A Turquoise Alert for missing teen Yolyn Hermios sparked an online debate over the system's effectiveness due to its 5 a.m. timing. Advocates defended the alert's urgency citing Emily's Law, which was ...

State and local leaders gathered in Montgomery County to encourage citizens to sign up to receive emergency alerts. Mass notification systems can offer timely alerts on public ...

Hundreds of thousands of people were jolted awake early Sunday morning to a Turquoise Alert, a new emergency notification ...

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Florida officials have charged a 17-year-old who was the subject of a statewide AMBER Alert last month with faking his abduction. Central Florida woman arrested after confronting child on school bus ...

BOISE, Idaho — Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, residents of Ada County may get an alert on their phones. The Ada County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) states this is simply a test. According to an update from ...

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The next notification on your phone might be one you wouldn’t expect: a shark alert. A new state law now requires Alabama emergency officials to administer a wireless ...

Some Wichita residents got a text alert Thursday warning them to stay indoors and to avoid the 21st and Tyler area. The text warning was sent at 12:52 p.m. Oct. 2 after two armed suspects fled on foot ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

KENTWOOD, La. (WWL-TV) — A 2-year-old boy was found safe early Wednesday in Tangipahoa Parish after authorities said a Mississippi man drove off with him, prompting an Amber Alert. The Tangipahoa ...