Kelton Bozeman, 17, has been charged with a shooting that occurred Tuesday night at a gas station in Elmore County. According to Elmore County Sheriff's Office, Bozeman exited a truck and immediately began firing into a group of people at…
President Donald Trump says he'll be signing something "in a little while" to address the spike in the number of migrant children being separated from their families at the border. Trump said during a White House meeting with members of…
Alabama is balking at pledging money to help restart passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have to commit almost $35 million total over three years by Thursday…
The City of Montgomery is going green, again. It has announced plans to reopen its recycling plant later this year. In a partnership with Repower South, a recycling company out of South…
A Montgomery man is thankful to be alive after having a recent brush with death. Tuesday night he wanted to thank the firefighters that saved his life. Phillip Jones is part…
A CBS News investigation reveals several Republican attorneys general attended a lavish retreat in South Carolina. Among those seen attending the retreat was Alabama Attorney General Steven Marshall. The report cites that several lobbyists shelled out $125,000 to also attend…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- People in Selma gather to celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in America. June 19th, 1865 is said to have been the…
Jacab Irving is wanted by the Montgomery Police Department for Murder. Irving is wanted for Murder in connection to a homicide that occurred on June 15, in the 1600 block of Dale Drive. The…
Deputies were searching for suspects Tuesday after troubled rapper-singer XXXTentacion was fatally shot in the driver's seat of a luxury electric sports car. The…
The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) checkpoint this morning. At approximately 9 a.m., a loaded Kel-Tec 9mm handgun was discovered in a passenger’s carry- on bag. TSA immediately alerted local law enforcement,…
UPDATE: Police have now released the names of the three people involved in the apparent murder-suicide outside the Walmart store in Tallassee. Police say when they arrived around 10:15 this morning,…
The Wetumpka City Council listened to concerns over a newly proposed sales tax increase. Some people say they are against it. "I am on a very fixed income," said resident Barbara…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police are busy investigating three unrelated crimes that have happened in the city over the weekend. Police say a Father's Day shooting left an…
Gov. Kay Ivey is separating herself from President Trump on the issue of trade, saying import tariffs like those supported by the administration would hurt the state. Gov. Kay Ivey released a statement Monday saying import tariffs could cause retaliatory…
Exactly four years after her son's drowning death, Tionetta Lewis stood in Gold Star park near the Coosa River, painfully remembering the day her son's body was pulled from the water.…
Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that the Alabama Supreme Court has denied the appeal of the capital murder convictions and death sentence of Oscar Doster. Doster, 43, of Andalusia, was convicted in 2006 of three counts of capital murder…
Alabama's newly elected Democratic U.S. Senator says he will co sponsor a bill introduced by fellow Democrat Dianna Feinstein "preventing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from taking children from their parents at the border." “This cruel policy needs to…
"CDC has expanded its advice. Do not eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal of any size package or with any “best if used by” date." Do not eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal in any size package. Check your home for…
The Public Affairs Research Council in Birmingham has issued its annual list of problems facing Alabama, and the list will be familiar to anyone who has lived in the state for any length of time. But PARCA says there is…
Sunday is Father's Day and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department held their annual youth fishing rodeo to give kids a chance to spend time with their fathers. For some of the children attending the rodeo, it was their first time fishing…
The mother of a Montgomery woman who was found dead in Butler County is speaking out with devastating news about the timing of her daughters death. It has been nearly…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Selma non-profit makes a hefty donation to the city of Selma to help kids have a safe -- cool place to enjoy the summer -- at no charge. Kids no longer have to pay…
According to the Alabama Department of Transportation road work on Interstate 85 from the Montgomery County line to the Lee County line will begin Monday, June 18. Crews will be widening two bridges northbound and one bridge southbound to accommodate…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a Montgomery man in connection with the death of Tervaris Payne, 30. Payne sustained a fatal gunshot wound during a violent altercation in which a second male, Kalvin Sankey, 23, also sustained a fatal gunshot…
A Troy University professor was part of a research project that shows Native Americans in Alabama were using tobacco for religious and ritual some 1,500 years earlier than thought. From a Troy University news release: "Dr. Stephen Carmody,…
