One person is dead after a fatal crash in Elmore County. According to the Eclectic Fire Department, EFD and the Eclectic Police Department responded to a vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on Kowaliga Road. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m.…
MADISON, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Alabama say a person has been fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer. Al.com reports Madison police Major John Stringer told news reporters at the scene Sunday evening that the shooting happened…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of people have packed an Alabama church for the funeral of a girl who police say was killed after her Oct. 12 kidnapping from a Birmingham birthday party. The funeral of 3-year-old Kamille McKinney began…
The River Region's Halloween festivities are well underway. The Montgomery Biscuits held their third annual Ballpark Trick or Treat inside Riverwalk Stadium Sunday. The ballpark was transformed into a friendly neighborhood- with trick or treating on the suite level. About…
FILE - This file image made from video posted on a militant website April 29, 2019, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media…
River Region youth programs and charities are getting some additional funding thanks to the annual Montgomery Lions Club Chili Cookoff. Twenty-eight teams took part in this year's competition at Riverwalk Stadium for the 16th annual Cookoff. "This cook off is…
https://www.facebook.com/CityofAuburnAL/videos/1186041891595690/ WATCH: From the Auburn Police Division: As part of the ongoing joint investigation with the Montgomery Police Department, APD released a snippet of a video capturing Aniah Haley Blanchard making a purchase at a convenience store located…
Residents that drive Old Selma Road think that overweight trucks are crossing the weight restricted bridges, and fear they may be in danger because of compromised bridge structure as a result. On Old Selma Road, three weigh-restricted bridges are within…
Jefferson County authorities released what they believe is the cause of death for 3-year-old Kamille McKinney. Authorities said she was suffocated the day she was kidnapped. Her suspected killers, Patrick Stallworth and Derick Irisha Brown, appeared before a judge Friday.…
District Attorney Daryl Bailey announced a Montgomery County man convicted of shooting and killing an innocent bystander outside of a teen party is sentenced to 90 years in prison. Antuan Johnson was found guilty of the 2016 murder of Gregory…
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an inmate at William C. Holman Correctional Facility. ADOC officials say that on the morning of October 18, correctional officers found 46-year-old…
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling against Selma's mayor. The state's highest court agreed with the Dallas County Circuit Court that the city council has the power to appoint…
One person is in custody following a homicide investigation in Prattville. Chief Mark Thompson says it happened just after 9:30AM on Cosby Court, just off Martin Luther King Drive. Police found one female victim dead on the scene. Authorities are…
Troy University's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter will remain suspended until the end of 2019. Dean of Student Affairs, Herb Reeves, made the announcement Thursday from his office inside the Student Center at Troy…
Patrick Stallworth walked into the Jefferson County Jail Thursday night at about 7. After Derick Irisha Brown was taken into custody last week, she was never given the option to post bond because of violating probation. https://twitter.com/ALNewsNetwork/status/1187562809372139523?s=20 Stallworth and Brown…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Another historically black college in Selma -- could be in danger of shutting down. Concordia College Alabama closed last year. Now Selma University could be in danger of closing.…
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr has announced formal charges in the kidnapping and murder of 3-year-old Kamille McKinney. 39-year-old Patrick Stallworth and 29-year-old Derick Irisha Brown were both charged Thursday with capital murder of a victim less than 14…
During Wednesday night's MPS school board meeting, MPS approved the purchase of the old Holy Cross Episcopal School of Montgomery campus for $1.5 million. Superintendent, Dr. Ann Moore, made the recommendation. It was a 5-1 vote (School Board President Clare…
MPD charged Philip Johnson, 25, with second-degree robbery in reference to a robbery of a business that occurred on Oct. 23 at about 6:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Atlanta Highway. During the commission of a theft, a store…
Alabama Department of Corrections announces more than 300 law enforcement officials began a major search of Bullock County Correctional Facility on Thursday morning. The predawn operation began at 4:00 a.m. and is recovering an assortment of makeshift weapons, contraband cell…
The United States Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force is searching for fugitive Austin Hall. He is wanted for Escape from a State Correctional Facility in Wilcox County. While incarcerated at the Camden Work Release, Hall escaped from the facility. He was…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Judson College hosted an symposium on campus Wednesday -- to celebrate the contribution it's alumnae have made to literature. The event featured the works and accomplishments of…
It's been more than 2 years since the Montgomery Co. District Attorney's office debuted an anti-bully text-line; a number students can use to report bullying and get help. It was announced one week…
House lawmakers have passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. It's called the "Pact Act," and it specifically bans crushing, burning, drowning and impaling animals, among other things. It would also allow officials to go after suspected…
Law enforcements agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigation and Intelligence Division are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton on Thursday. Around 5:21 p.m., inmate, William Stanley Warren, 52, of Guntersville, was pronounced…
