A year ago this week, Montgomery Police Chief Kevin Murphy made national headlines and history by apologizing for some of the department's actions during the civil rights struggle 50 years ago. On Friday, he visited the White House with the man who received that apology, Georgia State Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis.
Alabama lawmakers are close to adding more requirements in order for people to get welfare benefits. The bills would do a number of things, including one that would require drug testing for some to receive welfare benefits, and another that would require you to apply for at least three jobs before you could actually receive those benefits.
CBS 8 is taking action against crime, riding with Autauga County deputies on a drug raid deputies say at a home were dealing thousands of dollars in drugs.
New research finds every 15 minute delay in treatment robs stroke survivors of about a month of healthy living.
State prisons officials are adding surveillance cameras and working to increase inmate privacy at Tutwiler prison in Elmore county.
Cancer patients who also have diabetes are four times more likely to die a year after their cancer diagnosis than patients without diabetes.
A program in Pennsylvania to reduce falls among the elderly seems to be working.
Authorities in Autauga County arrest four people in a drug raid.
New details surrounding the 9-year-old who was shot Thursday.
Alabama State Troopers have now released the name of the man killed in a Thursday afternoon wreck in Macon County.
A physician who practiced medicine and taught in Birmingham is now part of the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.
The Alabama Senate debated, but did not vote, on a bill to allow people without pistol permits to carry loaded pistols in their cars.
It's time to rodeo! The Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo is underway and we're told even better competition this year after switching back to the PRCA league.
Auburn basketball fans are wondering who'll be their next basketball coach after Tony Barbee was fired last night moments after the Tigers lost in the SEC Tournament. Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant is also considered on the hot seat... so could he have the same fate?
Controversy continues over common core, the education initiative that aims to make more universal school standards.
The Alabama Senate debated, but did not vote, on a bill to allow people without pistol permits to carry loaded pistols in their cars.
Prattville Police are investigating a shooting that left a 9-year-old child injured.
A crash in Macon County leaves one man dead and another in the hospital. It happened around 10 a.m. Thursday and involved a state emergency management agency employee.
A bill to regulate payday loan stores in Alabama crosses its first big hurdle. The house has approved setting up a database to track loans and limit them.
A judge is Tuscaloosa is being asked to reinstate a lawsuit against a daughter of Alabama football coach Nick Saban.
The Alabama secretary of state's office is planning to have staff traveling the state starting Monday to provide photo IDs to voters who need them for the upcoming elections.
A new study finds hypertension is going untreated in the Hispanic community.
Researchers are warning some diabetes drugs come with heart risks and that those risks are overlooked during clinical trials.
It may not be necessary to stay overnight in the hospital when having joint replacement surgery.
Gov. Robert Bentley may have no way to give education employees the 2 percent pay raise he has recommended.
