From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A second suspect is arrested and charged in the murder of fallen Selma police officer Marquis Moorer. Moorer was killed while on lunch break at the Selma Square Apartments…
The number of homicides in Montgomery is already at 64 this year, possibly on track to surpass the 68 homicides recorded in 2020. But the city is finding a new way it hopes to prevent crime by involving people in the community.
A committee made up of Montgomery city council members, as well as, officials from the Montgomery Humane Society, Montgomery Police Department, and Animal Control met with the public to propose an updated animal ordinance for the city.
Most kids didn't go trick-or-treating in the neighborhood last Halloween due to the pandemic. This year they'll be back, roaming neighborhoods with their friends, maybe walking up to houses of people you don't know very well.
Faulkner University has announced that President Mike Williams will be stepping down on May 6, 2022, to take a president's position at another university.
The 12th annual 'Hay, Look at Us!' Pike Road contest has selected this year's winners.
The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation for people who don’t identify as male or female.
In a statement, the university says that it does not hold federal government contracts that would have forced it to require the vaccine under orders from the Biden administration.
The political organization led by Democratic Party activist Stacey Abrams is branching out into paying off medical debts.
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead and a woman injured late Tuesday night.
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A federal jury in Louisiana has convicted an Alabama man of coercing a girl under the age of 12 to send him sexually explicit photos of herself to create child pornography. Federal prosecutors say in a…
The name of Confederate President Jefferson Davis came down from a street in Montgomery and was replaced by the name of civil rights attorney, Fred D. Gray.
Families in the Selma-Dallas County area are getting a helping hand putting food on the table during the holidays.
The Alabama Hospital Association has released its daily statistics on the status of Alabama hospitals in treating people with COVID-19. It shows about 1 of every 5 people hospitalized are fully vaccinated.
Pike County Sheriff's deputies say a man has admitted to shooting a woman in the head and then throwing her out of a moving car.
Republicans on a legislative committee have swiftly advanced proposed congressional and legislative districts ahead of this week's special session.
Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey says he supports the efforts of Mayor Steven Reed to erase the arrest record of Claudette Colvin.
Our Pay It Forward honoree this week is Cheryl Ransaw of Montgomery. She is making a difference by her work with the Women of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.
U.S. health advisers have endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for younger children.
People at an apartment complex in Mobile were paid a visit by an unusual guest as children were coming home from school: an alligator that crawled out of a storm drain.
The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is hoping to help those with a criminal record obtain employment skills. In a partnership with Tuskegee University, the job retention workshop will be held on…
Alabama State Troopers say a Montgomery County man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle into a metal pole in Crenshaw County.
On September, 30, 2021 an arsonist tried to burn down Montgomery's First Baptist Church. With extensive damage and expensive repairs ahead, Pastor Mark Bethea joined David Lamb on Alabama News Rising to discuss what the immediate plans are for his congregation and the surprising positives amidst a painful chapter.
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - An Alabama man who celebrated his birthday at a Mississippi casino died after he fell from the top of a parking garage. Authorities said it happened late Friday in Biloxi. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identifies…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a longtime professor at a U.S. Air Force school in Alabama has pleaded guilty to lying to an investigator about his contacts with a…
