The state marine laboratory at Dauphin Island is expanding. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab has started work on a new research center for the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Network director Ruth Carmichael says Alabama has historically had a lack…
Authorities identified two people killed when a helicopter crashed in western Alabama as 63-year-old David Carson of Tuscaloosa; and 51-year-old Matthew Wallace of Hiram, Georgia.
Six Tuskegee University students are home after being stranded in Liberia for weeks because of the Ebola outbreak. The school issued a statement Tuesday night saying the students arrived at the Atlanta airport. They are all healthy with no quarantine…
An abortion clinic in Huntsville has won permission to relocate so it can comply with new state restrictions. WAAY-TV reports the city zoning board approved the relocation of the Alabama Women's Center for Reproductive Alternatives during a meeting Tuesday night.…
A huge 15 foot gator was caught in the Alabama River in Wilcox County over the weekend. Now the taxidermist who is about to perform the taxidermy is speaking out about it.
If you're an animal breeder, or have a business where you own more than five dogs or cats, you will soon be charged a fee.
They say X marks the spot for buried treasure, but you might have more luck looking under one of the state's most iconic buildings. There's a vault underneath the capitol building, housing all sorts of items.
A standoff in Butler County ends peacefully after a man allegedly shoots his wife and holds his young son inside their home while armed.
Alabama News Network is the only station on the scene.
The Union Springs community is in mourning after the police chief's daughter is murdered in Mississippi.
CBS 8 is taking action against crime tonight -- neighborhood watch groups in Montgomery say crime prevention is at the top of their list of priorities...Some say the crimes are even driving homeowners out of their neighborhoods -- so they're doing something about it.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Selma man is behind bars on an assault charge -- after a shooting Monday night in Selma.
Two people are dead following a helicopter crash in Tuscaloosa County.
Selma Police have arrested a suspect after a Monday shooting.
Montgomery Police need your help finding three suspects who broke into a Montgomery home.
A Veterans Administration employee is charged with sexual abuse of a mentally disabled volunteer.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Alabama was the only state that had a higher unemployment rate in July than it did a year ago. July marked the second month that has happened.
A Lee County judge sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing one man and injuring another last year. Circuit Judge Jacob Walker imposed the sentence Monday on Kentarious Beasley. The Opelika-Auburn News (http://bit.ly/1vcezip ) reports that…
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former Auburn police officer who had accused the police department of using a quota system in making traffic stops. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that District Judge W. Harold Albritton on Monday dismissed…
Two New York state lawmakers say more than 100 workers at the Remington Arms manufacturing plant in the Mohawk Valley are being laid off as the company shifts two of its assembly lines to Alabama.
Protesters are taking to the streets again in Ferguson, Missouri.
The three boys who found an abandoned baby in Montgomery earlier this month will be recognized at tomorrow's city council meeting.
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.
