Montgomery AL

More than 700,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table. In Jefferson County that number is 86,318 according to the latest numbers from Alabama Department of Human Resources. Uneeko Hall is one of those people. She said the pause in SNAP assistance happened at the worst possible time with the...

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed co-hosts the Black Economic Alliance Foundation's “Architects of Change” Salon. Following several days of pushback, Donald Watkins Jr. has withdrawn his name to be Montgomery’s next director for small and minority business development. The decision comes after the Montgomery Personnel...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - WSFA 12 News is mourning the loss of our news director, longtime co-worker, and friend, Desmond Wingard, who died on Oct. 30 following a battle with cancer. Des, as we called him, was young, just 46-years-old. But he spent more than half of his life in...

ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - With less than a week remaining until a polarizing vote, residents of Elmore County are weighing the “Enhance Elmore” plan, a crucial initiative aimed at addressing critical infrastructure needs, most notably the severe overcrowding at the county jail. The overcrowding crisis at Elmore...

A Selma man is dead after a shooting Tuesday night near a Selma public housing complex. Chief Kenta Fulford says officers responded to reports of a gunshot victim near GWC Homes at around 8 at night. When officers arrived they found a man with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. Fulford...

Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board are considering new alcohol-related restrictions and public safety measures following the October 4 downtown Montgomery shootings that left multiple people injured and prompted renewed concerns over nightlife safety in the state’s capital city. In a...

An Alabama man who made multiple “swatting” calls to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office in August was arrested. Korey Flood Sr., 25, of Mobile was arrested and transported to Lafourche Parish last week. In August 2025, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office received several unusual calls for service,...

Ground was broken Wednesday on the Chop House in Town Madison. It will be the steakhouse restaurant’s first location in Alabama. It will be located across from BJ’s Wholesale Club on Graphics Drive on the west side of Town Madison. According to The Chop House website, the restaurant...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A judge today denied a request by a defense lawyer to grant bond to a teenager charged with murder and assault in connection to an April shooting at Herndon-Sage Park. The defendants in that case have been held without bail under Aniah’s Law. The shooting,...

Laredo, Texas – Two Alabama men are facing serious federal charges after allegedly trafficking over 300 firearms, ammunition, and gun accessories across the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Emilio Ramirez Cortes, 48, a legal U.S. resident originally from Mexico, and his son, Edgar...