Emma Ellis

Montgomery

Reporter at WSFA-TV (Montgomery, AL)

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Family of Pike County hit-and-run victim tells his story

1 week ago | wtvy.com | Emma Ellis

PIKE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s been a long three days for the family of Wiley “Nobel” Morse. Morse was killed in a hit-and-run Sunday in Pike County. “Just make sure you treasure every day, because nobody knows when your last one is around,” James Buchanan, Morse’s brother-in-law, said. The lives of Buchanan’s family changed forever when his brother-in-law was killed in a hit-and-run.
Family of Pike County hit-and-run victim tells his story

1 week ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

PIKE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s been a long three days for the family of Wiley “Nobel” Morse. Morse was killed in a hit-and-run Sunday in Pike County. “Just make sure you treasure every day, because nobody knows when your last one is around,” James Buchanan, Morse’s brother-in-law, said. The lives of Buchanan’s family changed forever when his brother-in-law was killed in a hit-and-run.
Marines honor their fallen brothers in arms on Memorial Day

1 week ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - While many spend Memorial Day weekend by the lake or attending barbecues, one group of current and former Marines is honoring their fallen brothers in arms. It’s a yearly tradition for the Townsend Detachment Marines Corps League. “We started out, and we mapped the cemetery, and we have a cemetery map, and we have a list of marines and where they’re located,” Nancy Burtron, Commandant of the Townsend Detachment of the Marine Corps League, said.
SPLC celebrates activism in art with block party

2 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The goal of the Southern Poverty Law Center is to serve as a catalyst for justice in the south. To further that goal, they held a block party celebrating activism in art. For centuries, art has been used to convey messages in ways words can’t describe. “The storytelling in quilting, even in hair,” India L. Wilson, an artist at the event said.
Lake restaurants prepare for Memorial Day weekend

2 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

ECLECTIC, Ala. (WSFA) - Thanks to the three-day weekend, millions will spend time along Alabama beaches and lakes this Memorial Day. For businesses around the lake, this unofficial start to the summer season will bring important revenue that helps keep them afloat the rest of the year. The lake is a popular destination on Memorial Day weekend. Many Americans enjoy a much needed break during the holiday, spending time on the water, then enjoying a meal at a restaurant with a view.
‘It’s just sadness’: Local rabbi reacts to DC shooting of Israeli diplomats

2 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - After a gunman shot and killed two Israeli staffers in Washington, D.C., the Jewish community is on edge across the United States. The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of terrorism. The pain of loss and fear of these types of acts are felt here in Alabama. “It’s just sadness,” Rabbi Scott Looper of Temple Beth Or said.
“It’s just saddness” local rabbi reacts to DC shooting of Israeli diplomats

2 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - After a gunman shot and killed two Israeli staffers in Washington, DC, the Jewish community is on edge across the United States. The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of terrorism. The pain of loss and fear of these types of acts are felt here in Alabama. “It’s just sadness,” Rabbi Scott Looper of Temple Beth Or said.
National Weather Service explains weather radio outage

2 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Even this far south, Bullock County had an EF-1 tornado, but for some counties, the NOAA weather radios they expected to alert them never sent an alert. The radios were down for a scheduled update. Whenever there’s severe weather in Alabama, the WSFA First Alert meteorologists remind you how important it is to have multiple, reliable sources of weather information. One of those sources is a weather radio. “What if your cell phone battery dies?
LifeSouth to partner with Dreamland to save lives

2 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Kids get out of school for the summer, people take vacations, and blood donations go down. The need for blood however, does not. Every two seconds, someone in the US needs blood, but blood banks are in critical supply. “When school gets out in the summertime we take a little bit of a hit.” Nick Mielke, Regional Director for LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, said.
13th annual crawfish boil held in Pike Road

3 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Emma Ellis

PIKE ROAD, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s a delicious tradition that’s making a difference. The Pike Road Patriot Fund hosted a crawfish boil benefiting local students. In Pike Road, crawfish is more than good food. “It’s a national holiday, we come out here every year,” one group of students told WSFA. For some, the taste of freshly boiled crawfish is incomparable to anything else.