Montgomery AL

There was more than $1.5 billion spent at south Mississippi casinos in 2025. I’m going to pause here and allow you to truly think about that. I hope, if you’re an Alabama lawmaker reading this, that you’re spending that moment thinking about the number of cars with Alabama license plates that are routinely parked in...

Preliminary data from an annual census shows the homeless population in the Montgomery area has risen significantly for the second consecutive year.

On Thursday at 9:09 a.m. an extreme cold watch was released by the National Weather Service valid from Saturday noon until Sunday noon for Coffee, Dale, Henry, Geneva and Houston counties. The weather service adds, "Dangerously cold wind chills between 5 and 15 degrees possible." "Frostbite and hypothermia could...

Millbrook firefighters are investigating a camper fire that claimed the life of a man. Capt. Doyle Campbell with Millbrook Fire Department tells Action 8 News that the fire happened around 12:48 p.m. Tuesday at the K and K Campground in the 1800 block of I-65 Service Road. Capt. Campbell says...

Legislators told an Alabama Department of Corrections official Wednesday that they were concerned by reports that inmates were not getting access to rehabilitation programs in a timely manner. Members of the Joint Prison Oversight Committee told M. Stanford Robinson, who oversees education, programs and reentry for...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAYS: First Alert Weather Days are in effect from Friday night through Sunday as temperatures fall to dangerous levels. Many locations will be at or below freezing through the day Saturday, with wind chills potentially dropping below zero. North Alabama could spend almost...

Vaping in public places and public meetings will be illegal in Alabama if a bill approved by the state Senate on Thursday becomes law. The bill by Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Cottondale, adds vaping to the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits smoking in public places, with a few exceptions, such as bars and lounges...

A Grandview Medical Center ER respiratory therapist/practitioner loses his son to gun violence. It's his connection to the past that's helping him learn to live with the grief. It was the 1960's. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth leading the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. Marches, prayer...

Bill opposing Carbon Capture project for county meets delays. On January 21 House Bill 61 had its first committee hearing in the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee. The bill proposes an amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit injecting and storing nonhazardous chemicals into the ground...

Tucked away in Auburn, Alabama sits a brick building that doesn’t scream “destination dining” but perhaps it should. Sheila C’s Burger Barn might look modest from the outside, but locals will tell you those unassuming walls house french fry magic that has people crossing county lines just for a taste.