Montgomery AL

A new report found that Alabama put more people to death in 2025 than all but one other state. The annual report from the Death Penalty Information Center, published Monday, also noted that states which impose capital punishment are intensifying efforts to expand its use even as public support for it continues to...

Encouraging and enabling innovation. Building the workforce of the future. Creating and enhancing opportunities that keep talented young people in Alabama — and attract them from across the nation and around the world. Continuing to invest in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as an integral...

Buddhist monks making a 2,300 mile walk for peace through the United States arrived in Alabama this week, and have been met by warm greetings and a place to stay along their journey. The roughly two dozen monks began their walk in Fort Worth on Oct. 26 en route to...

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. — A former criminal judge in Alabama now finds himself on the other side of the judicial system, after a jury found him guilty of living a lavish lifestyle on the taxpayer's dime. Former Eleventh Judicial Presiding Circuit Judge Gilbert P. Self was sentenced to 618...

WKRN News 2 reporter Andy Cordan is reporting on a case out of Pulaski and Giles County that reads like a legal whiplash story: a marriage that may have been approved in one state, and then turned into a serious criminal charge once the couple returned home.

ALABAMA — An Athens man has been arrested and charged with drug trafficking following a narcotics investigation by local authorities. According to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, the department’s Narcotics Unit arrested James Alfred Kirby Jr., 50, of Athens, on Monday. Investigators said the arrest came after...

About two dozen Buddhist monks have crossed into Alabama during their 120-day, 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace” from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. The Sangha (a.k.a. the Buddhist community of monks) from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center began their journey in mid-October. Their entry into Alabama on...

The Millbrook City Council voted during its regular meeting to intervene as a defendant in an ongoing litigation involving the Simplified Seller Use Tax (SSUT). SSUT allows eligible online sellers to collect, report, and remit a flat 8% sellers use tax on purchases made in Alabama. Of that amount, 4% goes to the...

Police in Prattville are searching for two people wanted in connection with an attempted theft at a local Target store.

One of Alabama’s biggest homes has officially entered its sold era. Chateau Montagel—aka The Guitar House (or Chateau Kaminskiy, if you ask the new owner)—recently sold for $4.8 million. The estate went viral for its jaw-dropping size, and now it’s gearing up for a comeback. Think luxury glow-up meets VIP-only vibes.