Montgomery AL

Another late-night venue is on thin ice with the Montgomery City Council. This time, it’s 1048 Jazz & Blues on East Fairview Avenue.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — Montgomery’s oldest live music nightclub, 1048 Jazz and Blues, may be at risk of losing its liquor license following a series of complaints from residents about safety concerns and ongoing public nuisances. During a heated City Council meeting Tuesday night, several residents of the...

Tuskegee Airmen Fight Segregation at Freeman Field. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama preserves one of the most important but lesser-known acts of resistance in American military history. Inside Hangar 2, you’ll find exhibits about the Freeman Field Mutiny, where 101 Black officers risked their...

ATMORE, Ala. (WALA) - A Montgomery man is accused of using a drone to try and deliver drugs and phones to inmates at the Fountain Correctional Facility. According to court documents, 34-year-old Jesse Mainor was planning on using a drone to drop a package with 29 cell phones into the prison.

Residents have complained about loitering, trash, and loud music at Bar 1048, prompting city intervention.

Two people have been arrested in connection to multiple robberies in the past two months, according to the Montgomery Police Department. MPD says 20-year-old Najari Mitchell has been charged with seven counts of 1st-degree robbery in Montgomery. Additionally, police say 23-year-old Rayshon Hall has also been charged...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. The violence that awaited them shocked the nation and galvanized support for the passage...

ALABAMA — A teenager from Albertville was killed and two others injured Monday in a crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). The accident occurred around 5:58 p.m. on Pleasant Hill Road near Patterson Drive. A 2005 Honda CBR600 motorcycle left the roadway,...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — An inmate serving a 25-year sentence at William Donaldson Correctional Facility was found dead in his bunk Tuesday. Justin Marquez Johnson, 41, was found responsive by guards in his bunk, which was in an open dorm area. Johnson’s sentence was for a first-degree robbery conviction out...

The sponsor of Alabama’s law forbidding local governments from removing or renaming historical monuments is making another attempt to increase fines for cities and counties that do so. Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Cottondale, has pre-filed a bill that would increase the fine for violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation...