CRIME & SAFETY

WAKA 8 was on the scene shortly after a truck and a train collided on Highway 229 Tuesday morning. The collision happened in extreme north Macon County, near the Elmore County line, just off Interstate 85 at exit 26. According to Macon County EMA Director Frank Lee, CSX officials have...

Tallassee resident Sunny Ward and Lake Martin Animal Sanctuary's Jennie Zinn are scrambling to help a dog that was hit by gunfire Saturday night in Ward’s yard as she let her dogs out before going to work. “Within five to 10 seconds of letting him out, this Black guy...

The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a 25-year-old Cecil man and charged him with murder, officers said. Police say Desmond Lowe Jr. is a suspect in the shooting death of Montgomery man Donald Bell Jr., 28. The death happened June 3, according to a news release. The Alabama Law Enforcement...

Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said the general public has no clue how many times his department responds to missing persons calls — especially those with dementia or other mental debilitating issues. Franklin said the calls come in about once per quarter but rarely get to the stage of...

ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Elmore County Sheriff’s Department, along with the assistance of ALEA, were led on a pursuit Friday afternoon that ended in the area of Woodhaven Lane and Dozier Road in Elmore County. According to Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin, deputies were led on a...

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 traffic stop Thursday morning in Elmore County led to a foot chase, according to ALEA. A state trooper stopped a pickup truck at around 7:26AM near Interstate 65 and Cobbs Ford Road, ALEA says. Officials say a passenger in the truck ran off into the woods, which resulted in...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WRBL) — A Montgomery teen driver is arrested and charged with drugs and a firearm in Elmore County while a passenger fled, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). ALEA says a Trooper with Highway Patrol Division stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation at Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville, within Elmore County […]