of the governor and outlines requirements. Furthermore, 36-33-2 (d) states: the director may use any personnel or equipment of…
Attorney General Luther Strange announced Alabama has joined nine other states in filing an amicus brief in Arkansas federal district court urging the court to grant a preliminary injunction of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Persuader Advice Exemption Rule,…
State senators have rejected a bill aimed at keeping Greenetrack's bingo casino operational. Senators on Wednesday were four votes short of the 21 votes needed to approve the proposed constitutional amendment. Sen. Bobby Singleton sought to write into the state…
With standardized testing going on this month across Alabama, teachers are finding creative ways to urge students to do their best on the tests. Teachers at Demopolis Middle School have come up with a song and video to relieve students…
April 11-15 is National Work Zone Awareness Week, and the Alabama Department of Transportation, road builders, contractors and local officials are joining together to heighten awareness and encourage motorists to drive safely through work zones. Preliminary data shows that in…
A group of more than 100 former state attorneys general is asking President Barack Obama to pardon former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who's serving a prison sentence for bribery. The letter was sent to the White House on Wednesday. Former…
Alabama is one step closer to researching industrial hemp production. Lawmakers in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate on Tuesday approved separate bills to allow the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to research industrial hemp production…
[gtxvideo vid="toWUmc9u" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/toWUmc9u-120.jpg?cachebust=1460560738246" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_12_22_00_18"] Arica Watkins-Smith got 58.4 percent over Collins' 41.5 percent. Collins was appointed to the board to fill Beverly Ross' seat after she passed away last year. Watkins-Smith says her motto is "leadership focused on…
[gtxvideo vid="LRtAGKt9" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LRtAGKt9-120.jpg?cachebust=1460565552159" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_12_18_08_13"] A train collides with a car almost every 90 minutes and thousands of people are injured or killed in train wrecks every year, according to the RailRoad Safety Committee. Because of those statistics, the Alabama Department of…
[gtxvideo vid="p6i0SefS" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/p6i0SefS-120.jpg?cachebust=1460560810649" vtitle="election results"] Alabama voters returned to the polls Tuesday to decide several runoff races to choose party nominees for the November General Election. In our area, the races included the state school board seat for…
[gtxvideo vid="jejWTg8I" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jejWTg8I-120.jpg?cachebust=1460564382982" vtitle="troy child solicitation"] Authorities arrested William Randal Wambles of Brundidge Thursday, after observing him sharing obscene materials and his efforts to meet with someone he believed to be a teen in Troy. Wambles is charged…
The Alabama House of Representatives today voted 90 – 3 in favor of Senate Bill 180. The bill was introduced by Sen. Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) and is designed to protect revenue for Alabama’s roads and bridges. Based on the American…
[gtxvideo vid="BU9tN8pM" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BU9tN8pM-120.jpg?cachebust=1460561026258" vtitle="missing child"] A Montgomery mother needs your help. Her son went missing ten days ago, and now she's looking for answers in her child's disappearance. Rickem Samuel, 19, was last seen in the Walmart parking lot…
The Wind Creek Wi-Fi Network, a high speed network available free to the public, officially goes live today for visitors, residents and businesses in downtown Montgomery thanks to a partnership between Wind Creek Hospitality, the Riverfront Foundation and the City…
A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that occurred Saturday, April 9, and resulted in one man being hospitalized. Joseph Terry Grubbs, age 52, 403 Turkey Creek Road, Mathews, AL, was arrested April 10 at approximately 9:30 pm. …
The Capri Theatre Re-Opens Thursday, April 14 with the classic, The Maltese Falcon. The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, is a detective story of a private detective who takes on a case that involves him with three…
Voters in several counties will head back to the polls Tuesday for runoff elections. Alabamians will decide primary election contests in which no candidate received more than half the vote. One race many people will be watching is the seat…
Alabama State University is excited to announce that Steve Harvey, nationally acclaimed star of television, radio and film, will give the keynote address at its upcoming 293rd Spring Commencement Exercises, which will be held at the ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome on…
At approximately 3:49 PM on Monday, April 11, Opp Police Department officers and Opp Fire Department fire units responded to the 400 block of Forth Street to the report of a traffic crash. Upon arrival, officers found a Ford Explorer…
Troopers are investigating a single commercial vehicle crash on Interstate 65 (southbound) near the 118 mile marker that occurred shortly after 6 A.M. today, April 12. The vehicle is overturned in the southbound lane of Interstate 65 with leaking fuel.…
[gtxvideo vid="U2dElqKN" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/U2dElqKN-120.jpg?cachebust=1460471062238" vtitle="should bentley talk"] When it comes to the Governor's scandal, we found people on both sides of the issue. "The media is in everybody's business. We just need to mind our own business," said Kelvin.…
