Montgomery AL

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A widespread rain event was forecast to sweep across North and Central Alabama beginning Friday afternoon and intensifying through Friday night into Saturday sunrise, delivering half an inch to one inch of rainfall across communities near and south of Interstate 20 with no severe weather threat accompanying the system across the region.

As part of Global Youth Service Month, youth from Wetumpka joined the Elmore County Historical Society to help clean up the city cemetery.

When a parent is incarcerated, the sentence rarely ends with just one life. It’s a question most people don’t stop to ask, but one that quietly affects families across the country and here at home. What happens to the children left behind?. For some, the answer is a...

Sweet Creek Farm Market’s Reed Ingram joined us to discuss an event Saturday as the market marks its 10th anniversary.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Montgomery man is one of five finalists in a national business contest, and he needs your votes to win. Christopher Leonard, a Carver High School alum, started Miraculous Universal Development earlier this year in Montgomery. He entered Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of Impact” contest to help grow the business.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – CrimeStoppers is doubling the reward it’s offering in the hopes that someone will come forward with information to help police solve a cold case murder. CrimeStoppers is now offering a reward of $5,000 to solve the killing of Jonvonte Goode. As Action 8 News...

A woman faces multiple charges after law enforcement said she was found with a drone and drugs outside a North Alabama prison. Kaitlynn Leigh Danielle Watkins, 26, faces charges of drug trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and introduction of contraband into a facility via unmanned aircraft systems.

Johneil Steadman and Tapanga Steadman A Jackson County judge on Monday ensured a woman accused...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Under ordinary circumstances, the marijuana that law enforcement officers found in a Dodge Durango in 2024 likely would not have meant much prison time for Marcus Dewayne Cobbs Jr. Although the trafficking charge that prosecutors filed theoretically could have resulted in a life sentence, the actual...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – It’s time to once again lace up your running shoes for this year’s Memorial Day 5K in Pike Road. The 4th Annual Woodland Creek Memorial Day 5K will take place on Monday, May 25 at 8:00 a.m. at the clubhouse in the Woodland Creek neighborhood.