Montgomery County is a relatively safe place according to a ranking of natural disasters by The Federal Emergency Management Agency. A new FEMA program that ranks natural disasters from earthquakes to heat waves says Montgomery County is relatively high in…
UPDATE: The search has been canceled. No other details were released. The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in finding a missing man. Ed Will Smith is 65 years old and may be living with a condition…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- As 2020 begins to fade into the rear view mirror of the past -- folks in Selma are embracing the new year -- and hopeful about what it'll bring.…
Congress has overridden President Trump's veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year's Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto. Lawmakers dismissed…
Alabama News Network has been following the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer for years. It has still not been discovered in Alabama, but for the first time, CWD has been found in deer within 25 miles of the…
Judson College will open for Spring semester. The board of trustees made the decision at its meeting Thursday afternoon. As Alabama News Network has previously reported, the womens college in Marion needed $500,000 in donations by December 28 in order…
The City of Montgomery launched a new, no-contact process for 2021 business license renewals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The “timely renewal period” for licenses begins January 1, 2021, and ends February 1. Business license renewals processed after Feb. 1…
The Alabama Department of Labor has just released its official count for initial unemployment claims filed during the week of December 20–December 26. 5,506 initial claims were filed, with 2,156 of…
On Wednesday, December 30, Troy police arrested two Troy men for an Armed Robbery on December 24. The robbery occurred at a hotel in the 100 block of US 231 North. Troy police say on December 24 around 11:45 pm,…
Central Alabama Crimestoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information in a Murder investigation. On Thursday, December 17, Montgomery police located Stephanie Hale in the 5600 block of Carmichael with a fatal gunshot wound. Authorities pronounced Hale dead at the…
Montgomery Police are investigating what is now the 68th murder of 2020. The homicide investigation is following the murder of Jermaine Stephens, 37, of Montgomery. Wednesday, December 30, at about 2:45 p.m., MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 3900…
A suspect, John Parhams, 33, of Montgomery, has been charged in the shooting death of Freddie Dunlap,61, of Montgomery. The shooting occurred Saturday, December 26, on the 4200 block of Mobile Highway. The Montgomery Police Department and fire medics were…
The Gin Shop: a building with history dating back to 1848 when the Daniel Pratt Gin Company opened shop. The last company to use the building moved out in 2010, following…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police are looking for a Selma man who's been missing without a trace -- for about a week. Twenty-four year Shawndarius Tyus disappeared -- right before Christmas. Family…
Montgomery police say they're investigating the city's 68th homicide of the year. Police say at about 2:45 p.m., they were called to the 3900 block of Southmont Drive. That's where they found…
The wife of U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Alabama) has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Twitter. As a result, Jones says he will be in quarantine. He says his wife Louise is "not feeling too good," but that he…
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the deadline to apply for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program for the COVID-19 Pandemic disaster declaration is extended to December 31. The deadline extension comes as a result of the recent bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill…
The Alabama Sheriff's Association unveiled a Memorial Wall to honor and remember sheriffs who died in the line of duty. Twenty sheriffs, dating back to 1800, lost their lives to gun violence.…
City leaders in Wetumpka have decided to cancel all of the New Year's Eve events that had been planned for…
Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann on the 1960s TV sitcom “Gilligan’s Island," has died. Her publicist says Wells died this morning in Los Angeles of causes related to COVID-19.…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Tuesday, December 29 around 7:15 pm. ALEA says a 4-year-old child from Wetumpka died in the crash. Authorities say the 1998 Ford Explorer the child was a…
Montgomery police are searching for Montgomery Murder suspect, Pierre Woods. Police say 27-year-old Woods is the suspect in the shooting death of Joshua Thompson. On Thursday, November 5, police located Thompson at the river bridge at Highway 31 and Birmingham…
Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film "Lean on Me," died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Judson College in Marion has reached it's year end fund raising goal. However, the long-term future of the private Baptist College remains uncertain. "We have now surpassed our first…
The Montgomery Police Department is ramping up neighborhood blue light patrols, employing a high-tech command center and targeting gunfire “hot spots” to prevent celebratory gunfire and ensure the safety and wellbeing of Montgomery residents on New Year’s Eve. The Montgomery…
