Montgomery AL

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday aimed at improving safety on Alabama’s highways by requiring certain commercial vehicle operators to meet federal work-authorization and communication standards. The law requires commercial driver’s license holders operating in Alabama who have a...

Sometimes the best meals in life require a little adventure, and Rattlesnake Saloon in Tuscumbia proves that point better than just about anywhere else in Alabama. This isn’t your typical restaurant where you pull up, park, and walk through a front door like a civilized human being. No, this...

Almost one year ago, an Alabama dentist was captured on surveillance video setting fire to his dental office in Evergreen, triggering an explosion that destroyed the building and slightly injured the dentist. Last week, Dr. Douglas P. O’Connor was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He will likely serve three...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A local defense attorney and others throughout the state weigh in on the big decision to spare a death row inmate’s life. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a man who had been on death row for 34 years and was two days away from execution.

The Equal Justice Initiative announced a new legacy site is open in Montgomery paying homage and celebrating the decade long civil rights movement in Alabama that “changed the world.”. Dubbed the Montgomery Square, the memorial is dedicated to the activism against Jim Crow and segregation Black people in the...

Storms are expected in West Alabama this evening through overnight with damaging winds, hail, and possible tornadoes.

The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant funded through the Alabama Sheriff’s Association utilizing funds from the Opioid Settlement. Through the grant funding, the Sheriff’s Office was able to equip the patrol deputies with AED’s (Automated External...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a man critically injured on Monday. A police spokeswoman said officers were called to the 6700 block of Canter Trail around 5:30 p.m. They found a man at the scene with life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound. He...

Last week, Taiwanese auto supplier Minth announced plans to invest some $430 million to breathe new life into a century-old steel mill site in Alabama. The Minth Group is a massive company with nearly 28,000 global employees spanning 78 plants, making trim and structural automotive parts. The company says it is the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Tallahassee, Florida – Residents across the Florida Panhandle and southeast Alabama could be jolted awake by strong thunderstorms late tonight as a fast-moving storm line pushes through the region, bringing...