On Thursday, May 9, a federal jury convicted Laquanda Gilmore Garrott, 39, of Montgomery, on ten counts of aiding and assisting the filing of a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. and Special…
The Supreme Court is shining an unusual public light on its internal squabbling over the death penalty. The justices on Monday released more than 30 pages of new opinions on issues they decided weeks ago. The high court almost never…
Students from Montgomery Public Schools eight high schools have received just shy of $74 million dollars in scholarship offers this year – surpassing last year’s record of $71 million. This year’s total includes five students from LAMP who received offers…
The U.S. Justice Department is stepping in to help fight violent crime and gangs in Selma. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Richard W. Moore, will be in Selma tomorrow to announce a $1 million emergency  grant…
Law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made multiple arrests during visitation at the Ventress Facility in Clayton on Saturday. There was two separate incidents. Dionne Perdue, 28,…
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of the civil rights movement, is fingerprinted by officer D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb.…
Doris Day, whose wholesome screen presence stood for a time of innocence in '60s films, has died, her foundation says. She was 97. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The…
Celebrating a 100th birthday is a miraculous feat in itself. Celebrating with family and friends on Mother's Day is even more special. Just ask Montgomery resident Georgia Thom Sankey. "Good, good.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The government says hundreds of people have sought federal aid since a tornado killed nearly two dozen people in east Alabama this spring. A statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency says 817 homeowners and renters…
A two vehicle collision in Lowndes County has claimed the life of a Hope Hull woman. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Jasmine Davis, 27, was killed when the 2007 Toyota Yaris she was driving was struck by…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A group for Alabama historians has elected its first African-American president after more than 70 years in existence. The Alabama Historical Association has elected Wetumpka native Franzine Taylor as president for the upcoming year. Taylor works…
A Millbrook man has been arrested after a domestic violence investigation led police to finding a "staggering amount" of child pornography. According to Millbrook Police, on May 3, the department made contact with a complainant with regard to a report of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A new license allowing bait to be used in the hunting of white-tailed deer and feral pigs in Alabama is now on sale. Al.com reports that the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is issuing…
If you love tacos and live entertainment, downtown Montgomery was the place to be on Saturday afternoon. The fourth annual Taco Libre Taco, Beer, and Music Festival attracted hundreds of people from around the country to the Union Station Water…
A fire that consumed the old Camp Hill School in Tallapoosa County has claimed the life of one person. According to the Camp Hill Police Department, officers and fire officials responded to a call on High School Avenue around 12:15 p.m. Friday…
Several law enforcement agencies responded to a call on Friday afternoon after a female suspect jumped out of a window to escape from two Andalusia Police officers. According to the Andalusia Police Department,  Investigators Tawona Ryce and Sgt. Gene Jackson attempted…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama inmate's attorney has asked the governor to halt his Thursday lethal injection. Michael Brandon Samra was 19 when he participated in the 1997 slayings of four people, including two children. Samra's attorney sent a…
Montgomery police are investigating after a man walked into Jackson Hospital with a gunshot wound and later died. Meanwhile, police say the man accused of shooting him has also died after a wreck fleeing the scene. Police say late last…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma is inviting everyone out to church this Sunday for a special Mother's Day event that will feed her mind -- body -- and soul. Brown Chapel AME…
Friday evening was the first day of Prattville CityFest and there was already a packed crowd enjoying everything the festival has to offer. Lot's of live music and plenty of food brought people to downtown Prattville for the annual Prattville…
The funeral for one of the first black members of the Alabama Legislature will be held in the same church where his daughter died in a racist bombing in 1963. A service for Chris McNair will be held May 17…
Final test results for Alabama's first presumptive measles case have been released and the results were negative. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), an infant in St. Clair County originally tested positive on May 2, however, the…
A Prattville man says he was the target of a phone scam claiming to be from the Autauga County Sheriffs Office. The man says he received a call, and a male voice on the other end of the line said…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Ellis, 34, of Selma was sentenced to 100 months for possession of a .38 caliber Rohm pistol after being convicted of a felony. On January…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has announced that two airports in our area as well as three others in the state will get $20.8 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants. Franklin Field in Union Springs is scheduled to receive…
