Almost 40 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty in the U.S. this year. More than 20,000 names are written on the national memorial in Washington, D.C., which tracks the names of officers killed since the late 1800s.
A Southern heritage group is defending Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says the state has been approved for more federal disaster assistance to help five counties recover from severe storms in late April.
House Speaker Mike Hubbard says he's filed a complaint with the U.S. attorney's office, the FBI and the Lee County district attorney over harassing phone calls being used to try to hurt his re-election campaign.
Jess Meuse, the American Idol finalist from Slapout in Elmore County, has been eliminated from the competition.
Just about every week, we bring you news of horrific car accidents in our area where occupants are killed. Most of the victims involved in these car wrecks have one thing in common, they weren't wearing a seat belt.
Lowdnes county deputies have arrested Randall Downs for the stabbing death of Gerado Biera.
CBS 8 and ABC Montgomery are taking action against crime -- as the weather heats up, Montgomery County deputies say more burglars could be trying to break into your home or business.
Many were shocked when St. Jude Catholic School announced it will close at the end of the school year. Now students and their parents are scrambling to enroll somewhere else for fall.
The Andalusia Chamber of Commerce held the first Covington County Day. A chance for business owners and the community to hear about the state of the city, schools, and upcoming elections.
A major announcement in Troy today- a new partnership is creating the university's first flight training program and potentially the first one of it's kind for high school students in the country.
Will Elmore County's Jess Meuse make it into the final 3 on American Idol? We'll find out tonight. And if she does, it means a huge slate of events near her hometown of Slapout.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is under intense scrutiny over the deaths of veterans.
The NFL Draft kicks off tonight at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
An 80 year old private school closes permanently at the end of the school year.
According to them, 70 percent of the car wreck fatalities they investigate involve people who are NOT buckling.
42-year-old Richard Walker was killed when his vehicle struck another on interstate 65.
An industrial worker injured Wednesday is in stable condition at a Florida Hospital.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The case against Lowndes County School Superintendent is delayed after the city judge recuses himself from the case.
This as Slapout's Jess Meuse takes the stage on American Idol.
A new study suggests music and language share the same space in the brain.
More than half of all operations in the U.S. are performed on patients 65 and older.
Sports scientists are proving what athletes, coaches and sports fans may already know: anxiety can make an athlete choke.
An Alabama man sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for manslaughter in a 2008 shooting death at a Mississippi bar has appealed his conviction to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and attorneys general from 21 other states have filed a friend of the court brief in opposition to a New York law banning certain kinds of semi-automatic weapons.
