Funeral arrangements have been announced for Rev. Dr. Fredrick Douglas Reese, a civil rights leader who was well known in Selma and elsewhere across the country. Reese died Thursday in Atlanta at the age of 88. Reese was one of…
District Attorney Randall Houston says Jesse Madison Holton of Eclectic has been indicted by an Elmore County grand jury for the murder of his parents, April and Mike Holton. Holton was originally indicted in October 2017 for the murder of…
A former police officer charged with murder in the death of his exhibitionist wife has pleaded not guilty, and the victim's mother says she believes him. William Jeffrey West entered…
State Auditor Jim Zeigler spoke to the Montgomery Rotary Club Monday almost one year since former Gov. Robert Bentley stepped down. Just last week, supernumerary district attorney Ellen Brooks announced there were no…
Watch the CBS 60 Minutes segment about the soon to open Lynching Memorial HERE. The memorial opens on April 26th. More information HERE. And tomorrow---Monday morning at 8:00 AM---on CBS This Morning, watch a story about the companion museum…
The Waters Spring Home Tour in Pike Road could give you plenty of ideas. Some people like Tom Garrett say they are very impressed with the floor plans. "They've got a awful lot of…
A cloudy and rainy day, did not get in the way of the centennial celebration bash for Maxwell Air force Base. "Unfortunately the weather got us little down today but when the city…
The national report on home evictions in the United States from from a special interest group called The Eviction Lab. They say Montgomery had the 27th highest eviction rate in the country. The only other Alabama city on the top…
Alabama High School Juniors and Seniors gathered at Carver High in Montgomery today to compete in the annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association beef cook-off. Alabama News Network News Director Glenn Halbrook was a judge for the event, which was won by Dalton…
A Columbiana man has died after being chased by Prattville police. 50 year old Ambrose Wood was being pursued by Prattville Police after being suspected of reckless driving. Wood's car left county road 82 in Autauga county and overturned.…
Students strut their stuff on the runway for family and friends gathered at the Parking Crossing High School gym Friday night. "Tonight is all about the children. It's all about 'disabling the label' and allowing children with exceptionalities to shine…
Students tell me that the controversial governor's name should name should not be near the university because of his stance of segregation during his time in office. This article is making it's way around Troy University's campus as a group…
Some folks in Montgomery were literally hanging over the edge - rappelling 110 feet down the 40 Four Building in Downtown, Montgomery, but for a good cause. Participants raised 1,000 dollars each, for Hope Inspired Ministries, in exchange for the once-in-a-lifetime…
Alabama News Network anchor Darryl Hood got the chance to sit down for an Exclusive one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey when she visited Montgomery to do a story on the new lynching…
Watch "Your COmmunity This Week" on ABC Montgomery this Sunday at 9:00 AM or 4:00 PM to hear about their book: "The Colored Waiting Room" by Kevin Shird and Nelson Malden Watch the interview Sunday morning---April 8th--- on…
Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that Alabama has set aside $11 million in its recently passed budgets for the Alabama Department of Mental Health to expand behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children and youth. When combined with federal matching funds, the money…
Highly-skilled, dedicated, and caring teachers are essential to achieving excellence and in preparing our nation’s next generation of outstanding professionals. The 16 outstanding educators who have been selected as finalists for Alabama’s 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year exemplify these…
With the tax season in full swing, the Justice Department warns taxpayers to avoid unscrupulous tax return preparers who seek to harm taxpayers, and also reminds taxpayers that they could still be responsible for any unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest, resulting…
The operator of a minibike involved in a motor vehicle crash last Friday, March 30, has died of injuries sustained in the crash. Thomas Bray, 14, of Montgomery was pronounced dead late afternoon Thursday, April 5, at Baptist Medical Center South,…
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) - An apartment fire in the northeast Alabama city of Scottsboro has killed three people. Firefighters found an apartment building filled with thick smoke after receiving a call Thursday night. Flames were coming from one unit and…
The Montgomery Education Foundation has applied to convert five Montgomery schools into charter schools. Parents and citizens voiced their concerns Thursday evening at a listening session. And they had plenty to…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The Concordia College Alabama campus in Selma was swarming with hundreds of elementary school students Thursday. The college was hosting its 4th Annual Literacy Festival at the…
Frederick D. Reese, an early leader in the Alabama civil rights movement who invited Martin Luther King Jr. to work in Selma, has died. He was 88. James Perkins, pastor of Selma's Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, confirmed Reese's death Thursday…
As school officials nationwide are asking what what more can be done to keep their students safe, the safety standards and procedures at an Autauga Elementary School have caught the eye…
Montgomery's downtown area near Riverwalk Stadium has not always boomed with business. "It used to be scary down here when I used to look out the window I wondered if we…
