Crisis prevention and de-escalation training will inform Morgan Co. Sheriff's Office employees how to better handle people struggling with mental health.
The North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments announced Wednesday Hulaco has been awarded a $74,944 grant from the federal Pre-Disaster Mitigation program to help pay for the shelter.
Dr. Karen Landers with the Alabama Department of Public Health says the contractor was set up with 100 lines and 165 people to answer those calls, but she recognizes it’s not enough.
A Morgan county man is currently facing 17 counts of various firearm and weapons charges following the January 6th violence at the U.S. Capitol building.
The Community Action Partnership of North Alabama announce families in Cullman, Lawrence and Morgan County may qualify for a one-time $1,000 payment to their utility providers.
Blakely is accused of taking money from his election campaign funds, taking money from Limestone County funds, and using his position to obtain interest free loans.
“This COVID stuff is real. It is real. And I’ll tell you now, I was the one taking it lightly at first. Once it got to the point it was attacking my baby’s heart and lungs and he cant help himself. That’s when I was like ok, people have to know about this.”
Thousands of inmates who are waiting to serve time in state prisons are currently staying in local jails. This is a normal process, but now moving those inmates to state custody is taking longer due to COVID-19.
All eyes are on Congressman Mo Brooks after a speech he made at a Save America rally on Wednesday. WAFF spoke with Brooks in a live interview about the riots, watch it here.
Priceville Police Department leaders are urging homeowners associations to consider security equipment that uses real time license plate readers to stop crime.
In August of 2020, new details in a sex case were revealed in court involving a Huntsville defense contractor, Grady Gaston. Today, Madison County Investigators arrested Gaston on a 75 count indictment involving multiple sex crimes.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: NBC News covered special programming of events at the Capitol today. So, the regularly scheduled Wednesday programming is expected to air next week.