Preview: EMA search and rescue exercise
Updated: 1 min agoThe Jefferson County EMA is hosting several agencies for a combined disaster preparedness exercise.
Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
Updated: 8 mins agoA Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said.
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
Updated: 11 mins agoThe Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.
Homicide investigation launched in connection with Tuesday evening shooting
Updated: 22 mins agoThe investigation stems from a Tuesday evening shooting that left 27-year-old Lederious Peoples dead from a gunshot wound.
Preview: Cordova students sending t-shirts to OK tornado victims
Updated: 33 mins agoCordova Elementary students signed about one hundred t-shirts today to send to Oklahoma tornado victims.
Preview: AG warns of alarm system scam
Updated: 2 hours agoAttorney General Luther Strange and members of the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure, are warning consumers to be cautious of companies using scare tactics to pressure them into purchasing or upgrading security products that they may not need.
Preview: Birmingham mass transit moving to one location
Updated: 2 hours agoBirmingham City Council has approved a plan that will put the majority of the city mass transit in one location.
Talladega Storm Shelter
Updated: 13 hours agoA historic recreation center has been modified to serve as a temporary storm shelter during severe weather events, according to the Talladega City Manager Brian Muenger.
Rules of donating
Updated: 15 hours agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Storm survivors in Oklahoma are in need of just about anything and everything right now. The Monday tornado wiped out their homes, their cars, even their clothes and food.
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Astonishing radar images of the Moore tornado
Updated: 16 hours agoTwo and three dimensional radar views of the Moore tornado.
Ala. courts facing layoffs without extra money
Updated: 17 hours agoAlabama’s chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state’s new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature appropriated.
Shooting in Birmingham on Avenue T
Updated: 17 hours agoBirmingham Police responded to a shooting in Birmingham on the 1600 Block of Avenue T on Tuesday evening.
Cordova teacher preps students for severe weather with helmets
Updated: 17 hours agoCBS 42′s Kaitlin McCulley reports from Cordova, where one teacher is taking her students’ safety into her own hands.
Preview: Changes made to Bemiston Storm Shelter in Talladega
Updated: 16 hours agoA historic recreation center has been modified to serve as a temporary storm shelter during severe weather events, according to Talladega City Manager Brian Muenger.
“The Tag Bill” expected to shorten long lines at courthouses
Updated: 19 hours agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) – Relief for those long lines at Jefferson County courthouses is now just a pen stroke away.
A bill designed to streamline the process of vehicle registration is now waiting on the governor’s signature. HB… More »