Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, fireworks celebrations have been scaled back across our area this year. Montgomery isn't holding a fireworks show, and fireworks are illegal to set off inside city limits. But there are still cities holding…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Dallas County officials are making their final preparations for the upcoming primary runoff election. The primary runoffs are less than two weeks away. Dallas County voters will choose a…
Update 7:14 pm A shooting at an Alabama shopping mall has left at least four people hospitalized. In a statement Friday afternoon, Hoover police say the victims' conditions were unknown. Authorities said they were not immediately sure what led to…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dodger Stadium's 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer. The game scheduled for July 14 has been canceled because of the Coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama reported more than 1,700 new confirmed Coronavirus cases - the highest number yet for a single day - as doctors and health officials expressed concern about further spread during the holiday weekend. The state on…
An inmate has escaped from the Childersburg Community Based Facility. Alabama Department of Corrections said 38-year-old Johnathan Stan Smitherman was unaccounted for during an institutional bed roster count on the morning of…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The search to find a missing Dallas County man continues -- while his family continues to hope for his safe return. It's now been one week since…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The removal of Confederate statues and symbols -- has re-ignited calls to change the name of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Former State Senator Hank…
On Thursday, July 2, Governor Kay Ivey released her July newsletter. Governor Ivey says she hopes this will be a quarterly update of what has been happening in the governor's office. Click link to see Governor Ivey's July newsletter. https://youtu.be/9derEGxCeq0
Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of…
The Alabama Department of Public Health is now listing counties by risk level to COVID-19. Elmore County is one recently listed as "very high risk," based on the number…
The historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma is an iconic symbol of the civil rights movement that bears the name of a Confederate general. "Edmund Pettus was a grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Edmund Pettus was a white…
On Wednesday, July 1, around 12:30 am, Montgomery police and Fire Medics responded to the area of Carmichael Road and Town Place Drive in reference to a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on a bicycle. At the scene, police…
The Montgomery Police Department is ramping up neighborhood blue light patrols, employing the STAR Center and targeting identified “hot spots” to help assure the city’s safe celebration of the Fourth of July. MPD also has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for…
City leaders in Tuscaloosa say several college students have organized COVID-19 parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first. Tuscaloosa City Council member Sonya McKinstry says students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with…
The city of Wetmpka is getting some national exposure. Wetumpka has been selected for HGTV’s "Home Town Takeover". The city was chosen from a half-million submitted photos and videos representing 2,600 towns across…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect with the Homicide of Trevaughn Patterson, 24, of Montgomery. He was fatally shot on June 4. On Thursday, June 4, around 3:23 pm,…
A bus belonging to the Tommy Tuberville senate campaign caught fire on the interstate tonight. The Dekalb County Sheriff's Facebook page says the bus caught fire on Interstate 59 north, causing the northbound lanes to be shut down. No injuries…
Tuscaloosa has joined the short list of Alabama cities requiring face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. City council members unanimously approved a mask requirement during a meeting Tuesday. The rule is expected to…
Believe it or not, it's almost time to start thinking about going back to school. The Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library wants your students to be ready. Back to School Boot…
Montgomery area pastors are renewing their pleas for peace, unity and what they're calling "racial restoration". The group of nearly a dozen faith leaders first came together after nationwide civil unrest in the…
Governor Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that SiO2 Materials Science plans to invest $163 million in an expansion at its Auburn facility after securing a major contract to supply the federal government with vials to support the COVID-19 vaccine effort. The…
On Wednesday, July 1, around 12:01 p.m., Alabama Law Enforcement Agency State Troopers responded to the scene of a two-vehicle accident involving a train and a commercial vehicle. The crash…
The annual tax sale that was scheduled for July 8 has been canceled because the courthouse is closed due to COVID-19 and ongoing construction. A tax sale is the sale of property due to the failure to pay property taxes.…
State marines came together Wednesday, July 1 to launch their Operation Dry Water campaign at Lake Point Resort on Lake Eufaula. Operation Dry Water is a national boating under the influence (BUI)…
