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After weeks of low COVID-19 numbers, numerous Alabama counties are now labeled as having “high” community transmission of the virus.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 4:38 PM CDT
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Montgomery police say a missing 17-year-old has been found safe.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 1:31 PM CDT
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Montgomery police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 16-year-old.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 6:29 PM CDT
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David Kyle, the convicted murderer who walked off an assigned job site in Montgomery in late April, only to be recaptured more than a week later, has been transferred to a new, maximum-security prison.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 1:35 PM CDT
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Those seeking to see who is on the ballot and any local referendums can access their county’s sample ballot to review it ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT
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An Alabama man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he shot his father multiple times.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 6:14 AM CDT
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Ex-Montgomery officer Aaron “Cody” Smith reported to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Detention Facility around midnight Monday to serve his 14 years in prison.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 10:36 PM CDT
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Montgomery police have opened a homicide investigation after someone was fatally shot Monday afternoon at an area retail store.
Updated: May. 8, 2022 at 9:29 PM CDT
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The Montgomery Police Department and Central Alabama CrimeStoppers have confirmed that a 10-year-old boy at the center of a missing child alert has been located.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 7:45 PM CDT
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Two people have been charged in a deadly shooting in Goodwater Thursday, Coosa County Sheriff’s deputies say.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT
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A woman in Alabama has been charged with helping a convicted murderer escape custody, according to court documents.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 10:28 PM CDT
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A woman has been charged with helping a convicted murderer escape custody, according to court documents.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
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Three women facing felony child abuse charges in an ongoing investigation into a Prattville day care center are now being held at the Autauga County Metro Jail.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 10:21 AM CDT
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Alabama lawmakers are reacting after a leaked draft opinion of the United State Supreme Court’s justices suggested Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion, could be overturned.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 4:53 PM CDT
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A convicted murderer serving a 99-year sentence has been recaptured more than a week after leaving his assigned job location in Montgomery, according to a statement released by a north Alabama sheriff’s office.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 11:11 AM CDT
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Montgomery police have charged a woman in connection to a shooting that left one dead and two injured early Sunday morning.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 10:24 AM CDT
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A man is dead after he went overboard a boat on Lake Martin Saturday afternoon, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 9:21 PM CDT
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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has canceled a missing alert out of Montgomery.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 2:10 PM CDT
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A 16-year-old was arrested and charged with murder after a student was stabbed at an Alabama high school.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 12:48 PM CDT
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David is 49-years-old and described as being 5 foot 11 inches and approximately 190 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 12:16 PM CDT
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The Alabama Department of Corrections continues to search for a convicted murderer who escaped from his work-release location Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 10:52 AM CDT
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The first construction contract related to Alabama’s $1.3 billion prison plan has been signed.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:25 PM CDT
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“Having encountered the utter darkness of the opioid crisis at my own doorstep,” Steve Marshall explained in announcing the settlements, “this is one of my most meaningful accomplishments as your Attorney General.”
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:01 PM CDT
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It’s not over. That was the message Monday by plaintiffs who abruptly withdrew their lawsuits challenging Alabama’s new law that bans treatment of transgender youth.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 12:33 PM CDT
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The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a woman following a string of armed robberies that happened in less than 30 minutes Wednesday morning.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 9:02 AM CDT
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Auburn has advanced to Saturday’s NCAA Championship finals in gymnastics.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 4:37 PM CDT
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Officials say 2-month-old Messiah Richards was abducted.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
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Alabama ranks 47th in the country for overall child well-being. That’s according to the 2021 Kids Count data book. The study does show positive movement in the state but also things that need more attention.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 9:53 AM CDT
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Alabama State Health Officer Scott Harris has spent more than two years discussing COVID-19. On Wednesday, he confirmed he’s tested positive for it.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
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The Opelika Police Department provided an update Tuesday on the shooting death of a 13-year-old old, confirming the Monday afternoon death “was an unfortunate accident.”
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 12:39 PM CDT
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Hyundai is about to mark the beginning of electric vehicle production in the United States.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:57 PM CDT
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Gov. Kay Ivey has signed Senate Bill 171, also called the Alabama Numeracy Act, into law.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:22 PM CDT
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Tuesday’s severe weather caused damage in multiple areas of central and south Alabama.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 2:32 PM CDT
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A Birmingham area man has been arrested and charged in connection with two woods fires that were set in Elmore County.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 4:59 PM CDT
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Mo Brooks is reacting to news that former President Donald Trump has rescinded his coveted endorsement as the north Alabama congressman battles for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate run.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:41 PM CDT
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Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock issued an apology Tuesday following months of contention with the city council and a domestic violence incident involving his wife that led to his arrest.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 11:10 AM CDT
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The birth is of significant importance because pygmy hippos are classified are an endangered species, and males are rarer than females.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 4:11 PM CDT
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The victim in a fatal shooting Friday night has been identified as a player on the Tuskegee Golden Tigers’ football team.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 7:53 PM CDT
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This is the 49th year the Forney Saddle Club has made the 200-mile trek on horseback from Cherokee County to Montgomery for the rodeo.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 10:01 AM CDT
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Montgomery police have charged a suspect in the slaying of 3-year-old Ja’Seyon Green.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
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Deputies dispatched to a church alarm notification quickly found a shattered glass door and a couple of wild animals, literally.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By John Shryock and WSFA 12 News Staff
Life can come at you fast, or in the case of a turtle looking to cross a busy Alabama highway, very slow. The story could only get more folksy if a police officer and a preacher were to happen onto the scene. That’s exactly what happened.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 6:00 PM CST
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Alabama stands to receive billions of dollars in federal defense funding after the U.S. Senate Friday passed Fiscal Year 2022 spending bills.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 10:21 PM CST
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The State of Alabama made a major economic announcement Thursday in connection to a massive facility in Wetumpka that’s been vacant for nearly a decade.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 2:09 PM CST
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Residents in Barbour County are cleaning up after severe storms moved through the area Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 5:23 PM CST
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The suspect in a deadly shooting at the Tallassee Corporate Park Friday morning had his initial court appearance Tuesday where prosecutors say he confessed
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 11:23 AM CST
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An Alabama woman stepped onto the stage and proceeded to blow away all three judges during Sunday night’s airing of “American Idol” on ABC, and she did it with one of the judges’ own songs.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 2:47 PM CST
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Several guests at the Montgomery Zoo had to be rescued by the fire department after a mishap with the skylift attraction.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2022 at 6:00 PM CST
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Hundreds gathered to walk over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. People have traveled from across the county just to be in Selma.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 4:06 PM CST
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Former Montgomery police officer Aaron Cody Smith’s bond has been revoked.