Montgomery AL

Councilwoman Jacquelyn Thomas joined WSFA to share details about Sunday Funday, an event serving the community by providing free bookbags to students.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Montgomery Public Schools will be holding a resource fair for students who are often forgotten. The McKinney-Vento School Resource Fair will be held at 8AM Saturday at 720 Grove Street. That’s right off Interstate 85 at the Union Street exit. This event is for...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – A local nonprofit and the City of Montgomery want to make sure your child is ready for the first day of school. Partnering with the Parks and Recreation department, C.H.A.N.G.E. is holding its free Back to School Haircut Day on Sunday, August 9 starting at 1:00 p.m. at the Multiplex at Cramton

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – State health officials confirm that a rabid raccoon has been found in Montgomery city limits. The Alabama Department of Public Health says the raccoon was discovered in the Dalraida area. The raccoon was captured after a homeowner noticed it behaving strangely near a backyard fence on Friday,

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – The fourth and final person has now received federal punishment for the violent robbery of well-known Montgomery businessman Jim Massey, which left him injured. Today, a federal judge sentenced 56-year-old Clinton Thompson of Birmingham to 121 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty t

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A man charged in connection with a deadly shooting at a Raceway gas station on Eastern Boulevard is no longer facing a capital murder charge, police said. Dantrail Jones had been charged with capital murder, two counts of assault and discharging a firearm into an occupied...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – CrimeStoppers, Alabama State University and the Bureau of Justice Assistance are coming together in the hopes of preventing violence on school campuses. They are hosting a week-long school safety training event. This initiative is part of the Preventing School Violence program to bring togethe

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) - The Prattville City Council voted Tuesday night to raise the costs for both trash collection and wastewater services. Garbage rates had stayed at $21 per month since 2021. The city has now approved a $5 hike, bringing the bill to $26 per month. Wastewater rates inside...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing 31-year-old woman. Police say Shachina Watson was last seen sometime in June in the Gibbs Village area of Montgomery. There is no description of what she was wearing at the time she went missing.

As students prepare to return to classrooms, the teams working behind the scenes to keep them nourished and ready to learn came together Tuesday for a day of training, teamwork and preparation. Child nutrition professionals from Elmore County Public Schools and Autauga County Schools gathered at 17 Springs Field House.