A former Florida gubernatorial candidate was arrested in Baldwin County on drug charges.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office identified a woman killed and a man injured in a stabbing Sunday night in the Belforest community.

During the height of the 2026 primary elections, residents of Jefferson County began receiving curious, oversized mail pieces featuring images of Judge Yashiba Blanchard; those mailers were a part of a million-dollar spending spree.

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) opened online qualifying on Tuesday for individuals seeking to serve as delegates to the Republican National Committee Midterm Convention. 

The board of directors of Jackson Hospital recently requested the Montgomery County Commission support a property tax referendum to support the hospital’s “financial restructuring and long-term sustainability.”

Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday will begin this month, allowing students and parents to collect their school supplies without the customary 4% tax imposed on them the other 363 days of the year.

Longtime Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran died Monday after a long battle with medical conditions, according to Alabama Sheriffs Association executive director Huey “Hoss” Mack.

That, I have come to believe, is the whole of it: not the fireworks' brief light, not the anthem sung an hour before, but the freedom to argue at all, before people who have not yet decided – and may never entirely decide – what they owe something larger than themselves.

Those who are truly contrite and broken because of sin are in a state of grace. How do we know this? Because Scripture tells us the Lord is near to them.

God did not accidentally create women with nurturing hearts. He designed them with unique gifts that reflect His character. He created women to love deeply, to build homes, to shape generations, and, for many, to carry life itself.

For 250 years, Americans have benefited from the courage of those who came before us. America still needs people with that same sense of duty, with that same courage and determination to ensure that America continues to be “a shining city on a hill” that makes us like no other nation in the history of the world.

I wish I were half the man my dog is.

I want a nine-year-old today to have the same opportunity I have to one day to celebrate “America 300” with the same fervor and understanding, knowing that their story is an American one and that they are a pivotal part of this great American nation.

That Adams and Jefferson should die on July 4, 1826, a half-century after the Declaration's adoption, seems almost too fitting to be true. The two men who helped define American independence left the world together on the anniversary of the nation's birth they helped midwife.

The man who chooses to have a child in spite of struggle, pain, loss, tragedy, injustice, evil, and all the rest offers a testament to a kind of cosmic optimism, an optimism that sometimes flies in the face of appearances. He affirms, “I say yes to the world and to life, with my whole being, come what may.”

Some want to “Make America Great Again,” but to accomplish that worthy goal we must first of all make America virtuous again. 

Throughout our 250 years, America has truly been blessed with brilliant speeches, writings, and orations that move and inspire us. Today is the ideal day to recall some of America’s inspiring words.

The state's biggest rivals are joining teams to push back against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) effort to reform college athletics in the name, image and likeness (NIL) and transfer portal era.

On Saturday, the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, and one of the all-time greatest NFL players released his list of the most iconic sports moments in American history.

Independence, the Auburn University Raptor Center’s bald eagle ambassador, will fly coach with Delta on July 3 en route to America250 festivities in Philadelphia.

Mark Bailey is running in the upcoming special election for Montgomery City Council District 3. 

After six months on the campaign trail, Alabama Congressional District 1 candidate Austin Sidwell said he is hopeful following redistricting.

Birmingham educator and entrepreneur Dr. Ammie Akin recently launched her campaign in the August 11 special Republican primary election in Alabama's Congressional District 7, challenging Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).