This No-Frills Alabama Riverside Shack Serves Crispy Fried Catfish That Locals Guard Like State...
The best way to arrive may be with river water still on your ankles. Paddlers already know the routine. Come off the Escatawpa, follow the path, and start thinking about fried catfish. Campers do much the same thing, only they have slightly less urgency about getting back to the water.
Selma family fights to save historic Campsite No. 1, preserve its role in voting...
SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - More than six decades after thousands of people marched from Selma to Montgomery demanding voting rights, one Selma family is fighting to make sure a piece of that history does not disappear. The family of David Hall is working to preserve and restore his former home...
Ivey announces first grants of new rural healthcare program
Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced the awarding of 138 grants worth a total of more than $144 million to healthcare providers and institutions throughout the state as part of the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program (ARHTP). Several organizations serving Lowndes County are among the grant recipients. Alabama
Mayor Reed delivers monthly briefing
Mayor Steven L. Reed addresses the media during his monthly public briefing.
Montgomery Police Department, worship leaders join together for prayer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Members of the Montgomery Police Department, along with Operation Good Shepherd and area church leaders, have joined together for an evening of prayer. Yesterday at the Riverfront Amphitheater, they held “Montgomery For Jesus,” a four-hour event that included prayer, worship and music. Montgom
Playing cards offer new hope for Alabama cold cases
A deck of playing cards may seem like an unlikely tool for solving a cold case, but Sgt. Kevin Chavis hopes it can help bring long-awaited answers to Alabama families. Chavis, director of Corrections Partnerships & Outreach for Alabama Cold Case Advocacy, is developing the Alabama Cold Case Corrections Initiative, a pr
Gov. Kay Ivey schedules November execution for Michael Taylor
Gov. Kay Ivey set a November execution date for a death row inmate convicted of murdering a Gadsden couple in 1991. Michael Shannon Taylor, 54, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 5 for his role in the murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore. It is one of two executions scheduled in […]
Changes Coming to Alabama SNAP Funding | Aug. 31, 2026 | News 19 at...
In about one month, Alabama will be paying 25% more to administer the food assistance program, SNAP, and even more costly increases could be on the way.
Nurses help fulfill Alabama hospital patient’s final wish of baptism
Huntsville Hospital nurses helped a 74-year-old ICU patient fulfill her final wish by arranging a baptism before she was discharged to hospice.
$2.5K reward offered in search for capital murder suspect
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for any information on the whereabouts of a capital murder suspect at the center of a multi-agency manhunt. The U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force says it is intensifying its search for William Jordan Wingard, 19,...

















