Montgomery AL

Montgomery, Ala. (WDNews) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined 16 other state attorneys general in backing South Carolina’s law that limits public schools from teaching what they describe as “racially or sexually divisive ideologies.”. “Public schools are funded by the public to serve the public’s...

Expect to see more and more tiny birds, with fast wings, long beaks, and bright red throat patches, starting next week and into the fall. You’ll find them at feeders, in backyards, and around flowers. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the only species of hummingbirds that breed in Alabama, and in...

If there's one thing college students are known for, it's that they love a cheap meal. They can get creative and turn a microwave into a multicooker that can churn out everything from scrambled eggs to brownies. Some folks get fancy and use electric kettles for pastas, and others sneak illicit hot plates into their...

A man connected to the attempted kidnapping of a juvenile at the Boy’s Store in Slapout pleaded guilty to illegal reentry in federal court in April. According to 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney C.J. Robinson, Yordy Noe Centeno-Melchor, 31, was arrested in January for attempting to kidnap a 17-year-old female.

Thank you to all of our viewers throughout the state who have supported us during the last several months - and especially to those who have recently become new members or increased your contributions, despite your own financial challenges. This is a difficult moment in the history of public broadcasting....

Montgomery Public Schools is welcoming two familiar faces to its Communications Department. Lawmaker prefiles bill to expand use of death penalty. Rep. Matt Simpson (R-District 96) has prefiled House Bill 20, which calls for an expansion of possible capital punishment cases. WSFA says goodbye to Monae Stevens....

Another heat wave is expected across Alabama next week, and it could bring the hottest temperatures of the year to the state, according to forecasters. Temperatures are expected to start rising again by Sunday, and the heat wave could peak by Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The much-above-average...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) -Supposedly near death, prison officials sent Billy Ray Marchman home to spend his last days. Six years later, Marchman is still alive, back in prison, and on the verge of being freed again. He is serving 99 years for the 2004 murder of his wife, Pamela Stewart...

I guess I’m gonna have to get frozen yogurt for the next few weeks and that just makes me sad. It’s summer in Alabama and it’s nearly 200° and you could literally bake a cake inside any vehicle parked outside during the day. The one thing...

Attorneys who have been paid millions of dollars by the state of Alabama defending the Department of Corrections were kicked off a federal case for misconduct in an order handed down by a federal judge this week. The order came after a hearing in which attorneys were questioned by the...