WAKA News

06/12/2026

Congratulations to this week’s winner for Behind The Biscuits powered by The Vance Law Firm!! You’ve won 2 tickets to The Montgomery Biscuits game and $33 in Biscuits Bucks. Have fun and enjoy your time at the game!
Enter for your chance to win at WAKA.com and tune in at the end of each week for the weekly winner announcements, on-air and online (at waka8news on Facebook and Instagram)!
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06/12/2026

The company says it isn't collecting any new information. Instead, it's expanding how it uses information that other websites and apps already share with Meta.

06/12/2026

Congrats to this week's winner of the exclusive WAKA Action 8 News Rising Morning Coffee Break mug brought to you by Alabama State University!
Enjoy your coffee break every morning with Action 8 News Rising! Enter for your chance to win at WAKA.com and tune in Friday mornings for the weekly winner announcements, on-air and online (at waka8news on Facebook and Instagram)!
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06/12/2026

From the West Alabama Newsroom– Dozens of kids are scratching their creative itch this week at a popular summer camp in Selma. Art camp is a summer-time Selma tradition — that opens the door for kids ages 8 to 16 — into the wonderful world of art. Campers rotate through seven different art stations each day — working on different...

From the West Alabama Newsroom– Dozens of kids are scratching their creative itch this week at a popular summer camp in Selma. Art camp is a summer-time Selma tradition — that opens the door for kids ages 8 to 16 — into the wonderful world of art. Campers rotate through seven different art sta...

06/12/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Alabama's use of nitrogen hypoxia to execute a death row inmate who was convicted of killing two people in Dallas County.

06/12/2026

Each child signed up receives 10 books with 800 kids expected to be a part of the program this summer.

06/12/2026

The famous music festival is in honor of the legendary country singer and Georgiana native Hank Williams who left a lasting mark on country music.

06/11/2026

Another round of good soaking rains will move through our area over the next several days.

06/11/2026

OB-GYN Dr. LaToya Clark said Jackson Hospital offers services for pregnant women that are not available elsewhere in the area and could be lost if the hospital closes.

06/11/2026

Kids make the darndest faces! Send us the
silliest face your child has made along with a hilarious caption for a chance to win a Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Learning Museum prize pack including 4 General Admission tickets! Enter at WAKA.com!