ALABAMA: A State of Symbols
From a homegrown horse to homemade whiskey, a mammoth monster to a tiny butterfly, a fighting fish to a celebrated rock, Alabama is a land of symbols. Some are heroic, others are inspiring and a few take the cake. Actually, one is a cake. State Dessert: The Lane cake. In...
Expanding school choice options in Alabama
National School Choice Week is an annual awareness campaign that highlights K-12 educational options for families beyond the traditional public school system.
5 Best New Restaurants in Montgomery that Locals Swear By
Montgomery has moved beyond being just a government town with meat‑and‑three staples. In recent years, new and revitalized restaurants have leaned into Southern ingredients, modern techniques, and creative twists on comfort food. The spots below highlight that newer wave; be sure to verify hours and current menus...
Montgomery’s Foster Grandparents program helps inspire kids reading
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new volunteer program is seeking people 55 and older to help Montgomery students with their reading skills. The Foster Grandparents Program, which started nationwide about 60 years ago, is just getting started in Montgomery. Volunteers work with children from K4 through 5th grade for about...
Prattville 6-foot-6 wide receiver sees recruitment catch fire
Deshawn Hall has seen his recruitment catch fire with recent offers coming his way from Florida, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Missouri and several others. Hall attends Prattville High School in Alabama. He holds previous offers from Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. He considers all of the...
This Down-Home Restaurant In Alabama Serves Up The Best Oysters You’ll Ever Taste
Alabama’s Gulf Coast hides culinary treasures that locals guard with fierce pride, and De Soto’s Seafood Kitchen in Gulf Shores stands as a testament to seafood done right—particularly their oysters, which might just ruin you for all other bivalves. The first time you bite into one of...
Extreme Cold, Possible Snow Showers Projected in Alabama Saturday through Monday
Saturday through Monday are First Warning Impact Days due to a prolonged stretch of dangerously cold temperatures weather, hard freezes and some light snow. SATURDAY: Dangerously cold. Temperatures plunge into the 10s with a northwest wind gusting as high as 40 miles per hour. That wind will be dropping the wind...
Snow Showers This Morning, Ver…
Watch the Alabama Weather Network Team LIVE as they bring the most up to date information of the snow this morning!. Light snow showers fall across the northern and central parts of the state this morning. Southern Alabama is cloudy but dry. Temperatures sit in the upper teens in the north, the mid to upper 20s in...
Millbrook crash at Highway 14 intersection leaves one dead, another critically injured
On Friday, January 30, 2026, at approximately 3:23 PM, Millbrook police and fire rescue units responded to a traffic collision at Highway 14 and Grandview Road. According to witness statements, officers learned that a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck was traveling westbound on Highway 14, approaching the intersection...
Doug Jones pushes state lottery as Alabama campaign priority, weighs in on Tuberville residency
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones outlined his vision for Alabama's future during a keynote address at the North Alabama Black Realtist Association gala in Huntsville, emphasizing economic development, healthcare expansion, and constitutional accountability. Jones, who served as the event's...

















