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…
Authorities say a man fell to his death while inspecting a ride at a fair in Alabama. Reports say the death happened Wednesday afternoon at the Kiwanis Club Fair in Alexander City. Tallapoosa County Coroner Mike Knox says the 45-year-old…
The public is getting its first look at a lynching memorial and museum in Montgomery. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened Thursday. It commemorates 4,400 black people who lost their lives in lynchings and other racial killings between…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Cable network C-SPAN is in Dallas County this week to put a national spotlight on Selma. A crew from C-SPAN has been in town all week…
There's a popular e-cigarette that's all the buzz among teens. They are called Juul's and the Food and Drug Administration is warning stores across the country about selling them to teens. These devices could be confused with a flash drive. "We've…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the office manager of a Montgomery daycare center has been sentenced for electronic solicitation of a child. Deggi Hardwick, 34, was sentenced to 10 years, which was suspended, and a term of five years…
Authorities are searching for a missing child. Jabrelle Rogers, 11, was last seen at 11:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Clemice Lane in Montgomery on Sunday, April 22. It is unknown what clothing Jabrelle was wearing at the time…
Millbrook police have arrested two people on robbery charges. Authorities have charged both, Dominique Jones, 24, and Briona Lawson, 24, with two counts of 1st Degree Robbery. Lawson and Jones were located and detained in Montgomery by the United States…
The opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice is Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Montgomery. There will also be a concert on Friday night at the Riverwalk Amphitheatre featuring some of the…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Gerald Barber, 40, a resident of Marengo County, to 120 months imprisonment in a crack cocaine…
Gubernatorial candidates Sue Bell Cobb, Christopher Countryman, James Fields, Walt Maddox, and Doug Smith took the stage in Birmingham Tuesday night. All candidates say they are for a lottery, for medical marijuana,…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The cities of Selma and Montgomery are bound together by civil rights history. Now some people in Selma are hoping the new Memorial for Peace…
We are one week from the deadline for a program allowing parents to transfer their students out of failing public schools. Transfer applications through the Alabama Accountability Act are due…
