Montgomery AL

The Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative commemorated Juneteenth with a choir concert. Hundreds of people gathered at EJI’s Peace and Justice Center Auditorium to listen to uplifting and powerful songs performed by the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers Choir. The celebration also featured remarks about the importance...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - For today, after morning fog burns off, sunny with temps in the low to mid 90s. Feels-like temps around 100 degrees. A Heat Advisory for counties along the Mississippi and Alabama state line for this afternoon. (Franklin, Colbert, Marion and Lauderdale) There is a slight chance of a...

The Alabama State Board of Education (ALSBOE) unanimously approved an emergency rule for paid parental leave for educators last week. The rule, as outlined by SB 199, sponsored by Sen. Vivian Figures, D-Mobile, allows public education employees to take eight weeks of paid leave after giving birth, having a stillbirth...

**Heat Advisory for parts of NW Alabama until 7 P.M. Sunday**. It has been a hot few days here in the Tennessee Valley, and that trend is expected to continue throughout the next week. There's also a chance of seeing some typical summertime afternoon showers each day. The heat will...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Top leaders from the state of Alabama are reacting to the news that the U.S. military has attacked three suspected nuclear sites in Iran:

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Nearly one week after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot, there are concerns about the safety of state leaders in Alabama. Lawmakers told me they will be more vigilant while using their voices in both chambers. Rep. Kenyatte Hassell (D-Montgomery) recalled the time he received a death threat...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Elevation Hotel and Convening Center is preparing to open its doors this September, offering visitors from around the world a new way to experience Montgomery. “We’re going to be offering something that is new and exciting and different, but with an amazing purpose behind it,”...

HOPE HULL, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Safari Park is welcoming a 6-foot-tall bundle of joy!. Gertie the giraffe is the first giraffe calf born at the safari park. Her mother, Greta, carried her for 15-17 months and finally gave birth to the baby on May 8. She weighed 115 pounds and stood 5’7″ at birth!

Millbrook police have arrested a Montgomery man for theft at a major retailer. Police Chief P.K. Johnson says on June 19, Millbrook police were notified by Walmart Loss Prevention staff members that 39-year-old Terrence Lamons, who was suspected in multiple theft cases at the store, was currently onsite. Johnson...

Alabama State University is mourning the passing of the assistant director of the Mighty Marching Hornets Band, Charles Goodwin, III. The 38-year-old ASU alumnus was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. While attending ASU, he played in the percussion section of the band and was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,...