Alabama's Revenue Department slowed about 100,000 personal income tax refunds this year because of a new computer program designed to catch identity theft and tax fraud.

Civil rights activists will be marching around the capitol for the next seven days. They're calling it a Jericho march.

Forecasters have issued a heat advisory covering the entire state of Alabama as temperatures are expected to approach 100 degrees.

It's been a week full of nearly triple-digit high temperatures, and with the weekend looking like another scorcher--what can River Region residents do stay cool and have fun?

More than one hundred cowboys will saddle up at the Pike County rodeo this weekend.

The Selma teacher who is accused of having students re-enact the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, and the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida has been suspended without pay.

The state attorney general's office has lost its appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court in its prosecution of former state Senate leader Lowell Barron of Fyffe.

Authorities say a second man is in custody is the shooting death of former University of Alabama football player Ozell Powell.

The River Region is under a heat advisory for the next few days as temperatures soar to triple digits.

From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Authorities in Dallas County say a man is behind bars -- after a home invasion turns deadly.

The Montgomery County Sherriff’s Department needs your help finding a suspect who stole a purse from a parked car.

Southeast Network Director of the Veterans Administration says two leaders at the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System have been placed on administrative leave.

The city of pike road is hard at work getting ready for next school year. They showed off their progress to Congressman Mike Rogers.

The Democratic challenger to Attorney General Luther Strange accuses him of being an absentee officeholder more interested in cracking down on bingo than violent crime.

Alabama school Superintendent Tommy Bice says he's accepted a two-year contract extension that comes with a $52,000 raise.

This month, the Agriculture and Industries Commissioner confirmed the first positive case of a deadly horse virus in Escambia County, and veterinarians in Butler County say that can be cause for concern for horse owners.

It can take only one click for a hacker to get into your personal information from social media.

An Alabama federal judge could avoid prosecution for domestic violence in Atlanta.

The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a shooting.

CBS 8 is taking action against crime in Prattville -- city leaders saying they're tired of all the vandalism happening in their parks, so now they have a plan that hopes to deter crime and also make those parks a safer place.