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The Hank Williams Museum will celebrate what would have been the Alabama music legend's 103rd birthday next month with a memorial concert and the museum's annual graveside service in Montgomery. The celebration is set for Saturday, Sept. 12, five days before Williams' Sept. 17 birthday. Country music veteran Moe Bandy.

AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WAKA Action 8) – Students in Autauga County kicked off a brand new school year Tuesday. School leaders welcomed more than 1,800 students at Prattville High School. Parents eagerly dropped their kids off on the first day. “Oh, the first day is super important it’s important...

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced a $1 billion commitment to a fund that would include Alabama. The father of Facebook announced the company’s “Future Is For Everyone Fund,” which would apparently work in communities where the company’s artificial intelligence infrastructure is located. “All new technologies..

MONGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Montgomery Public Schools has something new as students were welcomed back to start the new school year. The 2026-2027 school year started yesterday, which now includes the new Cyber Intelligence Academy, or CIA. It is the district’s newest magnet program, located at Park Crossing High School.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Commuters using Interstate 85 near the Montgomery interchange need to be aware of major delays in both directions. According to the Alabama Department of Transportation, there are two separate crashes causing delays near mile marker 1, in both north and southbound lanes. Commuters should expec

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – A Montgomery police officer has been relieved of duty related to an off-duty incident. An MPD spokesperson says the department initiated disciplinary proceedings against 35-year-old Ineka Skipper after she was charged with 3rd degree domestic violence-criminal mischief and 3rd degree domestic

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A homicide investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed Monday night, according to Montgomery police. Officers were called to the 800 block of West Canyon Court around 9:10 p.m. where the victim, identified by police as 44-year-old Raymond Murry, of Montgomery, was found.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Prosecutors on Tuesday obtained their first conviction in the new trial term that began this week. A Mobile County Circuit Court jury found Desiree Janae Holiday, 25, of Montgomery, guilty of murder. Prosecutors alleged that Holiday shot her boyfriend, Jacurtis Robinson, in March 2024 in the 4000

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – The 22nd annual Autism Crawfish Boil was this past weekend at DABOS Park here in Montgomery. The crawfish boil raises money for the non-profit organization, Easterseals Central Alabama, who serves more than 2000 Alabamians across 31 counties. Easterseals provides different programs and therapi

Since the passing of Gail Royal on Aug. 7 at age 74, hundreds of friends and customers have remembered the Montgomery restaurant owner was one of the most giving, loving, hard-working people they'd ever met. Among them is Patrick Aitkin, a longtime advocate for Montgomery's homeless population . Royal, owner of Gail's