Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Montgomery tonight for a peaceful protest. Police were there watching. The crowd gathered around 8 o'clock near Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the church where Dr.…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) — The mayor of Alabama’s largest city declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Monday after demonstrators smashed windows, set fires, and defaced Confederate monuments following a peaceful…
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed spoke to the city tonight in an address we aired live on Alabama News Network. He spoke about the nationwide protests in the wake of the death of George…
Thousands of people have been arrested, as protests continue around the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Many of the protests have…
A 33-year-old Dadeville man has been arrested and charged with six counts of Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance, three counts of Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana 1st degree, Possession with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana 2…
Patients with non-healing wounds have a new place to get treatment in Pike County. The Troy Regional Medical Center has opened its Wound Care and Hyberbaric Medicine Center. It's an outpatient facility…
Alabama has topped 18,000 cases of coronavirus. The state's Department of Public Health says Alabama had more than 18,000 cases of COVID-19 and more than 600…
Troy University trustees on Thursday voted to freeze undergraduate and graduate tuition for the second straight year. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am pleased to announce for the second straight year Troy University will not increase undergraduate…
The family of George Floyd says an independent autopsy has found that he died of asphyxiation from sustained pressure on his back and neck. Floyd, a black man who was in handcuffs at the time, died a week ago after…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has issued a statement regarding the Confederate monument at Linn Park in downtown Birmingham. A group attempted to take down the 115-year-old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument last night during a protest. The monument is…
Selma police are investigating a shooting where a male and female were shot. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford says officers responded to the 700 block of Johnson St in reference to a shooting into an occupied dwelling. The female and…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the May 29 shooting death of Louis Miles Jr., 56, of Montgomery. On Friday, May 29, around 9:30 pm, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 3900 block of Norman…
Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that she has given authorization to Adjutant General Sheryl Gordon with the Alabama National Guard to activate up to 1000 guardsmen, should the need arise in response to violent protesters. This action strictly serves as…
Former Montgomery County School Board Candidate DeMarcus Weems was sworn in as Police Chief of The Town of Mosses in Lowndes County. Weems currently works as an Alabama Probation and Parole Officer. Weems says that he is thankful for the…
Governor Kay Ivey on Monday issued the following statement in response to the Birmingham protests: "Like so many others throughout the country and around the world, I, too, was shocked and angered by the tragic actions that led to the…
A Butler County man has died in a two-car collision at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Steven Yancey Campbell, 31, of Greenville was killed when the 2001 Kawasaki motorcycle he was operating collided with a 2008 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Markell…
In Birmingham, Protestors have destroyed a barrier placed by the city of Birmingham around a confederate statue in Linn Park, protestors used rocks to deface the statue. Currently, Birmingham police are on…
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Twenty people were arrested at a weekend protest near Hoover City Hall while demonstrating against the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, police said Sunday. Most of Saturday’s arrests resulted in disorderly conduct charges after…
U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Target, CVS, Apple, and Walmart all said Sunday…
Sunday marked the second day of peaceful protests on the State Capitol steps. More than one hundred protesters were at the rally. They held signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and a few activists gave speeches about the need to educate…
We are a little over a month until the state primary runoff elections. Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville have been busy preparing for…
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the way we prepare for severe weather. We saw changes to tornado shelters and Alabama EMA officials say there will be even more changes for hurricane season.…
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor extended a curfew another night Sunday and Georgia’s governor authorized up to 3,000 National Guard troops to be deployed in cities across the state to respond if needed to protests over the deaths of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Shelters that open during dangerous hurricanes may look and operate differently this storm season, state emergency officials said, as the new coronavirus complicate response plans. Across the coastal United States, concerns over COVID-19 has added a…
Governor Kay Ivey has signed into law an expanded version of Alabama’s Missing Senior Alert. It will soon be referred to as the Missing and Endangered Person Alert. This will be in effect on June 1. As of now, the…
