The Alabama Dept. of Education has released its list of failing schools for 2019. This list, which is based on test scores and is required by The Alabama Accountability Act, includes 76 schools. That number is essentially the same as…
Former Congressman Artur Davis officially announced his candidacy for Mayor of Montgomery in a video posted to social media. Davis, a Montgomery native, finished second in the 2015 Montgomery mayoral race. Davis served four terms in the U.S. House of…
Monday afternoon, Gov. Kay Ivey toured the destruction left behind when an EF-2 tornado hit part of Wetumpka on Saturday afternoon. "Each one impacts the people of that area in respective ways so.…
Elmore County School Superintendent Richard Dennis has announced that some school start times will be delayed on Tuesday because of the ongoing cleanup after Saturday's EF-2 tornado. He says Wetumpka Elementary, Wetumpka Middle and Wetumpka High Schools will delay the…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr lived his life serving others. Following his example, local residents volunteered at non-profits and served on the annual Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service.…
The City of Wetumpka is still recovering from an EF-2 tornado touched down Saturday. The hardest hit areas are still closed off to the public as the cleanup efforts are just now getting underway,…
We brought you full coverage of the tornado that hit Wetumpka. No lives were lost as a result of the storm. Many viewers sent in videos and pictures of storm damage…
One day after a tornado swept through downtown wetumpka, damaging homes, churches, and businesses, volunteers and crews took the streets to restoring electricity and helping residents pick up the pieces left behind. Almost…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A police officer has been shot to death in Mobile, Alabama. Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Batiste told reporters that Officer Sean Tuder was gunned down Sunday afternoon.Batiste said one suspect has been taken into custody. However,…
The New York Times Magazine talked with Stevenson about Alabama celebrating both Martin…
As part of our extensive Live coverage of the Wetumpka tornado, Elmore County Commissioner Troy Stubbs joined news anchor Darryl Hood at the scene of the destruction. That part of Wetumpka is in…
The Central Alabama Community Foundation is helping victims of the Wetumpka Severe Weather with a Tornado Relief Fund. From the CACF: "Funds will be used to support immediate as well as long term needs of citizens in Elmore County.…
Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis was Live on Alabama News Network this afternoon to describe his first-hand account of seeing the tornado damage in his city. As of that time, he says there were…
Alabama News Network anchor Jeff Sanders has more damage to show from the apparent tornado that hit near downtown Wetumpka this afternoon. While much of the downtown area was spared significant damage, the…
Alabama News Network anchor Jeff Sanders is on the scene of the tornado destruction in downtown Wetumpka. He says the worst of the damage is concentrated across the Coosa River from downtown. First…
Alabama News Network has photos of storm damage in Wetumpka. The damage came from a possible tornado that our Weather Authority team tracked Live as it crossed over downtown. We have reports of significant damage to First Baptist Church in…
Many people spent most of the night in downtown Montgomery, honoring the life and legacy of Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The celebration was held at the Davis Theatre. "I was a freedom rider and that's the…
The 5th annual MLK Community Celebration took place at the Davis Theater Friday. The theme for this year is "because of them, I am." Dr. Tommie Stewart is the director and founder of the celebration. She says that in staying…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The new sheriff in Dallas County has been on the job for less than a week -- but he's already making changes to how deputies do their job. Sheriff Mike Granthum is introducing a new…
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's options for replacing state prisons could include leasing facilities built by a private firm. Ivey in her inaugural address Monday said that she would be announcing a prison plan in the coming days. Alabama Department of…
The Pike County Sheriff’s Office arrested three men early this morning in a drug bust. They executed a search warrant in Brundidge at 248 Gilmore Road Apt. B-20. Items seized during the search consisted of a Taurus Millennium G2…
On Wednesday, January 16, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department School Resource Officer received a complaint that a student posted a threat on SnapChat threatening students and facility at Reeltown School. The department conducted an investigation into the terroristic threat made.…
Alabama's unemployment rate is down slightly. The state Department of Labor says December's preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate is 3.9 percent. That's a decrease from the November rate of 4 percent but slightly above the rate from a year before…
Alabama State University’s Department of Visual Arts’ is inviting everyone out to their Inaugural MLK Celebration Art Exhibit at the Montgomery Regional Airport. The exhibit, which runs now through Feb. 28, is in collaboration with Friends of the Theatre and under…
People across the country are feeling the brunt of the longest federal shutdown in U.S history, that is now on day 27, leaving tens of thousands of people without…
