Woman injured in Monday afternoon shooting
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery police are investigating after a woman was shot Monday afternoon. MPD officers responded to the intersection of Oakleigh Road and Christy Lane just after 5 p.m. to a report of a person shot. At the scene, police found a woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
21 Snarky Sayings Alabamians Rely On to Hide an Insult
In Alabama and beyond, sarcasm is often a social shield. People use it to soften criticism, dodge awkward truths, or take a dig without sounding harsh. But let’s be honest… some phrases are just plain rude, no matter how you say them. “Must Be Nice”. This one sounds...
HBO Documentary Reveals Alabama Prison Horrors
With overcrowding and violence at alarming rates, Alabama's prisons are making headlines again. A new film captures the raw truths that demand our attention.
Closing Alabama’s Digital Divide: Six Years of Progress, and More to Come
On May 3, 2018, I stood in a warehouse at Tombigbee Electric Cooperative in Hamilton, Alabama, alongside Governor Kay Ivey and then–Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, to announce to Alabama and the rest of America the creation of the USDA’s ReConnect Program. That day marked the start of a new chapter in...
‘I miss my son everyday’: Family of 21-year-old Christopher Washington seeks justice
The family of Christopher Washington, a 21-year-old who was shot and killed last month in the parking lot of Citi Trends on East South Boulevard, is pleading for answers and justice. Vivian Turner, Washington's grandmother, described him as a loving and kind grandson. "He meant everything to me. He always...
Montgomery’s Alabama State to host groundbreaking YMCA facility
The facility is expected to open by late spring, with a full launch planned for the start of the fall semester next year.
There’s a solution to Montgomery’s crime problem
Everyone has an opinion on Montgomery’s crime problem. The “thugs” are out of control, they say. City leaders must do more, they say. That Black mayor needs to get his people under control, they say. The judges and cops need to stop coddling criminals and keep ‘em locked up, they say.
Rosa Parks wasn’t spontaneous at all: the Montgomery Bus Boycott strategy
Rosa Parks’ Arrest Sparks 381-Day Montgomery Boycott. Rosa Parks sat down and changed America on December 1, 1955. The seamstress said no when told to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest lit a fire. Black leaders quickly printed 35,000 flyers calling for a one-day bus...
Arrest made in case of man found dead on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery
A suspect has been charged in a homicide investigation after a man was found dead on Montgomery’s Dexter Avenue.
Montgomery mom’s plea for justice after son’s tragic death
The family of Christopher Washington, a 21-year-old who was shot and killed, is seeking justice and answers regarding his death.
