Montgomery AL

Governor Kay Ivey signed the Power to the People Act only two days after the substitute legislation was filed in a committee and was raced through both chambers, ending with a major shakeup. HB475 Quick Facts. Expands Alabama Public Service Commission (APSC) from three to seven members. Four new members...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Homeowners in Montgomery’s Arrowhead neighborhood called an emergency meeting after a large party at a short-term rental drew complaints about noise, traffic and public safety concerns. Residents said the home was rented through Airbnb and that the gathering Friday night spilled into the...

Cardinals appear in Alabama yards so often that many people stop thinking about them as anything more than a familiar flash of red in the background. They perch on fences, move through shrubs, and call from tree branches with a steady presence that blends into everyday life. Yet behind that familiarity is a bird with...

ALABAMA — A woman was injured in a shooting Saturday afternoon at an apartment complex in Mobile, according to authorities. The Mobile Police Department said the shooting occurred around 2:15 p.m. at the 61Ninety West apartments on Girby Road. Police said the woman was shot and transported to a hospital with what...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - LaQuanta Riley was 19 when she went missing from west Montgomery on Dec. 7, 2003. Her mother, Pamela Riley Boldin, has been searching for her every day in the 22 years since: longer than the time they had together. This week, CrimeStoppers 215-STOP added $5,000 to...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — Two high-profile cases in Montgomery have reached resolution, bringing long-awaited justice to victims and their families, District Attorney Azzie Oliver said. Oliver said convictions in both cases ensure two violent offenders will no longer pose a threat to the community. One case dates...

The Alabama Cannabis Coalition (ACC), an advocacy group pursuing cannabis reform, has raised concerns about the training of dispensary employees during a turbulent time for the state’s medical cannabis commission. On March 12, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) Chairman Ronald “Rex” Vaughn II submitted his...

A body found at the bottom of a California ravine nearly 50 years ago has been confirmed to be a missing Alabama woman. Victoria Jean Hargrove, who was 29 at the time, went missing from her home in Opelika, Ala., on Jan. 28, 1980. A body was found by motorists in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Palm...

Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday signed a bill that would give the governor significantly more power over the state’s utility regulator, ending a months-long battle over Alabama’s high electricity rates and what the state government would do about them. The signature came just a day after the Senate radically altered HB 475 ,...

ALABAMA — A teenager has died and another was injured following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in Cleburne County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The crash occurred around 2:29 p.m. April 1 on Cleburne County Road 70 near County Road 230, about eight miles east of Piedmont. Authorities...