Montgomery AL

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – A man who Montgomery County District Attorney Azzie Oliver calls a serial rapist has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Oliver announced today that Rubin Atkins pleaded guilty this week to raping and unlawfully imprisoning two women in his home. She says evidence showed...

Liz Bonis, a medical reporter for Sinclair Broadcast Group who was seen on “Good Morning Alabama,” died Thursday at her home after a three-year battle with colon cancer. Bonis, according to Cincinnati.com, underwent five surgeries and six clinical trials. “Our colleague Liz Bonis has passed away after a...

MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — Alabamians may soon be able to legally purchase medical marijuana, five years after the state legalized it. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission says the first dispensary is expected to open this month in Montgomery. Right now, the state has approved nine dispensary locations statewide, though it remains unclear when stores planned for Mobile and Daphne will open.

WHAT’S HAPPENING (WAKA) – You may have to avoid some raindrops, but don’t let that dampen your spirits for a weekend full of activities in the River Region!. The First Friday celebration of the year takes place in downtown Wetumpka, with music and more. Prattville CityFest brings...

The Alabama State Nursing Association hosted a simulated trial for area nurses, so they could learn what to do when their job results in a legal battle.

Alabama’s new grocery tax holiday starts May 1 and runs through the end of June. The 2 percent tax will be postponed during that time.

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – An Alabama man sustained serious injuries after a motorcycle crash in the Lower Grand Lagoon area on Friday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Thomas Drive near Appalachee Street. Troopers reported that a 53-year-old man, the driver, and a 54-year-old woman, […]

ALABAMA — A soaking and cold steady rain was forecast to sweep across Alabama beginning Friday late afternoon and continuing through the overnight hours into Saturday morning, delivering meaningful and drought-relieving precipitation across the state with no severe weather threat accompanying the system and heaviest rainfall totals concentrated across the southern portions of the region.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – The 43rd Annual Alabama State Games will take run from June 12-14 in Birmingham. This year’s opening ceremony will take place inside Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. This year’s sports lineup features bass fishing, mountain biking, billiard, kickball, track and field, softball...

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A widespread rain event was forecast to sweep across North and Central Alabama beginning Friday afternoon and intensifying through Friday night into Saturday sunrise, delivering half an inch to one inch of rainfall across communities near and south of Interstate 20 with no severe weather threat accompanying the system across the region.