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From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A team of alligator hunters bag a 15 foot gator -- weighing more than a thousand pounds over the weekend -- and it took them ten hours to reel it in.
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From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A team of alligator hunters bag a 15 foot gator -- weighing more than a thousand pounds over the weekend -- and it took them ten hours to reel it in.
The Montgomery County Humane Society needs your help. More and more animals are coming in -- some of the highest numbers they've received in years and that means a rise in medical costs. Humane society officials say they're struggling to get that extra money.
The Butler County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding two suspects after a meth lab bust.
In Butler County, one school is testing out a new program that makes breakfast and lunch FREE for all students, and some teachers say it is helping in the classroom.
College students across the state are returning to campus this week. But with the unemployment in the state rising to 7% and student loan debt at an all time high, is it worth it?
A Columbus woman has been charged with murder and aggravated assault after police arrested her for shooting and killing another woman early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a Columbus restaurant.
Officials from Chi Omega Fraternity say a member of the organization's University of Alabama chapter has been expelled for a racially offensive post that was distributed via social media over the weekend.
A judge is laying the final groundwork for the capital murder trial of an Alabama woman accused of making her 9-year-old granddaughter run until she collapsed and died.
Alabama State University officials say they're planning to use a National Science Foundation grant to establish a data analytics lab.
Alabama State University officials say they're planning to use a National Science Foundation grant to establish a data analytics lab.
A mobile application will allow certain travelers passing through the Montgomery Regional Airport to check in for flights up to a day ahead of their scheduled departure time.
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a self-appointed sovereign citizen leader who challenged the federal government's authority over him.
 Now for an update to that burned cat story we brought to you awhile back.   The lab results are back.  The forensic test show that it was found that it died from being run  over by a…
We're taking action against crime. Montgomery Police are looking for two robbery suspects. they say the two broke into a BP Gas Station on Atlanta Highway late Friday night and assaulted the clerk with a weapon. They were last seen running…
A northeast Alabama man is charged with murder in the beating death of his girlfriend. Jacksonville police say 37-year-olld Richard Thad Pilkington was arrested in the slaying of 48-year-old Tracy Lynn Callaway Strange. Police received a call early Sunday about…
Prattville city officials, police and members of a redevelopment agency say they're working together to preserve some of the city's historic buildings. One of the vacant Continental Eagle buildings caught fire on Aug. 8. Fire Battalion Chief Jay Hawthorne tells…
An Alabama woman accused of making her 9-year-old granddaughter run until she collapsed and died is due in court.
A group of Alabama hunters is celebrating the catch of a lifetime: A 15-foot-long alligator weighing more than 1,000 pounds.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The Demopolis Police Department has a new crime fighting tool patrolling the streets of the city.
If you have been through Prattville lately, you may have noticed more businesses all around the city, but High Point Town Center still has many vacant store fronts waiting to be filled.
On Sunday, one of the busiest events in Montgomery's year wraps up.
A woman is under arrest for attempted arson after fire officials say she tried to set the house her boyfriend lives in on fire.
The Alabama State University National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture hosted a reception for its supporters.
An Alabama federal judge stripped of his caseload after his arrest on domestic violence charges will keep receiving his annual salary of nearly $200,000.
Alabama news network is teaming up with Montgomery Lasik today to give viewers a chance to become a "Future Forecaster."



