Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the office manager of a Montgomery daycare center has been convicted for electronic solicitation of a child. Deggi Hardwick, 34, pleaded guilty this morning in Montgomery County Circuit Court to the class B felony.…
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is creating a school safety council to make recommendations on securing schools in the wake of the deadly shooting in Florida. Ivey signed the executive order…
Alabama could be adding 'Rosa Parks Day' to its list of state holidays. Supporters of the idea held a rally on the house chamber floor calling on law makers to designate…
Stingray Bay at the Montgomery Zoo officially opened to the public Tuesday. The 6,700 gallon saltwater pool is home to two Atlantic Stingrays, 11 Fiddler Rays and many other aquatic animals. …
A federal watchdog says White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway violated the federal law prohibiting government officials from using their positions to influence political campaigns. The Office of Special Counsel, which is unrelated to Robert Mueller's office, says Conway violated the…
The well-known Blackfinn Ameripub restaurant has closed at the Shoppes at EastChase in Montgomery. Suzanna Wasserman, a spokesperson for the Shoppes at EastChase, confirmed Blackfinn's closure, but no reason for the closing was given. Blackfinn opened in EastChase three years…
A lawyer for an Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted after staffers could not connect an intravenous line says his client should not face a second date in the death chamber. An attorney for Doyle Lee Hamm wrote in…
Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Pike County School System. With over 30s years of teaching experience, Math Teacher and Coach Joey Denison believes in his…
It's a 6700-gallon salt water tank. Right now, there are two friendly stingrays welcoming guests. "Total, we are going to have about 20 stingrays, right now we just started with two and what…
Former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb has officially kicked off her campaign for governor. Cobb spoke during a rally Monday night at her campaign headquarters. She says Alabama is suffering…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- There was a bit of confusion Monday morning in Selma surrounding the event that usually wraps up the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. For the first time…
There could be big changes ahead for Alabama's Medicaid recipients. There's a new proposal to require parents or care taker relatives to get a job or participate in "work- like activities" to…
A complaint alleging federal campaign finance law violations has been filed against a super PAC that spent heavily to support Senator Doug Jones in Alabama's U.S. Senate election, but did not disclose donors until after the election. The nonpartisan Campaign…
CrimeStoppers recently discovered an unclaimed reward for information that led to the identification and arrest of Rodney Jones in reference to a 2017 Robbery Investigation. The U. S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force took Jones into custody on Wednesday, January 31,…
If you've driven through downtown Wetumpka recently, you may have noticed a mural in the works. Unlike many other murals though, this one is on top of a building. The mural is…
CrimeStoppers recently discovered an unclaimed reward for information that led to the identification of two suspects involved in a 2016 Carjacking Investigation. The tip was received on September 23; one day after CrimeStoppers released video of the suspects. Crimestoppers normally…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Thousands of people pack downtown Selma Sunday to take part in the climatic event of the Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The bridge crossing march reenactment is the single…
UAB reports the study will try to determine why African-Americans in Alabama have a significantly higher stroke risk than white Alabama residents. They write: The REGARDS (REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study will be funded through 2023 by a…
Authorities have identified the man who shot himself to death in front of the White House. Police say it was 26-year-old Cameron Ross Burgess of Maylene, Alabama, who approached the fence along the north side of the White House and…
Several members of Congress were in Montgomery for the 2018 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. "What happened here in Montgomery and what happened in Birmingham in Selma and so many other places in the…
Several artists displayed their work in the town of Pike Road Saturday. It was all part of the Pike Road Art Festival. People had the opportunity to buy handmade items from local artists. There was also a silent auction at the…
Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has issued a plea for money to pay for legal bills, saying his "resources have been depleted." In a Thursday post on his campaign's Facebook page, Moore asked for contributions to his legal defense…
Taking a picture or video of a person's intimate body parts without consent could soon be a crime in Alabama. A bill to criminalize so-called up-skirting passed the Senate and moves to the House for a final vote. All U.S.…
Baptist-affiliated Judson College in the west Alabama town of Marion is searching for a new president. The small, all-women's school says President David Potts is leaving the position after 27 years. He's been on a medical leave, but the statement…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a Friday afternoon motor vehicle crash that resulted in one fatality. On Friday, March 3, 2018, at about 2 p.m., Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to McLemore Drive near Wares Ferry Road in reference to a three-vehicle crash involving a 2007 Ford Edge, a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and a 2004 Honda Accord. The driver…
