Montgomery AL

City Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a fund to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the public charter schools that feed into them. City Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies have pledged $10 million each. The donation marks “one of the largest coordinated efforts to foster K-12...

Montgomery police are on the hunt for a man who held seven people at gunpoint during a church gathering last month. The incident occurred on Nov. 20 during a men's ministry fellowship at the Church of Eastern Oaks. Senior Pastor Daniel Gillenwater described how a masked man with a gun...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An investigation is underway after a man was shot Friday night, according to the Montgomery Police Department. MPD responded to a local hospital around 9:25 p.m., where a man was being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Police say it was determined that the shooting happened...

ELMORE, Ala. — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning another work stoppage to protest conditions. “For decades, incarcerated men and women in Alabama have lived in...

Wilcox, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama hospital leaders and Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-AL07, are warning that a new federal healthcare bill could push many rural hospitals, including one in Wilcox county, into deeper financial trouble. Inside a packed community meeting in Camden, residents talked about whether they’ll...

ABC 33/40 News - 12/02/2025 07:18:15 PM. Alabama Power recently made a commitment to maintain stable customer rates until 2027, absorbing the costs of a new facility in 2027 rather than deferring them. The company also announced that it would postpone implementing approved adjustments for the Lindsay Hill generation...

The Alabama State Bar suspended a Cullman attorney suspected of trying to kill her husband, ABC 33/40 reported Thursday. In November, Cullman Police confirmed Sara Baker had been arrested on a long list of charges. Baker is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, three counts of attempted murder, distribution of...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Multiple fatal truck crashes led the U.S. Department of Transportation to promise a crack down on issuing commercial driver’s licenses or CDL’s. One of those deadly crashes happened in Thomasville over the summer. A Ukrainian-born truck driver ran a red light, police said. He crashed into...

ALABAMA — The search for a Scottsboro man missing since May ended tragically on Saturday. Authorities confirmed that 73-year-old James “Tobey” Jenkins, who had been unaccounted for since May 13, was found dead. Jenkins was last seen in the area of Poplar Street in Scottsboro. Police said no further details about the...

Brick by brick, a refuge has emerged in Shelby County. It's the dream home of Alexa Likis James, founder and executive director of Blanket Fort Hope. "I don't think there's anywhere like this in the state," James said. It's called the Restoration Home. Its purpose is to shelter children recovering...