The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted learning, and increased inequities in the community. Montgomery leaders are hoping that new summer program will help students who have fallen behind to catch up. The…
Due to weather conditions, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announces that the COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Selma on Thursday, February 18, has been moved from Bloch Park to Wallace Community College, 300 Earl Goodwin Parkway, Selma. The clinic…
Faulkner University is working to transform the former Burlington Coat Factory store on Atlanta Highway into its new College of Health Sciences. They are providing…
The Southeastern Conference has announced the postponement of four women's basketball and three men's basketball games on Thursday due to the icy weather that is moving throughout the region this week. Make-up dates for these games have not been determined…
Police have made an arrest in a arson investigation from Brundidge. On January 12, the Brundidge Fire Department responded to a call of a fire at Car City in the 600 block…
The Montgomery Police Department is searching for wanted fugitive Aundraye Rodgers, 21. Rodgers is wanted for (3) counts of Unlawful Breaking and Entering of a Motor Vehicle, (2) counts of Theft of Property 3rd Degree and (3) counts of Fraudulent…
A major step forward for Montgomery's planned whitewater facility, the Montgomery City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night allowing Mayor Steven Reed to move forward with a deal to purchase property needed…
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the shooting death of Dequan Johnson, 20, of Montgomery. On Tuesday February 16, around 6:10 pm, Montgomery police responded to a call…
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2020 file photo, Rush Limbaugh reacts as first Lady Melania Trump, and his wife Kathryn, applaud, as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky,…
Authorities say dead animals and all types of trash are being dumped on a Montgomery road that played a key role in the city's civil rights history. According to reports, cleanup crews found five dead dogs wrapped in sheets and…
Around midnight Wednesday, a one-story home caught fire in the 3800 block of Hudson Court. At 12:12 firemen arrived on the scene where the home was in flames. Units quickly located the fire and were able to extinguish it the…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Officials say a Mobile firefighter was injured while battling a blaze inside a warehouse in Mobile. The Mobile-Fire Rescue Department says the fire broke out before dawn Tuesday at a warehouse operated by the Merchants Transfer…
LANETT, Ala. (AP) - An east Alabama mayor has been jailed on felony ethics charges. Jonathon Kyle McCoy, the mayor of Lanett which is east of Atlanta, was arrested Tuesday on three felony charges of using his official position or…
Montgomery Police say a man who sustained a gunshot wound was found following a vehicle accident. Officers responded to the 5700 block of Express Drive Tuesday evening for a vehicle accident. At the scene, they found a unidentified man suffering…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A blast of winter weather shut down schools -- roads -- along with city and county offices in Selma and Dallas County Tuesday. And now the…
Former Alabama Attorney General Jimmy Evans, best known for prosecuting the state's governor in an ethics case in the 1990s, has died. He was 81. His death Monday was confirmed by Brian T. Gallion, the operator of Southern Memorial Funeral…
The Montgomery Police Department made an arrest in a January murder. Katerine Simmons, 29, Montgomery died at a local hospital from a gunshot wound. On Tuesday, January 26, around 2:19 pm,…
The Montgomery police have made an arrest in the Valentine's Day shooting death of Arthur Harris, 41, of Montgomery. The shooting happened on Sunday, February 14, around 2:45 am. Police responded…
The Alabama Kidney Foundation is about to kick-off fundraising for the annual Montgomery Kidney Walk. This year it will look a little different because of the pandemic. It will be a virtual…
As freezing temperatures came through Monday night, a concerned Montgomery residents decided to go out a help the homeless. Rachel Boutwell went looking for homeless people and the needy at their normal gathering…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of Jonathon Kyle McCoy, the mayor of Lanett. He was arrested on three felony charges. The charges were using his official position or office for personal gain. McCoy, 56, surrendered at the Chambers…
COVID-19 poses an extra danger to patients with heart disease and doctors think there should be a system for getting those at the highest risk vaccinated first. The American College of Cardiology…
After a review of ongoing inclement winter weather in the state on Tuesday, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will not open 16 of its retail stores. However, an additional 30 stores in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas will open…
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...SNOW: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH. * WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. * WHEN...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — has arrived in New Orleans. But officials in the tourism-dependent city aren't hoping for big crowds during the coronavirus pandemic. All…
