Montgomery AL

An undercover investigation released June 8, 2026, is putting new pressure on the University of Alabama, after a campus DEI official was recorded describing what the report characterizes as deliberate efforts to work around the State’s 2024 ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The findings, published by Ac

Three tornadoes hit South Alabama on June 18, according to the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. Storm surveys conducted by the National Weather Service office in Mobile confirmed two tornadoes in Mobile and Baldwin counties. Radar data also identified a third touchdown in Baldwin County. No inj

Rosa Parks became one of the faces of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s after her actions helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But Rosa once described her husband Raymond as “the first real activist I ever met” and credited him with inspiring her own work in the fight for justice.

City leaders are reviewing and refining Prattville’s code enforcement notification process in an effort to improve communication with residents while maintaining community standards. During the June 16 Prattville City Council meeting, Mayor Bill Gillespie addressed the city’s current procedures for handling garbage, ru

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Montgomery police say a recently reported missing person was found dead Sunday. Officers were called around 12:35 p.m. in the 200 block of Ann Street on a person down. Upon arrival, they found 28-year-old Tyrent Williams dead from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead...

Swift Transportation has partnered with CDL educator FleetForce Truck Driver Training at the carrier’s Mobile, Alabama, terminal, expanding the carrier’s network of schools, according to a June 16 news release. The partnership seeks to meet growing demand for truck drivers in the Southeast and help Swift grow its...

ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Elmore County Schools system is addressing the arrest of a recently hired employee but is releasing few other details. The system confirmed an arrest to WSFA 12 News but declined to release the employee’s name, school, or position. “This is an ongoing legal...

ACTIVE DAY: Some rain is falling across the northwest corner of Alabama early this morning… the rain is more widespread to the north over western and middle Tennessee. Showers and storms are likely over North Alabama by mid to late afternoon… they will drop southward into the central counties of the state early tonight

On Wednesday June 17, 2026, Millbrook police responded to a report of a possible body observed in a small lake, which is bordered by the Lakeshore community and Sandtown Road. Responding officers did locate human remains, which were observed to be in the water, just off the shoreline, in the 2700 block of Sandtown Road

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Montgomery police have released the identities of the two people killed in a shooting over the weekend. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Eastern Boulevard. That location is near Carmichael Road. Once officers and fire medics arrived, they found an...