The National Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter struck a utility wire before a crash that killed a Georgia pilot and an Alabama man last month. The board's preliminary report says the chopper went down after hitting a wire strung…
A popular youth pastor has been indicted on a charge of impersonating a police officer. WVTM-TV reports that a Jefferson County grand jury indicted Matt Pitt in May, and the case was docketed this week. Pitt is accused of using…
A north Alabama man is charged with capital murder in the death of a man who was found dead during the annual Mule Day event in DeKalb County. Authorities say 32-year-old Daniel Adam Beaty of Valley Head is being held…
Wearing a bra does not increase your risk for breast cancer.
Eating potassium-rich foods can help prevent stroke and death in postmenopausal women.
British researchers may have found a way to switch-off auto-immune diseases.
Advocacy groups say Alabama prisons are giving inmates virtually unlimited access to razors, a practice that's leading to deaths and injuries inside the lockups. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program asked a court Thursday to…
Training drills for tens of thousands of Army National Guard members from New Hampshire to Hawaii have been called off this weekend because of a federal budget shortfall. A National Guard spokesman says a $101 million gap in funding for…
The Alabama Supreme Court has turned down claims by an indicted legislator that his prosecutors are acting without proper authority. The court issued an 8-0 order Friday denying an appeal from Republican Rep. Barry Moore of Enterprise. Moore was challenging…
Five proposed constitutional amendments will be on Alabama's ballot Nov. 4, and for the first time, a commission has written ballot language to describe them in plain words. The chairman of the new Fair Ballot Commission, Will Sellers, says the…
An immigrant rights group is trying to register more Hispanics to vote in Alabama. The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice says it's launching a program called "Alabama Vota" to encourage more Hispanic voters to get involved in the electoral process.…
More than 30 states have filed briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage. Massachusetts and 14 other states where same-sex marriage is legal filed a brief Thursday asking the justices to overturn other states' bans on…
Attorney General Luther Strange is running again but not without opposition.
The Alley in downtown Montgomery played host to the 6th Annual Rally in the Alley tonight, a night of mingling and entertainment, all for a good cause.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The foul odor from a cheese plant in Uniontown has residents crying out to the state for help.
The city of Andalusia gives CBS 8 an exclusive look inside the new wing of it's middle school. It has several new features inside, and one of those features could save hundreds of lives.
"Hands up, don't shoot." That's the phrase heard in protests across the country, after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Alabama State University broke ground today on a new building to commemorate the last stop of the Selma to Montgomery March. This project has been in the works for about 10 years now.
Studies show Alabama ranks as one of the worst states for being bicycle friendly. But the City of Troy is trying to change that.
Federal prosecutors say three Montgomery men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft in a tax fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney's officials in Montgomery said in a statement Thursday that Cruz Castillo Burnett, Jacorey Giddens and Rodrickus Howard each…
British researchers say the current way to diagnose Type 2 diabetes using blood glucose levels needs to be revised.
California researchers say airline pilots, and flight attendants are about twice as likely as others to get melanoma, the most common form of skin cancer.
If you spend less time sitting, you can extend your life.
It's an intersection that has been talked about for a while now. But nothing seems to be done about it.
Authorities say the reward for information leading to the suspects in a burglary at the former apartment of civil rights icon Rosa Parks has grown to $3,000. Crimestoppers director Tony Garrett tells the Montgomery Advertiser (http://on.mgmadv.com/1ptD7Ov ) businesses, neighborhood groups,…
