The Montgomery Police Department is continuing to investigate the discharging of a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle following a Saturday evening shooting that occurred near the intersection of Woodley Road and East Fairview Avenue. On Saturday, August 3, around 6:40…
13 dogs are ready to make a difference in the lives of their owners and others around them. Service Dogs Alabama is excited to welcome their 2019 graduating class. The ceremony was held…
One local church group spent Sunday afternoon, gearing up students for the school year. Heritage Baptist Church hosted a back to school bash Sunday for Vaughn Road Elementary School. The group gave away over 500 backpacks full of school supplies. …
The Autauga County Sheriff's Office says a man has been charged with killing a woman this afternoon. Deputies say James Warren Thomas, 54, is being held on a $150,000 bond for domestic violence-related murder. This afternoon, deputies responded to the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Properly educating students who are learning English as a second language is proving to be a significant challenge for Montgomery County schools. Students who don't speak English as their primary language make up nearly one-quarter of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - More than 150 previously unlicensed daycares in Alabama have gotten licensed by the state in order to continue receiving childcare subsidies. A 2018 state law required centers to get licensed by Aug. 1 to continue receiving…
Around 2:50 a.m. Sunday morning, hundreds in cash was stolen from Moe’s Original Bar B Que in Cloverdale. Owner Hill Lubin said security footage shows a masked individual smashing through the window of a glass door with a brick. The…
Montgomery police say they've made an arrest in the shooting death of a man last night. Police say they've charged 22-year-old Markel Thomas of Montgomery with murder in the killing of 40-year-old Derrick Blount. Police say they found Blount dead…
Authorities work at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours,…
Texas state police cars block the access to the Walmart store in the aftermath of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody…
On Friday, first responders and school staff turned Prattville Junior High School into a training ground to help prepare for a day they hope never comes. The school conducts some type of mass casualty…
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The Latest on a shooting at an El Paso shopping complex (all times local): 7 p.m. El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen says authorities are investigating a hate crime as among the possible motives in…
JASPER, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say opiods, meth and other drugs are ravaging Walker County in northern Alabama. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that at least 254 people died from drug overdoses in Walker County between 2008…
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man who allegedly purchased two vehicles from Long-Lewis Ford using another man’s identity. According to Prattville police, investigators received information from Long Lewis Ford, stating that two vehicles had been…
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The Latest on a shooting at an El Paso shopping complex (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Hospitals say they are treating 22 victims of the mass shooting at an El Paso shopping complex, not including…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Tobacco shops in Alabama are no longer being able to advertise vaping as a healthy alternative to smoking. A wide-ranging law regulating vaping that passed the legislature earlier this year went into effect Thursday. It also…
Many schools across Central and South Alabama begin next week. Several fun events were held Saturday, as one final celebration before students, like Jakoby Hines, hit the books. "I hope to get…
New signage in memory of Alabama tow truck driver Gene Schofield's memory was revealed Friday night in Greenville. More than 200 people were at the event. The sign will be placed at mile…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Seven people are arrested after an early morning drug raid Friday in Dallas County. Sheriff Mike Granthum says the NET-27 drug task force -- executed a search warrant at a house on the 100 block…
TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama authorities say they've wiped out a spate of toilet paper thefts by arresting a man accused of stealing dozens of rolls of bath tissue from a local market. Trussville Police Detective Ben Short tells news…
One man is fighting for his life while another is on the run after a shooting occurred Thursday night. According to the Andalusia Police Department, officers responded to a report of a shooting on Snead Street around 8:30 Thursday night.…
Alabama News Network was on the scene at the Montgomery Regional Airport as a Delta Air Lines flight from Houston to Atlanta had to make an emergency landing earlier this afternoon. Emergency…
The Crenshaw County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday evening armed robbery at a Dollar General store. According to investigators, the robbery occurred at approximately 9:52 p.m. at the Dollar General in Highland…
Students at most school systems in our area will be going back to class in the next few days. Several systems start the year on Monday, Aug. 5. Students in Pike Road Schools don't have to be back until Wednesday,…
The Alabama Department of Corrections is hiring a new category of corrections officer as the state tries to address a prison staffing shortage. Sixty-one basic correctional officers will graduate Friday from the Alabama Corrections Academy in Selma. The prison system…
