What the Tech: New Year’s tech resolutions you should make for yourself
Now that we’re in 2025, there are some New Year’s resolutions you should make regarding how you use technology.
New Year’s Day
20th annual Lacey-Boyd Parade celebrates West Montgomery
Folks gathered in West Montgomery for a New Year’s Day tradition — the annual Lacey-Boyd Parade.
Celebrate the new year with events throughout the area
Action 8 News has a list of some ways that you and your family can celebrate the new year.
Montgomery police have warning about celebratory gunfire on New Year’s holiday
Montgomery police have issued a warning to those who plan to fire guns as they celebrate the new year.
New Year’s Day Fire Destroys Mobile Home in Dallas Co.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Dallas County woman loses everything except what really matters when her mobile home burns down on New Year’s Day. Olivia Martin says she went to bed early on New Year’s Day. Then woke up later because she was feeling sick. So sick in fact — that her fiance — ended up taking her to…
What’s Happening: Local New Year’s Celebrations
There are plenty of events happening across the River Region to help you celebrate the beginning of 2023!
Fireworks Stores Prepare for New Year’s Celebrations
With New Year’s Day quickly approaching, area fireworks stores are preparing for an onslaught of customers who are eager to ring in 2023.
ALEA Releases Data for 2019 Holiday Travel Period
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) says troopers investigated 22 traffic deaths during the 2019 Christmas-New Year’s holiday travel period. ALEA says among those killed was a 4-year-old, who died in an Etowah County crash. The others killed included 10 drivers, nine passengers and one pedestrian. One motorcyclist, who was using a helmet, also was killed. Of the 20…
Two Andalusia Men Arrested for Attempted Murder on New Year’s Day
Two Andalusia men have been charged with attempted murder after an exchange of gunfire early on New Year’s Day. Andalusia Police say it happened between 4 and 5 a.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of McLendon Avenue. Police arrested Michael Marquis Berry, 31, and Joshua Durrell Coleman, 35, have both been charged with attempted murder, which is a felony. Berry…
Dallas Co. Residents Commemorate Emancipation Proclamation Signing
From the West Alabama Newsroom, people in Dallas County spent New Year’s Day at church — commemorating the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Nearly 100 people turned out at New Morning Star Baptist Church for the annual observance. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — January 1, 1863. The proclamation freed all persons being held as slaves in rebellious…
