Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education announced on Monday that the state’s First Class Pre-K program will add 107 classrooms to 33 counties this fall. The new classrooms will expand access to Alabama’s high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten program…
State Troopers are investigating an accident in Lowndes County that left a 37 year old Selma man dead. They identify the victim as Roger Phillip Young, Jr, and say he died when his motorcycle collided with a car about 1:30…
Hundreds of people continue to visit the new Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice Sunday. Some visitors say the new facilities could be a real step towards racial healing in the country. People from all over…
Soldiers with the Montgomery Field Artillery attend the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the Confederate Monument on Capitol Hill in Montgomery on April 29, 1886. The first and only President of The Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, attended the…
An officer who works for the Wetumpka Police Department came to a Montgomery neighborhood Saturday to continue his late grandmother's stop the violence effort. Members of sororities, fraternities and churches held a "Taking Back Our Youth Rally" at Western Hills…
Everyone wants to be prepared in the event of an emergency. That's why some Elmore County area residents were at a preparedness event today. When danger strikes kids attending the event know what to do. "We learned that when you…
Lines formed early around the riverfront entrance as thousands made their way to the Concert for Peace and Justice. "My heart has been beating for this... I've been telling everyone every time I make a delivery, come to the show!"…
Some are from neighboring states, others from across the country. But they are all here for one thing-seeing what Montgomery has to offer after visiting the Equal Justice Initiative's National Memorial for Peace and Justice. "We've sort of gotten away…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The last graduates ever produced in the 96 year history of Concordia College Alabama will walk across the stage this weekend in Selma. Concordia College Alabama in Selma is closing at the end of the…
Secretary of State John Merrill signed four proposed amendments to Alabama's 1901 Constitution. But voters will have the final say. It has already been amended more than 900 times and is the longest state constitution in the United States. Proposed…
A current private college provost and a current public university president are among the two finalists being considered for Tuskegee University’s eighth president. The two have been recommended by the university’s Presidential Search Committee to the Board of Trustees for…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest yesterday of Freddie V. Vengrouskie for soliciting or receiving employment from a business after directly regulating it and soliciting or accepting a thing of value as an employee of a regulatory body. Vengrouskie,…
Alabama citizens and conservation groups are challenging Alabama Power’s unjust monthly fee imposed on customers who install and use rooftop solar systems to power some of the energy needs at their homes, businesses, and schools. The Southern Environmental Law Center…
Jabrelle Rogers, 11, has been located. The Montgomery Police Department officially notified CrimeStoppers that Jabrelle Rogers was found safe and unharmed. She has since been returned to her family members. No other information was released. Jabrelle went missing from the 4400…
After twenty years of dedicated service to the Montgomery Zoo, Doug Goode retires leaving a legacy tremendous growth and expansion. Deputy Zoo Director, Marcia Woodard, was named as Doug’s successor, effective April 20 Doug began his career at the Montgomery…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in the shooting death of Justin Adams, 21, who was fatally wounded on November 16, 2017. MPD charged Damani Taylor, 20, with capital murder after he was taken into custody by…
It was a star studded evening, at the official grand opening of the Memorial For Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum. The ceremony featured a line up community leaders, politicians and…
In addition to handguns and handcuff, a growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide have added body cameras to the list of standard issue equipment for their officers. Since many cameras started…
"When we are in the financial problems that we have right now.... it totally blows my mind." MPS board member Lesa Keith vents her frustration after learning the rest of…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Pine Hill police officer is being recognized for a selfless act of heroism that he says was all in the line of duty. Officer…
It may be have been pouring rain Thursday morning. But that did not keeping people from everything inside the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. For some, there are certain things that…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in the shooting death of Damion Clarke, 28, who was fatally shot Sunday January 7, after a verbal dispute. MPD charged Clyde Jones, 25, with capital murder after he was taken…
Police say a student made a video threatening an Alabama high school and posted it on social media. Montgomery Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Martha Earnhardt says that the female student was taken into custody Wednesday evening. The video posted…
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the "Cosby Show" star of three counts of aggravated indecent…
A group of nearly three dozen people have left Minnesota on a long bus ride to Alabama to attend the opening day of a new national memorial highlighting the history of…
