Marengo County Commissioner Dies in Gun Accident
A longtime Marengo County Commissioner has died after accidentally shooting himself.
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A longtime Marengo County Commissioner has died after accidentally shooting himself.
Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers and wiping out pay raises.
Millbrook police need your help finding a missing 16-year-old girl.
One of our favorite days of each month is the day that we give away another "3 Degree Guarantee" check to a local charity.
The University of Alabama is reconsidering its decision last week to retain the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan on a campus building while adding the name of the school’s first Black student.
An important piece of history stands vacant in Perry County -- the house where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott were married in 1953.
Dr. Hank Williford is a Professor Emeritus at Auburn University Montgomery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a certified exercise physiologist. He has completed over 65 triathlons…
The Elmore county school board presented their proposal for an Ad Valorem tax for the county. Many residents had things to say about the possibility of a property tax increase appearing on the next ballot, some residents support the idea for the 8 mill increase, while others are against it.
Authorities have located the body of an adult male at Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The Wilcox County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a four year old child. Sheriff Earnest Evans says the investigation is in it's preliminary stage -- and details of the case…
Opelika police say they have made an arrest in a shooting death.
Montgomery Public Schools is moving forward with changing the names of two high schools, which are currently named for men tied to the Confederacy, as the school board has released several potential new names.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- An unsolved murder late last year in Selma -- has left a grieving mother longing for justice. And crying out to the community for help to solve the crime.…
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent home invasion that led to the shootings of three people.
DOWN goes the Tigers! In a double over-time loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Auburn men's basketball 19-game winning streak breaks. "Losing our very long winning streak and Potential for losing our number…
For the first time, potential new names for Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee high schools have been released by the Montgomery County school board.
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Montgomery police say they've arrested a man suspected of wearing a wig and high heels to rob a business on Chantilly Parkway.
Montgomery police say a man involved in a crash last month has died of his injuries.
The mayor of Tallassee is speaking out for the first time since his arrest in Baldwin County for alleged domestic violence. Mayor Hammock was released from jail on January 20th.
A legislative committee has advanced proposals to increase the penalties on cities that take down Confederate monuments in Alabama.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act.
New leadership is coming to the River Region United Way which serves more than 40 charity partners in five counties.
Our Pay It Forward honoree this week is Letti Hasberry of Selma. She is a basketball coach for her AAU girls basketball team.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office says an Opelika man has been arrested on child pornography charges.



