Montgomery AL

Authorities are investigating two fatal crashes that happened within a week in the Montgomery area. On Tuesday, March 10, at about 7:26 p.m. Tracey E. Huffman, 36, of Prattville, was killed when the 2021 Ram pickup he was driving struck the 2006 Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by Jacob A. Asberry, 28, of Selma,...

New testimony has been presented today in the capital murder trial of Ibraheem Yazeed. He’s the Montgomery man charged with kidnapping 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard from a gas station in Auburn and killing her in 2019. Three witnesses for the prosecution took the stand, including a former crime scene investigator...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An investigation is underway after a fatal motorcycle crash in Montgomery, according to the Montgomery Police Department. MPD responded Thursday to reports of a crash involving a motorcycle in the area of Vaughn Road near Halcyon Park Road shortly before 11:30 a.m. First responders found...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday aimed at improving safety on Alabama’s highways by requiring certain commercial vehicle operators to meet federal work-authorization and communication standards. The law requires commercial driver’s license holders operating in Alabama who have a...

Sometimes the best meals in life require a little adventure, and Rattlesnake Saloon in Tuscumbia proves that point better than just about anywhere else in Alabama. This isn’t your typical restaurant where you pull up, park, and walk through a front door like a civilized human being. No, this...

Almost one year ago, an Alabama dentist was captured on surveillance video setting fire to his dental office in Evergreen, triggering an explosion that destroyed the building and slightly injured the dentist. Last week, Dr. Douglas P. O’Connor was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He will likely serve three...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A local defense attorney and others throughout the state weigh in on the big decision to spare a death row inmate’s life. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a man who had been on death row for 34 years and was two days away from execution.

The Equal Justice Initiative announced a new legacy site is open in Montgomery paying homage and celebrating the decade long civil rights movement in Alabama that “changed the world.”. Dubbed the Montgomery Square, the memorial is dedicated to the activism against Jim Crow and segregation Black people in the...

Storms are expected in West Alabama this evening through overnight with damaging winds, hail, and possible tornadoes.

The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant funded through the Alabama Sheriff’s Association utilizing funds from the Opioid Settlement. Through the grant funding, the Sheriff’s Office was able to equip the patrol deputies with AED’s (Automated External...