Montgomery AL

Mayor Reed emphasizes the need for partnerships across various levels of government and community involvement to address the issue.

A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether the man is too mentally ill to be put to death. The judge temporarily stayed the Aug. 21 execution of David Lee Roberts until it can be established whether he has a “rational understanding” of what is to happen to him. “Or similarly put,...

Part of a $3 billion natural gas line project will be coming through the Black Belt starting in 2027 and bring workers and growth for industry. The South System Expansion 4 Project, or SSE4, calls for burying about 290 miles of natural gas pipeline from Clarke County, Mississippi, east to Augusta, Georgia. That route...

Two Alabama Department of Corrections employees – one a new hire and the other a trainee - were arrested this week on drug charges. One was arrested during a checkpoint near a north Alabama prison and the other was taken into custody after a search of his Montgomery County home turned up 5 pounds of marijuana.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – More than $50 million in federal education funds for Alabama that had been frozen for nearly a month were released Friday, according to a U.S. Department of Education statement shared with Alabama Daily News. “OMB has completed its review of Title I-C, Title II-A, Title III-A...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — News 5 Investigates claims that children in Alabama’s foster care system are being forced to sleep inside Department of Human Resources (DHR) offices, including in Mobile. A foster parent, who asked to remain anonymous, said she had heard about children staying overnight at the DHR office on...

MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) - The newly crowned Mrs. Alabama America 2025, Brianna Sistrunk, joined 48 Now to share her experience representing the state of Alabama and the city of Madison in a pageant. She’s now preparing to compete for the national title of Mrs. America with 53 other delegates from...

Bees are definitely dominating the news in Alabama this month for a few reasons. The first has to do with the sudden concern that many of our local honeybees are disappearing and dying at a time when they are critically needed to pollinate our planet. In the effort to provide...

An Alabama man was pronounced dead at the scene of a fatal collision with a semi on the Florida Turnpike. A 22-year-old male driver and a 23-year-old female passenger in a 2025 Hyundai Elantra were traveling on the Florida Turnpike south of Hancock Road near Minneola around 10:16 p.m. Thursday, according to a press...

A Wetumpka man had to be subdued as he was arrested July 6. The Wetumpka Police Department was called to Christy Court in reference to a domestic incident. While there, Kevin Carter, 44, of Wetumpka, became combative and officers tased him six times. “He appeared to be high on some...