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Montgomery police have made an arrest in a fatal shooting. Police say they’ve charged 25-year-old Desmond Lowe, Jr., with murder. He lives in the Cecil community in eastern Montgomery County. Police say he is charged with killing 28-year-old Donald Bell, Jr. of Montgomery. Police say Bell was shot Saturday...

A suspect is in custody in the weekend shooting death of another man in Montgomery. Police early Tuesday announced the arrest of Desmond Lowe Jr. The 25-year-old Cecil man is charged with murder in the slaying of Donald Bell Jr. Police and fire medics were dispatched at 9:12 p.m. Saturday...

Montgomery police need your help finding the suspect in a business burglary. Police say the burglary happened at a business in the 3800 block of East South Boulevard, which is near the Troy Highway/McGehee Road intersection. The burglary happened Friday, May 19. Investigators say the suspect forcibly entered, stole property...

Small forward Liam McNeeley of the 2024 class released his top schools’ list on Saturday. Alabama made the cut as a finalist to land his commitment. McNeeley is a native of Richardson, Texas but plays for Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. The school is known for generating some of the nation’s top talent.

Montgomery police have launched a homicide investigation following a man’s shooting death. Police say at about 9:12PM yesterday, 28-year-old Donald Bell of Montgomery was shot in the 700 block of N. University Drive, near Alabama State University. He was pronounced dead. Capt. Jarrett Williams says the circumstances surrounding this...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A brand new neighborhood officially breaks ground in Pike Road Tuesday. Kinsley is a 577-acre master-planned community built around a 16-acre lake. It’s in the McDade community of Pike Road, not far from where the town plans to build its new high school. The Kinsley...

While all eyes are on the July 7-9 grand opening of phase 1 — the two artificial river channels for rafting and kayaking — a Montgomery Whitewater leader's thoughts are never far from the next phase among acres leading to the Alabama River. Development is coming to that...

The nation’s highest court won’t review the case of an Alabama woman awaiting execution for killing two children over a decade ago. Heather Leavell-Keaton, 35, is on death row at Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka. She has been there for the past seven years after being convicted of capital murder in 2015.

A Tennessee woman who allegedly paid a “hitman for hire” website on the dark web to kill her perceived romantic rival in Prattville, Ala., complained to the site administrator that the hit was taking too long to complete, an investigator said in court documents.   Melody Sasser was arrested in May and charged with murder for hire. She’s accused of targeting a woman in Prattville who had recently married a man Sasser had met on Match.com. ...

Christopher Arias is ready to make a lot of dough in Montgomery, now that a grand opening for Crumbl Cookies in Zelda Place is set for June 9. Come inside and you can watch it happen. “They’ll see us mixing the dough, shaping the dough, and baking it, obviously,” said...

A 28-year-old Montgomery man died Saturday night from a gunshot wound, according to Montgomery police, one of three separate shooting cases reported that day. Authorities are conducting a homicide investigation in the death of Donald Bell, who was found at 9:32 p.m. at the 700 block of North University Drive by MPD and fire medics. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Students at Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery came up with potential recipes and picked the winner: Mary Claire Cook's Yellowhammer. Its ingredients include pecans and oats.

The fire truck's ladder stretched to the sky outside city hall on Monday morning. A huge American flag flew from its top. Inside, the community gathered to pray for the five Montgomery firefighters who were injured in the May 14 fire as well as the two people who died following the tragedy.

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has opened a free clinic in Montgomery providing primary care to Alabamians released from jail or prison. The nonprofit, known for its legal assistance to incarcerated people over the last three decades, opened the clinic earlier this year. It also plans to send a mobile clinic around the state this […] The post Equal Justice Initiative launches clinic to provide care for formerly incarcerated Alabamians appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

Montgomery police say an officer was injured during a chase involving a suspected stolen car. Capt. Jarrett Williams says at about 3:37 this afternoon, patrol officers observed a stolen vehicle in the area of Carmichael Road and Eastern Boulevard. Williams says after a short chase, the suspect vehicle collided with...

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Proceeds from the cook-off go towards Selma tornado relief. With school being out, more high school and college students will be on the road enjoying the summer. This was the second event of the weekend sponsored by the Office of Violence Prevention. MPD officer injured in high speed chase, suspect...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Friday afternoon, June 2, Gov. Kay Ivey officially declared the Yellowhammer Cookie as Alabama’s state cookie. Fourth grader Mary Claire Cook, from Montgomery, presented a batch of the special cookies to Gov. Ivey who personally tasted and approved them. The Yellowhammer Cookie includes pecans and...

LSU hosted Alabama commitment Sterling Dixon for another unofficial visit, trying to stay in the mix for the Mobile Christian (Ala.) star.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - More than 35 homicides have happened in Montgomery in the first six months of 2023, and Montgomery Police say more than 20 cases have been solved. Across the nation, nearly 120,000 Americans are shot each year. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and the City...