A Cullman County grand jury has determined the Hanceville Police Department has been operating as a criminal enterprise and recommended disbanding the department after an investigation into the death of a dispatcher and other reported failures.

It was a cold, snow-covered morning in parts of Cullman County on Wednesday, but the cold descending over the City of Hanceville was chilling.

An Iraqi asylum-seeker who has lived in Mobile County for 17 years filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Mobile following an incident after his property was annexed.

Members of the Alabama Senate unanimously passed legislation creating workers’ compensation benefits for public K-12 employees in Alabama on Tuesday.

Members of the Alabama Senate unanimously passed Parker’s Law, a bill that exempts breastfeeding mothers from jury duty.

Kristopher Anderson of the Yates Anderson law firm in Orange Beach represented those residents in a six-count lawsuit filed Tuesday. He apologized to the city council Tuesday evening saying he may have "jumped the gun" with the lawsuit. However, Mayor Tony Kennon accused Anderson of trying to act like "Superman," being a "despicable individual" and painting the community in a racist light.

Lawmakers intend to add further teeth to proposed legislation mandating every county and municipal law enforcement agency to disclose annually how many officers are on staff, with a special emphasis applied to Birmingham and Montgomery.

Our election officials are constantly working to secure our elections against evolving threats, from cyberattacks to logistical challenges in rural communities. They need the right tools to keep our elections safe, reliable and accessible. 

We must be alert to possible encroachments on our constitutional liberties, even if those encroachments come from the Trump administration.

Allowing the current counseling guidance for Alabama public schools to remain in place and maintaining connectivity to the ASCA puts all Alabama schools in jeopardy of losing federal funding.

Children are disadvantaged when raised by a single mother, living in two separate houses, or having sporadic (or even frequent) contact with their non-residential father, regardless of how wealthy he may be.

Whether in MAGA country or a decadent “open society” Europe in decline, we in the West must learn to freely argue again.

The PBMs and mega-insurance companies are making billions of dollars while we are denied the vital medication we need and our pharmacists are in danger of closing their doors. This is a crisis.

As a card-carrying member of three veterans’ organizations, my mission is to ensure that “Veterans Serving Veterans” will continue to be the foundation upon which ADVA rests.

Auburn takes down North Alabama 6-2 to cap off midweek action 

The historic Auburn-Alabama basketball matchup over the weekend was not just big in the state.

Auburn took down No. 24 Troy in walk off fashion on Tuesday night at Plainsman Park.

The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, authorizing state and local law enforcement to partner with federal agencies to assist in eradicating illegal immigration.

Trump directed his domestic policy team to submit policy recommendations within 90 days to address both the accessibility and affordability of IVF.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed two bills and one resolution in Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Safe Alabama” public safety package, including one bill creating scholarships for long-term law enforcement officers’ dependents and another that allows the pardons and paroles board and other state agencies to electronically monitor certain juvenile offenders.