If you have an Android phone, you'll head to the Settings app by clicking the gear icon on your phone's home screen or app ...

Samsung Galaxy users will head to Setting, then Safety and Emergency to get to the right place. From there, tap Wireless ...

Jackson Public Schools leaders cited incidents in recent years of students using cellphones to bully others, organize fights ...

FEMA records obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show that Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & ...

A new state law bans elementary and middle school students from using cell phones at school. High school students have limits ...

A bipartisan bill to create an AMBER Alert-style shark warning system that alerts beachgoers of nearby predators is one step ...

Whitney Decker wants changes to Washington's alert system after police couldn't issue an AMBER Alert when her ex-husband failed to return their three girls.

Washington State Patrol did issue an Endangered Missing Persons Advisory for the girls, but unlike an AMBER Alert it does not immediately send text alerts to all cell phones in the area.

Why do Tennessee Amber Alerts direct me to Facebook? Amber Alerts sent to cell phones in Tennessee previously linked to TBI posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The alerts, often prompted by investigations from local police, are broadcast via radio and television as well as through road signs, cell phones and other data-enabled devices.