From the West Alabama Newsroom-- People in Demopolis are gearing up for the annual Rooster Day celebration this weekend. The spring-time outdoor festival showcases a unique part of the city's history. Rooster Day celebrates…
Jefferson county schools announced that they will no longer allow broadcast public prayer before high school football games. The Freedom From Religion Foundation received multiple complaints on this matter last year. Local…
Alabama lawmakers have approved sweeping legislation outlawing transgender youth's access to gender-affirming medications.
Panama City Beach police say two men from our area have been arrested on charges of inciting or encouraging a riot.
The governor's office has added $10,000 to the reward being offered in the hopes of solving a double murder case in Butler County.
The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
People receiving unemployment benefits in Alabama could soon face a new requirement to contact three employers each week about a potential job.
Alabama News Network spoke to the Montgomery County EMA about what went wrong to cause people to be awakened to a tornado siren at 3AM Wednesday.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The storms that rolled through west Alabama early Tuesday morning -- caused a lot of property damage in the city of Linden. The system produced a hail storm --…
The Alabama Department of Transportation and states across the nation are joining forces to ask drivers to slow down and eliminate distractions in work zones in recognition of National Work Zone Awareness Week on…
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) says he will vote "no" on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office says human remains have been found.
Alabama lawmakers have approved the largest teacher pay raise in a generation.
The Montgomery County school board says it will name the next superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools on Friday.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those beaten as they marched for civil rights in 1965.
Alabama lawmakers have voted to postpone a requirement to hold back third graders who don’t meet reading benchmarks.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would bar transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their current gender identity.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to ban a list of “divisive concepts” from being taught in K-12 classrooms and state worker training.
Severe storms on Tuesday took down trees and power lines throughout the area. The cleanup will be starting immediately in Elmore County.
A second round of storms is set to move through area Wednesday afternoon. Once again, some of the storms could be strong and possibly severe.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Folks in Dallas County -- woke up to severe weather Tuesday morning. Torrential rain from the storm caused big problems in Selma. "It was some scary weather that came…
No one likes talking about this, but unless you share your login information with someone, your Facebook, Google and Apple accounts are in limbo for eternity after you die. Unless you set things up ahead of time.
Sonza Yelder Winters works at Walmart and is also a minister at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Selma. But it's what she does outside her main jobs that made her friend, Jan Crews, nominate her for the Pay It Forward award.
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the Alabama Numeracy Act into law.
Alabama State Troopers say a Prattville man has been killed in a one-car crash. State troopers say 29-year-old Terance Whitfield was killed just before 11PM on Monday night. Investigators say the car he was driving crossed the center line, left…
