Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 12:34 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Gov. Kay Ivey extended Alabama’s safer at home order Tuesday morning, but she also wants students to return to school this fall.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
State senators and state education department officials clashed in a contentious board meeting Tuesday.
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris spoke Thursday afternoon about the state of hospitals in Montgomery, which Mayor Steven Reed says are at a “critical point.”
Updated: Mar. 24, 2020 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Gov. Kay Ivey and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris spoke to media by phone Tuesday afternoon about the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2020 at 3:56 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Gov. Kay Ivey was confronted Thursday afternoon for an execution carried out last week.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2020 at 8:59 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Montgomery County school board member Jannah Bailey made a passionate plea for increased funding for the school system.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2020 at 4:01 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed spoke Wednesday afternoon about the city’s recently passed occupational tax ordinance.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2020 at 3:24 PM CST
|By Holley Long
A finalist on the reality TV show “The Bachelor” returned to Auburn for the late-in-season hometown date.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2020 at 2:47 PM CST
|By Holley Long
A bill that would stall Montgomery’s efforts to implement an occupational tax has passed in a state Senate committee.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM CST
|By Holley Long
The 24th season of “The Bachelor” premiered Monday, with 30 women competing for the heart of 28-year-old Peter Weber. Among the contestants is an Auburn woman, and she’s already proving to be a front-runner.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2019 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
The Montgomery County Board of Education considered a proposal to convert some Montgomery Public School facilities into charter schools at Tuesday night’s meeting. The school board approved the application for the proposal.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2019 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
We’re learning more about a Montgomery Pride United event, that was reportedly shut down Saturday night, from someone inside the event at the time.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:20 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A Montgomery Pride United event was reportedly shut down after an inspection by law enforcement Saturday night.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2019 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Retired Appellate Judge Samuel Henry Welch, Jr. has been appointed to preside over the trial of a Montgomery police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Gregory Gunn.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2019 at 6:23 PM CST
|By Holley Long
One of the victims in a deadly tornado was Alabama author Charlotte Miller, who lived and worked in Lee County.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2019 at 11:04 AM CST
|By Holley Long
WSFA 12 News sat down with Richard Cohen, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who spoke about the tracking of hate crimes in Alabama.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2019 at 9:29 AM CST
|By Holley Long
One mother learned firsthand the dangers online when her daughter entered the world of social media.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2019 at 9:29 AM CST
|By Holley Long
A report by the National Institute of Health shines a light on how age differences between partners affects the younger person in the relationship.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2019 at 6:49 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Legislation that supporters say would help narrow the gender-wage gap is being reintroduced in congress.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2018 at 3:30 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Of the 13 priests, deacons and brothers accused who served in central Alabama, eight are deceased and five of the accused include those who served in Montgomery, including two who served through Maxwell Air Force Base.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2018 at 2:56 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Germaine Moore, 45, was sentenced for three counts of production of child pornography.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2018 at 9:35 AM CDT
|By Holley Long
Maxwell Air Force Base will receive $18 million from the United States Air Force to build a new air traffic control tower facility.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2018 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Four Montgomery teenagers have been charged with 31 felonies that took place over the course of nearly three weeks, according to law enforcement.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2018 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Election Day is less than three weeks away, and Montgomery residents may be able to cast their votes quicker than in years past.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2018 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
One gubernatorial candidate holds a strong stance on public safety, and if elected he has a plan to combat the issue.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2018 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
The immunity hearing for Montgomery Police Officer Aaron Cody Smith, who is charged with murder for the death of Gregory Gunn in 2016, has ended with a judge denying the officer immunity.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2018 at 7:02 AM CDT
|By Holley Long
Montgomery police officer Aaron "Cody" Smith is set to stand trial in August for the shooting death of Montgomery resident Gregory Gunn, but before that he will go to an immunity hearing, during which his defense team will attempt to prove he acted in self-defense.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2018 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Hackers, many of them Russian, attempted to hack into the Tabitha Isner campaign website, according to the campaign.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2018 at 8:47 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
City of Montgomery retirees will not have their health benefits changed after a Montgomery City Council meeting got heated.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2018 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A Montgomery judge has swiftly dismissed challenger Troy King's lawsuit against Attorney General Steve Marshall over contributions he received from the Republican Attorneys General Association.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2018 at 8:18 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Troy King has filed a lawsuit against the Steve Marshall campaign, requesting a temporary restraining order to try and stop Marshall from spending money King says was illegally taken from a political action committee.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2018 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A diving crew in Thailand had to go three miles into a cave, swimming through narrow passages, and sometimes essentially rock climbing underwater to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2018 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Traffic was slow mooooving for a bit in Montgomery after three cows escaped a cattle truck on Interstate 65 South.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2018 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A fox is being tested for rabies after biting a Slocomb resident Wednesday.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2018 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A house in Elmore County caught fire Sunday afternoon, Wetumpka Fire Chief Greg Willis confirmed.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2018 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Reporter Rosanna Smith talked to Montgomery counselor Sandra Segall about the dangers of micro-cheating for couples, and the signs they should look for to know their significant other is being unfaithful, but we decided to dive deeper. We wanted to know what the third party, the person being cheated with, should do in the situation.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2018 at 7:58 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A mother is grieving after her daughter was found murdered in Butler County.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2018 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Sen. Doug Jones will cosponsor legislation that would halt the separation of immigrant families at the U.S. border, Jones announced Sunday.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2018 at 8:25 AM CDT
|By Holley Long
The Equal Justice Initiative opened a new bookstore and cafe in Montgomery.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2018 at 8:07 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A vacant house caught fire in Bullock County Sunday night.
Updated: May. 29, 2018 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
Karen Smith and Jennifer Cambas have been friends since they were in the fourth grade, trading letters, photos and gifts, but until recently, the two had never met in person.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2018 at 10:14 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
On Thursday, EJI will open its Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice to the public. Journalists from around the country were granted the opportunity Monday to tour both the museum and the memorial ahead of the grand opening.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2018 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Holley Long
A civilian and a Montgomery firefighter were injured in a house fire Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2018 at 5:41 AM CST
|By Holley Long
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has canceled a missing child alert for a Uniontown teen.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2018 at 4:39 PM CST
|By Holley Long
A six-year-old boy is spending his Valentine's Day raising money for broken hearts.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2018 at 6:19 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Charges have been filed against Germaine Moore, who was arrested Tuesday in connection with a viral video showing the sexual assault of a child.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2018 at 4:09 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Germaine Moore, the man who police believe sexually assaulted a young girl in a video that went viral on social media, has been taken into custody.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2018 at 2:00 PM CST
|By Holley Long
A situation at Lee High School in Montgomery led to several students and two parents being placed in custody Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2018 at 10:10 PM CST
|By Holley Long
Gov. Kay Ivey gave her first State of the State address Tuesday evening. As she took the stage, she recognized the transformation in the state's government since the early days of 2017.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2017 at 3:40 AM CST
|By Holley Long
One of Roy Moore's accusers, Beverly Young Nelson, and her attorney Gloria Allred held a news conference Friday to discuss the yearbook they say Moore signed.