Union Springs police continue to search for missing man
37-year-old Steven Bryan Peel was last seen on August 6, 2023 in the area of Locke Court in Union Springs. He has not been seen or heard from since.
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37-year-old Steven Bryan Peel was last seen on August 6, 2023 in the area of Locke Court in Union Springs. He has not been seen or heard from since.
21 year old Denzel Donald White is the second suspect charged in a double shooting that left a woman dead in the Paterson Court Housing Development on May 26th.
The heat backs down a bit this week. High temperatures generally remain in the low 90s Monday through Friday. Isolated showers and storms appear possible again Monday afternoon.
Sunday looks partly cloudy and hot, with highs in the mid 90s. Isolated showers and storms appear possible during the afternoon. However, many locations remain dry.
One male victim was killed and three other male victims were wounded in the Saturday morning shooting.
Former NBA and Auburn basketball star Charles Barkley says that next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with the NBA's media deals.
A former FBI agent has been convicted in Montgomery of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims that he raped a co-worker at knifepoint.
A statue of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been unveiled in downtown Montgomery. It's the first full-sized statue of him in the city.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis partners with UAB -- to launch a new high-tech Tele-ICU program at the hospital. The new Tele-ICU service uses state-of-the-art secure remote technology to…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Selma man is convicted on multiple charges -- in a fatal shooting at a Selma gas station. Jimmy Lee Tyus was convicted of murder -- two counts of…
Father's day weekend looks hot too. Temperatures soar into the upper 90s Saturday afternoon. The sky remains mostly sunny with no chance for a cooling shower or storm.
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A Montgomery woman has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for her involvement in a kidnapping, robbery and rape of a Montgomery woman.
A $2,500 reward is being offered in the hopes of solving the investigation into a shooting in Alexander City that left one person dead and two others injured.
A Montgomery man has been killed after crashing the car he was driving in Lowndes County.
Couples whose lawsuits against fertility providers led an Alabama court to rule that frozen embryos could be considered children have asked a judge to toss out a new state law that provides legal immunity to in vitro fertilization providers.
The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
Rep. Reed Ingram says this would be a tool that cities could use when police forces are understaffed and overworked.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and advocacy group based in Montgomery, is laying off more than 60 employees, the union representing workers has said.
It is a bittersweet time for those of us at WAKA Action 8. Our former home on Eastern Boulevard in Montgomery is being torn down.
Your drive on Interstate 85 southbound has just gotten easier.
Celebrate Juneteenth with all kinds of events happening this weekend throughout the River Region!
Afternoon heat increases Friday and Saturday. Temperatures peak in the mid 90s Friday and perhaps upper 90s Saturday. Heat indices approach 100° Friday and 105° Saturday.
Back on July 24, 2015, 8-year-old Jerimiah Treece was a Junior Forecaster for a day at WAKA.