After hustle and bustle of Black Friday, shoppers are encouraged to support their local businesses on Small Business Saturday this weekend. the National Federation of Independent Business estimated that 108 million shoppers spent $12.9 billion on last year’s Small Business…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma city leaders are moving forward with plans to sell the historic St. James Hotel. City Council President Corey Bowie says the city has a prospective buyer for the hotel. He says the negotiations for…
The Salvation Army in Montgomery is preparing to serve one of its largest crowds of the year, on Thanksgiving. Wednesday, the organization got a little bit of help from nearly a dozen Lee High School rolled up their sleeves to…
If you're planning your shopping trips on Thanksgiving or on Black Friday, here's a list of what's open in our area: If you need last-minute items for your Thanksgiving meal, Winn-Dixie stores will be open on Thanksgiving until 4 p.m.…
When it comes to digital cities, the City of Montgomery ranks in the top ten in the U.S. The Digital City Survey award was given out at Tuesday night's council meeting. The survey examines the overall technology programs and plans…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Uniontown residents are cautiously optimistic about the effort to replace the city's old sewage system. A $23 million dollar USDA grant was recently awarded to the city to rehabilitate the city's entire wastewater collection system.…
Last year hundreds of children died from the flu. This year, doctors are warning parents on why they should get children vaccinated. In a recent report done by C.S Mott Children's Hospital, 34 percent of parents say their child probably…
A pike road American Legion post is giving back to the community this holiday season. American Legion Centennial Post 2019 teamed up with Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church to provide meals for fifty veterans. Volunteers from the popular food delivery…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says U.S. consumers should not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants should not serve or sell any until more is known about an E. coli outbreak. So far, the E. coli…
As the holiday season approaches, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Wage and Hour Division (WHD) are reminding employers to protect worker safety and pay. “Whether employees are stocking shelves, packing boxes, delivering products,…
Workers of Key Safety Restraint Systems (KSRS), a subsidiary of Joyson Safety Systems, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower and Surge Staffing in Greenville, who were engaged in activities related to the production of steering wheels, molded airbag housings…
A man has died after being taken into police custody. Montgomery police say they responded to a call of a man creating a disturbance and behaving erratically in the 5100 block of Carmichael Road Monday night. They say after he…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today the appointment of longtime federal prosecutor A. Clark Morris to lead the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division (SPD) which investigates public corruption and white-collar crime. Morris, who currently serves as First Assistant U.S.…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Police need your help to find out whose responsible for the unsolved murder of a young mother in Demopolis. Police say 29…
Montgomery police are investigating a fatal shooting that left one man dead and another man injured. Authorities say a man was shot and killed in the 4200 block of Woodley Square…
Project Lifesaver has been active in Alabama since 2006. It was implemented after law enforcement officials realized that the most difficult search and rescue missions were for elderly people, and those with…
With increasing holiday traffic and decreasing gas prices, police are urging drivers to be cautious while traveling the roads. Gas prices across Alabama are averaging $2.35 per gallon. With families going…
An Alabama law that allows the state to suspend a person’s driver’s license for unpaid traffic tickets without notice and any consideration for their ability to pay is unconstitutional and harms thousands of low-income families across the state, according to…
Law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made multiple arrests following three separate incidents that occurred at a security checkpoint during visitation at the Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs on Saturday. Emily Giles,…
The Trump administration's top environmental official for the Southeast has resigned after being indicted on state ethics charges. Environmental Protection Agency Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson told agency employees that Acting Administrator Andrew…
To ease Thanksgiving traffic congestion statewide and as an added safety precaution, the Alabama Department of Transportation is announcing there will be no temporary lane closures on Alabama interstates from noon, Wednesday, Nov. 21, through midnight, Sunday, Nov. 25. Road…
As Thanksgiving gets closer some local families are facing the hardship of affording a Thanksgiving meal, but one man is on a mission to make it the special holiday everyone deserves.…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has announced that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has awarded Uniontown a $23,437,500 grant to rehabilitate the city’s entire wastewater collection system. Alabama News Network has covered Uniontown's sewage problems for years. “Water and wastewater systems across…
A nonprofit health care organization wants to put clinics on Montgomery school campuses to provide medical and dental care. Reports say the plan would involve a partnership between Health Services Inc. and Montgomery Public Schools. Health Services Inc. CEO Gilbert…
