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Alabama football fan poll: Who is Alabama football's biggest rival?
With Southeastern Conference Media Days wrapping up last week in Dallas, all eyes now turn to the looming college football season. The now 16-team SEC took center stage as coaches and players had the chance to talk about their teams ahead of games being played next month. The SEC welcomes Texas and Oklahoma into the league from the Big 12.
ADT’s Stars on the Riverfront moves location due to inclement weather
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Dance Theatre’s beloved Stars on the Riverfront performance has been moved to a new location. Sunday night’s show has been moved to ADT’s studio located at 1018 Madison Avenue due to rain. The show is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Alabama Crimson Tide 2024 Depth Chart: Key Players Revealed & Talent Analyzed
The Alabama Crimson Tide football team, led by new head coach Kalen Deboer, is gearing up for fall camp, facing the challenge of determining the depth chart in a more transparent manner than under former coach Nick Saban. 41 days until the Crimson Tide's kickoff against Western Kentucky. Returning starter...
In wake of assassination attempt, Alabama GOP leaders coalesce behind Trump at RNC
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A number of leading Republican figures from Alabama participated in the Republican National Convention this past week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and all shared a similar message: that the Republican Party was wholly unified behind now-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. That wasn’t necessarily the case seven years...
Local athletes compete in AHSAA All-Star Week
Briarwood’s Taylor Leib (10) dribbles the ball during the Class 6A girls championship game against Mountain Brook at John Hunt Park in Huntsville on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Briarwood fell to Mountain Brook 2-0. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney. The Alabama High School Athletic Association held its annual All-Star...
Major reductions in prescription drug prices for some with Medicare could raise premiums
Significant changes in prescription drug prices for people with Medicare in Alabama will soon become a reality saving them hundreds of dollars, but the difference could be made up elsewhere prompting a potential spike in their monthly premiums.
Two juvenile males arrested in Montgomery murder
Montgomery police say two juvenile males are now in custody for the murder of a man earlier this week. Sgt. Ernestina McGriff tells Action 8 News that the 16-year-old suspects, of Lowndes County, are charged with Capital Murder in the July 18th shooting death of 21-year-old Hector Bamaca Yoc, of Montgomery.
AHSAA moves basketball regional back to ASU while keeping one at Garrett
Alabama High School Athletic Association officials announced on Friday they would be placing a basketball regional back at Alabama State’s Dunn-Oliver Acadome. The regionals that had been previously held at the Acadome from 2007-2020 that later moved to Birmingham’s Bill Harris Arena will be returning to Montgomery, along with the regional that has been held at Garrett Coliseum the past six years.
Prattville Founders’ Day celebration brings history to life
The Autauga County Heritage Association beat the rain and hosted the annual Founders Day celebration at Pratt Cemetery. Daniel Pratt, the man and myth that shaped and paved the way for Prattville to become the city it is today. Pratt was one of the first to establish an industrial village in the state of Alabama, and the one who introduced the industrial revolution to Alabama and the southern U.S.
Anglers hit the Dauphin Island coast for 91st annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WKRG) — Friday wrapped up the first day of anglers fishing off Dauphin Island hoping to reel in a prized catch. Big fish, small fish, redfish, and even a “big black fish” all pulled out of the gulf for the 91st annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. The rodeo had an estimated […]
Man shot to death at gas station outside Walmart in Birmingham
A man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in a gas station outside two busy east Birmingham shopping areas. Birmingham police Saturday night identified the slain man as Richard Allen Judkins. He was 54 and lived in Birmingham. About 4:45 p.m, a man walked up to a sergeant at the...
Wetumpka art legend Don Sawyer dies
Look anywhere in Wetumpka and there is Don Sawyer’s mark — the Hollywood Fish. Almost always on a yellow background, the fish is wearing sunglasses and grinning to the world. Look close enough, and you’re likely to find a cross and a church in the painting. Those paintings will now stand as memories as Sawyer died Friday after a battle with cancer.
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