Montgomery AL

ALABAMA — A narcotics investigation in Cherokee County resulted in the execution of a search warrant and the arrest of two people Monday in Sand Rock, authorities said. According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and investigators, assisted by the Leesburg Police Department, conducted a search at a...

ALABAMA — Six people — including four adults and two juveniles — were arrested Feb. 27 in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins at apartment complexes in Opelika. According to the Opelika Police Department, officers responded around 4:52 a.m. to a report of two men breaking into a truck at The Austin...

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (WIAT) — In 2012, Safiyah Yazeed wrote a letter to Montgomery District Court Judge Sharon Yates about her son, Ibraheem. At the time, the then-22-year-old man had been charged with trying to kill a police officer by ramming the car he was in with his own car. It wasn’t the first time Ibraheem […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A Candidate for the Alabama House Representatives, District 82, is continuing to run for office following recent charges with arson in the Opelika daycare fires. On Tuesday night, Opelika police arrested 51-year-old, Terrence Kareem Johnson, on two counts of second-degree arson. RELATED: Third...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An Alabama man serving a life sentence at Donaldson Correctional Facility died at the prison last week. 78-year-old Donald Jackson was found unresponsive in his bed around 12:10 a.m. on February 27. Jackson was pronounced dead roughly an hour later. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office...

I have seen three executions. I hope I never see a fourth. Capital punishment is violence. But the state does all it can to conceal that fact. The viewing areas outside the death chamber are still and silent. Bright light floods the small room where people die. The warden pronouncing the sentence speaks in clipped,...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama House committee on Wednesday approved legislation to require the state’s public health department to inspect both jails and prisons to ensure they meet standards for sanitary conditions. SB 84, sponsored by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, mandates that the Alabama Department of Public...

Humidity rarely feels temporary, even after a storm passes in Alabama. Moisture lingers in the air long after the clouds clear. Windows fog. Soil stays damp. Air conditioners run late into the evening. In that steady warmth, small insects find opportunity. They appear first near sinks. Then near houseplants. Then...

The federal government will offer “significant relocation bonuses” for U.S. Space Command civilians to move from Colorado to Alabama, Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, who heads the command, said. Air & Space Forces Magazine reports that Whiting made the remarks during a warfare symposium in Aurora, Colorado, on Tuesday.

A total of 38 teenagers will compete for the title of Miss Alabama’s Teen this weekend at Thompson High School in Alabaster. (See their names and photos in the gallery above.) The competition, which is affiliated with Miss Alabama, is set for March 7-8 at the school’s performing arts...