ALEA Investigating Seven Traffic Fatalities over Thanksgiving Holiday
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating seven traffic fatalities over the Thanksgiving holiday, as travel started to return to pre-pandemic levels.
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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating seven traffic fatalities over the Thanksgiving holiday, as travel started to return to pre-pandemic levels.
Gov. Kay Ivey is honoring the state's first Black poet laureate, a creative writing teacher from Birmingham who delves into the pain and difficulty of being Black in America.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling it will uphold Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion and may go much further to overturn the nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years. Â
A person in California has become the first  in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Prattville police say they have taken a woman into custody after a stabbing and a short pursuit on Interstate 65.
Montgomery police have now identified the woman who died of a gunshot wound on Monday.
The city of Prattville is investigating a case of Christmas vandalism after crews found several light displays were vandalized on Maple Street over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Police in the Chilton County city of Jemison say they have recovered 20 or more Fed Ex packages that they say appear to have been dumped on the side of a road.
The state intervention of Montgomery Public Schools has ended today after nearly five years. The school system is celebrating by releasing a video that declares "It's a Brand New Day."
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
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The Alabama attorney general's office says the City of Montgomery owes a $25,000 for changing the name of Jeff Davis Avenue, named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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Norbert Thomas came back from Iraq in 2004 with a dream to give back to his community by helping at-risk kids.
A Confederate heritage group says it will fight a lawsuit in Macon County that could lead to the removal of a monument in Tuskegee.
The life of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be remembers in Montgomery with several days of events.
A new memorial to Rosa Parks will be dedicated in Montgomery on Wednesday, Dec. 1., which is Rosa Parks Day.
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Greenville police need your help to solve an armed robbery at a gas station.
A Mobile County woman who says she was falsely arrested for shoplifting at a Walmart and then threatened by the company after her case was dismissed has been awarded $2.1 million in damages.
Authorities say they have questioned a FedEx driver after hundreds of packages were recently found in some woods in Blount County.
According to Central Alabama CrimeStoppers, the Montgomery Police Department says that missing person Crystal Collins has been located.
It's the holiday season and everybody is concerned about traveling and buying gifts for their loved ones. However, you should also be aware of holiday scams that you might run into.
Dr. Scott Harris says he agrees with President Biden and is urging Alabamians to get vaccinated this holiday season as a new COVID-19 variant is spreading. The Omicron variant has now been detected in…



