Montgomery AL

Vaping in public places and public meetings will be illegal in Alabama if a bill approved by the state Senate on Thursday becomes law. The bill by Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Cottondale, adds vaping to the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits smoking in public places, with a few exceptions, such as bars and lounges...

A Grandview Medical Center ER respiratory therapist/practitioner loses his son to gun violence. It's his connection to the past that's helping him learn to live with the grief. It was the 1960's. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth leading the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. Marches, prayer...

After serving two terms as a Morgan County commissioner, Stacey George spent more than a decade working inside Alabama’s prison system as a correctional officer. His firsthand experiences during more than 13 years on staff at Limestone Correctional Facility eventually led to his involvement with The Alabama Solution,...

Alabama Teacher of the Year Katie Collins was selected as one of five finalists for the 2026 National Teacher of the Year award. Collins is a first-grade teacher at Bluff Park Elementary School in Hoover and has been teaching for 21 years. In 2025, she was honored as Alabama Teacher...

Bill opposing Carbon Capture project for county meets delays. On January 21 House Bill 61 had its first committee hearing in the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee. The bill proposes an amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit injecting and storing nonhazardous chemicals into the ground...

Tucked away in Auburn, Alabama sits a brick building that doesn’t scream “destination dining” but perhaps it should. Sheila C’s Burger Barn might look modest from the outside, but locals will tell you those unassuming walls house french fry magic that has people crossing county lines just for a taste.

In the United States, mercury occupies a strange and troubling double status. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) treats it as a hazardous substance that must be tightly controlled, captured, and kept out of the environment. Yet the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to approve mercury-containing...

Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery has opened the highly-anticipated expansion of its emergency department. The $14 million expansion added over 11,000 square feet to the department which increases the health center’s treatment capacity from 53 to 83 rooms. Baptist Health says the new area could potentially...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - On a table in her home, Jeannine Lewis keeps photographs—images that tell the story of a life cut short. Each smile frozen in time, each memory preserved, represents her son Christopher Lamar Washington Jr., a 21-year-old with dreams, a bright future, and a family who loved him deeply.

It’s been a chilly week, but it may seem warm compared with what the National Weather Service is warning is headed this way this weekend. Another big winter storm will bring low chances for some snow (more on that below) and extremely cold temperatures to all of Alabama over the weekend.