Montgomery AL

The Elmore County Board of Education recognized student achievement and reflection during its meeting last Tuesday, announcing the winners of this year’s Black History Month essay contest for middle and high school students. This year’s themes centered on honoring 250 years of Black history in Alabama. Middle school students...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Families who have lost someone to violence gathered for an annual Crime Victims’ Rights Week event hosted by Victims of Crime and Leniency, also known as VOCAL, aimed at connecting survivors with support services and giving them space to remember those they’ve lost. “I...

Dining by the shoreline, watching the sea stretch endlessly, is something money cannot truly buy. A light breakfast or a beautiful dinner by the water becomes a memory that stays with you for life. Alabama has a restaurant that draws people not just for the food, but for the memories...

MORE RAIN FOR WEST ALABAMA; STORMS MOVING IN… A small complex of thunderstorms across southeast Mississippi will bring rain and possibly gusty winds to west Alabama over the next few hours. This is a small mesoscale convective system (MCS) that will probably lose organization as it moves into southwest Alabama over the next few hours. Regardless, the leading edge of the storms could produce...

WASHINGTON — Alabama’s congressional incumbents have strong fundraising leads over their challengers, according to recent campaign filings. The federal lawmakers running for reelection in the state have wide advantages in fundraising and cash on hand in the first three months of 2026. Alabama’s 1st Congressional District is the...

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Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth advised other outdoorsmen to proceed with caution after he recently tested positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The disease, caused by the bite of a tick infected with Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria, is relatively rare, with between 6,000-7,000 cases reported in the U.S. annually as of 2024, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.

ALABAMA — A man from Ohatchee has died following a single-vehicle crash in Coosa County Sunday morning, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The crash occurred around 9:40 a.m. on U.S. 231, about two miles south of Rockford. Troopers said 56-year-old David P. Sharp was critically injured when his vehicle left the roadway and […] The post One person dead following...

WAFF 48 anchor Claudia Peppenhorst announced in a post to Facebook Sunday that she would be leaving the station, and the industry as a whole to spend more time with family. Peppenhorst, who anchors the 48 News Weekend Morning shows, and reports Mon.-Wed. on 48 News Today, said she came to the decision “after a lot of prayer and reflection.”

Three years after blocking the door of Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama campus to protest the admission of Black students, Governor George C. Wallace took another stand against racial equality in state institutions. On April 27, 1966, he ordered Alabama’s Mental Hospital Board to reverse their efforts to desegregate the state’s hospitals for the mentally ill. Earlier in the month, Superintendent James...