Tuesday morning crash shuts down Alabama 14 in Autauga County
AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A multi-vehicle crash involving a dump truck that caught on fire has caused a road closure in Autauga County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Authorities say the crash happened around 6:39 a.m. Tuesday on Alabama 14 near the 149 mile marker. Wrecker crews...
Alabama Public Service Commission approves solar project supporting data center
The Alabama Public Service Commission Tuesday approved a solar project aimed at supporting a Montgomery data center. Members unanimously approved a certificate of convenience and necessity for Alabama Power’s “Clearview Ranch Project,” allowing the investor-owned utility to construct a 1,400 acre, 200-megawatt solar p
Infrastructure vs. Impact: Inside Alabama’s growing data center conversation
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The conversations surrounding data centers is unfolding across Alabama as tech giants and infrastructure developers pour millions of dollars into new developing these facilities. While developers look towards transformative economic investments and community benefits, local advocates are raisi
Verbena woman killed in Monday afternoon crash
AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Verbena woman has died after a crash Monday afternoon in Autauga County, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says. Kayden C. Davidson, 20, was fatally injured when the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe she was driving left the roadway, struck a ditch and then a tree. The...
Man dies after Montgomery crash
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery police say a man died after a single-vehicle crash nearly one week ago. Officers responded to the crash on Wednesday, July 29, around 8:30 p.m. on Woodmere Boulevard near Willow Glen Drive. The driver, now identified by authorities as 58-year-old James Bell Cudworth, Jr., was...
Environmental group sues Corps of Engineers over permits for gas line that will cut...
The Southern Environmental Law Center has sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for allowing companies to sidestep environmental laws when constructing oil and gas pipelines, including one scheduled to cross the Black Belt. The lawsuit claims that the Corps of Engineers issued a type of permit that “authorizes the...
Alabama law to require Ten Commandments displays in public school history classrooms
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAFF) - Alabama public schools will be required to display the Ten Commandments in history classrooms and common areas beginning this school year under a new state law. Senate Bill 99 requires local schools to display an approved poster or framed document in fifth through 12th grade history...
Upper-Level Low Keeps Central Alabama Cooler with Daily Showers & Storms Through Wednesday
Alabama’s 42 Weather Live: An upper-level low will be the main weather maker for the next few days across Central Alabama. This will bring clouds, showers and storms, and slightly cooler temperatures through Tuesday. Tonight, it will be mostly clear to partly cloudy with lows in the mid-60s to lower 70s. Tuesday will b
Roberts Family Shows Why Small Town Alabama Is So Good
From a Northport drive-through where strangers pay for the car behind them, to Tuscaloosa streets lined with neighbors welcoming the Roberts family home, small kindnesses are showing up all over West Alabama.
David Banks finds beauty in the stories the South leaves behind
The Montgomery artist explores memory, identity and Southern storytelling in his first solo exhibition, Emergence: An Introspective, opening Aug. 7 at King’s Canvas.
