Montgomery AL

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A former school improvement specialist who spent the last three years working in Montgomery Public Schools says the community must step up in the wake of a 6-year-old girl’s death. Dr. Victoria Washington said she was devastated to learn about the death of Caylee Turner,...

Not every great discovery comes with a drumroll, a spotlight, or a crowd of people pointing you in the right direction. Sometimes it comes in the form of a storefront window in a small Alabama town that stops you mid-stride and makes you press your nose against the glass like a kid outside a candy shop.

Elmore County authorities are searching for several people accused of throwing rocks on oncoming vehicles in Tallassee.

There's an outbreak of the parasitic infection Cyclosporiasis, and it's linked to contaminated produce.

WETUMPKA, Ala. (WSFA) - A young bear has been put down after being struck by a vehicle in Elmore County, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater, confirmed to WSFA 12 News. Spokeswoman Marianne Gauldin said the yearling male, a bear in its second summer, was...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday morning, according to the Montgomery Police Department. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 2:09 a.m. in the 2600 block of Zelda Road, where they found an unidentified man with two gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening. He was taken to

Gin Phillips is making a very impressive bibliography for herself. With the exception of “Come in and Cover Me,” set in the American West on an archaeological dig, she has set her novels in Alabama. The first was in a north Alabama mining community, then the Birmingham Zoo, then Cloverdale in Montgomery. “Family Law,”

Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Julys in Alabama since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the lowest average temperature in each month. For each of the coldest months listed below, we've included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lo

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Just hours after Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys told the press that “it doesn’t matter how long it takes us, we will solve this case,” MPD made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of 6-year-old Caylee Taylor. “It is so senseless...

Whether they've been serving their communities for decades or have become local favorites more recently, these Alabama barbecue joints deserve a spot on any barbecue lover's list.