Montgomery AL

Franck Pierre knows what the Magic City Classic means to both sides of the rivalry between Alabama State football and Alabama A&M . This year's Classic, he'll experience it from a different side. Pierre, who led Alabama A&M in receiving yards in 2025, transferred to Alabama State ahead of the 2026 season. The receiver will face his former team Saturday when the Hornets and Bulldogs meet at Legion Field, giving him a different perspective on one of the biggest games in HBCU football. But Pierre i

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Measurable rainfall has not come down since Isaias passed through the Deep South, and that dry stretch is expected to continue all the way through the end of October. Dry and seasonable conditions return again today with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies, highs in the...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Gov. Kay Ivey hosted a graduation reception Tuesday honoring the final 44 Alabama Law Enforcement Agency trooper trainees of her administration. “With troopers as fine as Alabama’s, criminals ought to be looking over their shoulders,” said Ivey. “These men and women have worked hard to earn their badges, and I am proud to see them ready to get lawbreakers off our streets and behind bars.”

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Georgia woman will serve more than six-and-a-half years in federal prison for mailing synthetic drugs into Alabama prisons, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Alabama. Jinna Candice Moore,44, of Fairburn, Georgia, was sentenced in Montgomery to 78 months behind bars,...

There is a long list of outstanding running backs that have suited up for the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs, and senior Dee Barnes will be in one of the top tiers after surpassing 4,000 yards rushing and scoring 50 touchdowns during his high school career. The senior still has one regular season game and one playoff game remaining to add to those totals.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — Montgomery’s four-legged friends will soon have a new place to run, play and make some furry friends of their own. The Midtown Dog Park is planned for 1001 Felder Avenue, and residents can get a first look at the plans during a festive preview Sunday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m.

AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Prattville police officer died in an off-duty crash on Monday, according to the police department. Cpl. Dakota Lee Davis of the Prattville Police Department died from injuries he sustained in a crash on Highway 31 at the Interstate 65 Pine Level exit. In a...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — October 26, 2026 — The Christian Coalition of Alabama on Thursday, October 22, hosted a delegation of representatives from the embassies of 16 member countries of the European Union in the board room of the Coalition's offices. The visit was organized by the Bertelsmann Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., dedicated to a strong relationship between the United States and Europe.

AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is expanding its response to mental health emergencies with a new, specially trained position. Sheriff Mark Harrell says the office hired a mental health deputy a few years ago and is now hiring a mental health therapist to work alongside that deputy.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Both lanes of U.S. Highway 31 near mile marker 195 in Autauga County are back open following a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. The crash happened just before 3:40 p.m. Monday. Officials say the lanes will be blocked for an undetermined amount of time. Traffic backups...