Montgomery AL

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WDNews) – Governor Kay Ivey is set to deliver remarks at the Cognia Alabama IMPACT Conference on Wednesday. The event will be held at Frazer Church in Montgomery, with the governor scheduled to arrive at 8:30 a.m. in the Wesley Hall Auditorium. The Cognia Alabama IMPACT Conference...

One in five children in Alabama face food insecurity, prompting Feeding Alabama to expand its CARES initiative.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An anonymous tip to CrimeStoppers 215-STOP has led to the arrest of a robbery suspect, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Jerome Calhoun, 52, of Montgomery, was arrested by Montgomery County Authorities, along with the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task...

Alabamians may be rethinking their “sweet home” in 2025, according to the results of a recent ranking. Data site WalletHub recently published its list of the Happiest States in America, and the Yellowhammer state isn’t far from the bottom in 47th place. To compile its ranking, the...

Investigators have escalated the search for Ronald Dumas Jr., a 37-year-old Alabama realtor, after uncovering new evidence of his abduction and possible torture following his December disappearance. Ronald Dumas Jr has disappeared. Authorities believe suspects kidnapped Dumas in Huntsville and transported him to the...

A “shiny” fossil found in an Alabama creek has been identified as the tooth of a large dinosaur that doesn’t quite belong at the site, experts say. Hadrosaurs were land-dwellers, but the tooth surfaced in a spot that was underwater during the age of dinosaurs, according to the Alabama Museum of Natural History.

State DHR workers named in a wrongful death lawsuit in the hot-car death of an Alabama foster child are asking to be dismissed as defendants, claiming they have state-agent immunity. Kettorius “KJ” Starkes Jr., 3, died July 22 while in the care of 54-year-old Kela Stanford, who at the time...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – An afternoon shopping trip took a wrong turn on Monday for 41-year-old Camelia Lynn Morgan, who the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested after attempting to leave a local Walmart with a backpack full of unpaid merchandise. The Alabama resident was apprehended after a deputy...

Hank Williams lived an all-too-short life of 29 years — Sept. 17, 1923 to Jan. 1, 1953. But the iconic country western singer-songwriter's music lives on around the world, and especially in Montgomery. "He left a lasting musical legacy," said Beth J. Petty, director of the downtown Hank Williams Museum. The Mount...

Individual naloxone (Narcan) kits are now available to the public for free at the Montgomery County Health Department. No ID or prescription is required. The Alabama Department of Public Health says the state has been hit especially hard by the opioid epidemic, leading to overdose deaths. It says naloxone (also known...