USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Forest Service today announced a federal investment of over $40 million for restoration of forests near growing communities to reduce wildfire threats, protect water supplies, improve wildlife habitat and support rural…
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public's help to find a suspect wanted in connection with multiple theft cases. James Beecham, 35, is wanted for active Theft of Property warrants. He will be charged with two counts of Theft of Property…
[gtxvideo vid="aQQn5TjK" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/aQQn5TjK-120.jpg?cachebust=1455665713943" vtitle="selma murder supect"] Selma police are still searching for a suspect connected to a 2015 murder. Officials have released two photos of Alfred Parnell in hopes that the public can help locate him. He is…
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Relatives have identified an Alabama man who died after police used a stun gun on him. Dorothy Nelson and a family lawyer on Tuesday identified the dead man as Nelson's son, 49-year-old Randy Joe Nelson of Athens, Alabama. Court…
The Pike County Emergency Management Agency is passing along a warning to area residents in the wake of Monday's storms. They have multiple reports of downed trees and power lines across the southeast corner of the county. Everyone is being…
[gtxvideo vid="lfzjlQuo" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lfzjlQuo-120.jpg?cachebust=1455647895460" vtitle="WAKA_2016_02_16_12_05_51"] An amazing puppy rescue in Montgomery. The puppy who had been living in a drainage pipe for several days was rescued on Valentine's Day in Halcyon Summit. Once the fire department got the pup…
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The National Weather Service as confirmed a Tornado touched down Northwest Covington County in South Alabama at about 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. Sheriff's officials say that a mobile home was destroyed, and a woman has been left with minor injuries.…
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - President Barack Obama and the leaders of Southeast Asian nations are meeting in Southern California for an unprecedented two days of talks on economic and security issues and on forging deeper ties amid China's assertive…
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a new campaign ad from Republican Ted Cruz today, warning that conservatives are "just one Supreme Court justice away" from losing on issues that are important to them. Those issues, the ad says, include "life, marriage,…
ELKO, Nev. (AP) - Hillary Clinton predicts President Barack Obama will nominate someone who's already been confirmed by the Senate to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Democratic candidate for president said that earlier Senate confirmation for…
DETROIT (AP) - U.S. auto safety regulators have closed an investigation into air bag problems in some Kia small cars without seeking a recall. In September, investigators began looking into problems in about 186,000 Spectra cars from 2007 through 2009.…
[gtxvideo vid="LUmwA1cR" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LUmwA1cR-120.jpg?cachebust=1455659159142" vtitle="Pike road addition to park"] Montgomery County and the city of Pike Road are coming together in hopes of bringing life to an area that desperately needs it. Officials say the new plans has big…
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Alabama Department of Commerce officials say the state's exports for 2015 totaled $19.37 billion. Officials said in a release Monday that the figure provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce is below the state's 2014 total of $19.44 billion and…
Authorities say they're investigating a shooting at a west Alabama nightclub that left four people injured. Greene county Sheriff's Lt. Jeremy Rancher says three women and a man were injured in a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday morning. Authorities…
VOICES for Alabama’s Children, the state’s longest-standing child advocacy organization, announced its top policy priorities this week, focusing on clear-cut solutions to issues affecting Alabama’s children and families. This progressive policy agenda urges lawmakers to prioritize Alabama’s children during the…
The Obama administration has approved a small Alabama tractor company to become the first U.S. factory in Cuba in more than half a century. The two-man Alabama firm will build a plant to assemble as many as 1,000 small tractors…
A suspect is on the loose after an armed robbery at a Pike Road Convenience Store. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says an unknown male held the clerk at gun point while taking an undetermined amount of money. It happened at around 7:35 Sunday…
A LaGrange, Georgia woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Macon County, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials. Lana Daniel, 81, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban she was driving was hit by a 2007 Cadillac Escalade on Interstate 85. The…
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A suspicious death investigation in Andalusia is now a murder investigation, and an arrest has already been made. 18 year old Diamond Crittenden is now charged with the murder of 81 year old Charles Taliaferro. Andalusia police responded Saturday, February…
