Montgomery AL

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday continued to highlight School Choice Week by introducing the Tran family who utilizes the CHOOSE Act, the governor’s education savings account, ESA, program. Parents Michael and Kieu Tran have two girls: McKenzie “Kenzie” in 3rd grade and Kylee in 2nd, both at Northside Methodist...

Officials in Alabama are saying a man was crushed not just once, but two times in the back of a garbage truck.

Alabama’s prison system isn’t just broken; it’s failing in ways that should alarm every voter, regardless of party. Overcrowding, violence, understaffing, and neglect have become the status quo. Correctional officers work in a state of constant fear. Families wait for loved ones who return more damaged than when they...

An extreme cold warning was released by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 11:24 p.m. valid for Saturday between midnight and noon for Fayette, Winston, Walker, Blount, Etowah, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Perry, Bibb, Chilton, Marengo, Dallas, Autauga and Lowndes...

There was more than $1.5 billion spent at south Mississippi casinos in 2025. I’m going to pause here and allow you to truly think about that. I hope, if you’re an Alabama lawmaker reading this, that you’re spending that moment thinking about the number of cars with Alabama license plates that are routinely parked in...

Preliminary data from an annual census shows the homeless population in the Montgomery area has risen significantly for the second consecutive year.

On Thursday at 9:09 a.m. an extreme cold watch was released by the National Weather Service valid from Saturday noon until Sunday noon for Coffee, Dale, Henry, Geneva and Houston counties. The weather service adds, "Dangerously cold wind chills between 5 and 15 degrees possible." "Frostbite and hypothermia could...

Millbrook firefighters are investigating a camper fire that claimed the life of a man. Capt. Doyle Campbell with Millbrook Fire Department tells Action 8 News that the fire happened around 12:48 p.m. Tuesday at the K and K Campground in the 1800 block of I-65 Service Road. Capt. Campbell says...

Legislators told an Alabama Department of Corrections official Wednesday that they were concerned by reports that inmates were not getting access to rehabilitation programs in a timely manner. Members of the Joint Prison Oversight Committee told M. Stanford Robinson, who oversees education, programs and reentry for...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAYS: First Alert Weather Days are in effect from Friday night through Sunday as temperatures fall to dangerous levels. Many locations will be at or below freezing through the day Saturday, with wind chills potentially dropping below zero. North Alabama could spend almost...