Governor Kay Ivey is remaining uncommitted on whether Alabama will accept the resettlement of new refugees. Alabama is one of a handful of states that hasn't announced a decision after President Donald Trump said agencies must get written permission from…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation after a body was discovered Sunday afternoon. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 5900 block of Monticello Drive on Sunday, January 12, around 1 p.m. in reference to a report…
Alabama Wildlife officials are stepping up their efforts to keep a deadly deer disease out of the state as more cases of Chronic Wasting Disease are confirmed in neighboring states. Right…
Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday presented Prattville Junior High School with the Alabama Safe Schools Initiative Attorney General’s 2019 Safe School Award for State Board of Education District 5.…
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating Judy Jackson Kennebrew. Kennebrew is a 65-year-old female that may be suffering from a condition that may impair her judgement. Kennebrew has a small scar on the…
The clean up continued Sunday after storms left behind damage throughout the state Saturday afternoon. One family in Crenshaw County is seeing that damage first-hand. Ronnie Faulk and his two young children returned to a destroyed home and piles of…
MANY, La. (AP) - Authorities say the parents of a seriously ill newborn have been arrested in Alabama after they took the child away from a Louisiana hospital. Louisiana State Police say the baby girl was born early Sunday with…
Thousands remain without electrical power from storms that ravaged parts of the South and Midwest, causing 11 deaths. The National Weather Service says it was a tornado packing winds of at leas 134 mph (215 kph ) that hit Alabama's…
After a fire which destroyed a home and left a family devastated on Saturday, comes a sign of hope. Alabama News Network was on the scene of a house fire in Montgomery County which started around 3 pm on Saturday.…
Multiple reports of fallen trees had crews working hard in Butler County, after Saturday's storms swept through the area. Just off Luverne Highway on the outskirts of Greenville, the winds and rain caused…
HOUSTON (AP) - Authorities blame severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and into the Midwest for the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders. High winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain have battered large swaths…
Crews in Autauga County are cleaning up what's left of about 20 trees that fell during the severe storms that hit this afternoon. At Deer Run Drive and Pine Ridge Road, a tree…
A separate Alabama News Network crew spent the day in Montgomery, but following the storm and strong winds, the Waugh/Mt. Meigs Voluntary Fire Department had a busy day dealing with a…
Alabama News Network was on the scene of a house fire in Montgomery County this afternoon. The sheriff's office says lightning from the severe storms is what likely caused it. The fire…
BENTON, La. (AP) - The National Weather Service reports three storm-related deaths in Alabama, bringing the number of people killed following severe storms to at least seven. The National Weather Service in Birmingham said via Twitter that the three Alabama…
A two-vehicle crash just after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, has claimed the life of two LaGrange, Ga., men. Donald Wayne Grantham, 59, was killed when the 1994 Isuzu Rodeo he was driving was struck by a 1997 Buick…
Three people have been confirmed dead in Pickens County due to severe weather. Birmingham news outlets report the identities of the victims have been released. Tyrone Spain, 51, Albert Barnett, 85, and his wife, Susan Barnett, 75, were killed after…
Authorities say at least four people have died after severe storms swept across parts of the U.S. South. Three people were killed in Louisiana, including an elderly couple found near their trailer home Saturday by firefighters. In Texas, one person…
The severe weather threat we are facing brings back painful memories for many people in Wetumpka. It was January 19, 2019 that an EF-2 tornado hit near downtown with winds of up…
Montgomery firefighters spent part of the morning battling a house fire on Thrasher Street. Montgomery Fire & Rescue Spokesperson Captain Jason Cupps said it happened just before 7 A.M. in the…
The Crenshaw County Sheriff's Office is warning residents in the Dozier area to be on the lookout for 46-year-old Joey Markus Salter. Authorities say Salter escaped from a deputy vehicle after being taken into custody for burglary in the Dozier…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Wilcox County man is behind bars tonight -- charged in connection with the 2016 disappearance of a Clarke County man. District Attorney Michael Jackson says 27 year old…
On Friday, Jan. 10, shortly after midnight MPD responded to the area of Ponce DeLeon and Lexington Road in reference to multiple vehicle break-ins. After further investigation 14 separate residences reported a total of 17 vehicle break-ins that occurred during…
On January 10, around 10:00 AM, the Tuskegee Police Department Investigation Division made a second arrest in reference to the murder of Qundravious Ferguson. Ferguson was injured during a shooting on December 8, 2019. He later died from his injuries…
A state appeals court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of capital murder in a gang-related killing in north Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals rejected claims by Peter Capote in a decision released Friday. Capote…
