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‘Absolutely nothing has been there’ — Residents, activists struggle to get answers on Bessemer data center

Over a year into the planned development of a large-scale data center in Bessemer, residents and activists continue to struggle for transparency and clarity about what is shaping up to be one of the world’s largest data centers.

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Wilmer quadruple murder suspect bought drugs from victim, detectives claim

The man charged in the murder of four people in Wilmer previously purchased drugs from one of the victims, detectives revealed in court, according to multiple reports.

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Department of Justice obtains superseding indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center

The Department of Justice obtained a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday.

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Judge rules Sylacauga city clerk/treasurer wrongfully terminated

Fired Sylacauga city clerk and treasurer Alexandra Lambert has entered into mediation after a judge ruled she was wrongfully terminated on a technicality.

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Secretary of State Allen talks DOGE-style anti-fraud task force, pledges group's formation if elected lieutenant governor

During a Wednesday appearance on "Rightside Radio," Secretary of State Wes Allen discussed his intention to form a statewide anti-fraud task force, similar in its methods to the former U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), should he become the state's next lieutenant governor.

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Search continues for James 'Weston' Higginbotham, Auburn student and Hoover native, missing in Japan

The parents of missing Hoover native James "Weston" Higginbotham released a video expressing their gratitude for the support and prayers their family has received from the public back home in the U.S. and in Japan while asking that people continue to share their son’s image.

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‘It is appalling‘ — Prattville residents claim code enforcer removed property without warning and later billed them

Multiple residents approached the Prattville City Council on Tuesday evening, accusing the city’s code enforcement department of removing property from their homes without proper warning, only to be billed for the city’s actions.

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‘Significant triumph for Alabama’: Secretary of State Wes Allen applauds SCOTUS redistricting ruling

A U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling on Tuesday restoring Alabama’s 6-1 Republican congressional map for the 2026 elections is a “significant triumph for Alabama,” according to Secretary of State Wes Allen.

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Allen Keller: The American lumber industry and the willingness of Zeus

In 1999 there were approximately 12.6 billion board feet of hardwood lumber produced in the U.S., while last year, this number was down to 4.1 billion. Based on conversations with industry insiders, this number isn’t expected to go anywhere but down in 2026. I’m not one for government assistance, but it seems that, in this case, the laws of laissez fair economics must give way to the greater law of morality.

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Was John Adams a friend or foe of Christianity?

But when we ask whether the Declaration of Independence was a biblical document, what matters is not what men like Adams believed in 1820, but what they believed in 1776 and 1787.

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Joey Clark: Teaching Pa to read true stories again even if he already knows the end

Each time something new comes out of the same old tales. It’s as though some stories are so true that they never die. They begin and end with the same types and characters, but there is always something new to find each time I sit with them – as though each character is alive and active in a way that defies time. 

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Troy Carico: Breaking free from the Joe Six-Pack mentality

The silent majority must awaken. Joe Six-Pack cannot remain content with mere existence while the republic he indirectly sustains crumbles under the weight of unchecked power and moral decay. Our forebears did not endure hardship and forge a new order so that their descendants might slumber in apathy.

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Allen Mendenhall: Children between Portugal and Spain

Divorce is a wound. I will not prettify it into something fashionable or therapeutic. Some losses remain losses forever. The best you can do is refuse to let them become the only story your children inherit.

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Gov. Kay Ivey: Strong teachers shape a strong Alabama

When viewed from the basic level, our educators power every part of our society.

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Adoring God: Looking to the God of Holiness

At the outset of Isaiah’s ministry, he was granted a vision of God in all His majesty, seated upon His throne, surrounded by seraphim crying out in ceaseless worship.

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Jeff Minick: When it comes to manners and civility, don't be a 'Goop'

If you find yourself acting snarky without cause, looking into your phone screen instead of your history textbook, or eating as if you were at a trough rather than at a table, summon up that stronger self and beat down the Goop within. 

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Sarah Wilder: Pride Month isn't canceled

This June, we are seeing less of the kind of wokeness that appeared in the last five to seven years. That is worth celebrating … but there’s still much more to do.

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Sarah Reardon: You can do better than a beach read

As the summer approaches with its travel plans and leisure activities, so, too, does the temptation to squander time, even innocently.

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'A system that badly needs fixing': Saban goes to bat for college sports reform bill in Senate hearing

During a Wednesday U.S. Senate committee hearing, legendary former Alabama football coach Nick Saban testified in favor of a new bill to reform college athletics.

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‘It raises Troy’s profile’: Trojans to host first Super Regional in school history

Troy University will host its first-ever Super Regional beginning on Friday, following their victory in the NCAA Gainesville Regional. 

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Alabama softball falls to Texas Tech 2-0 in Women’s College World Series semifinals

The Crimson Tide came into Monday night needing just one win out of two against Texas Tech and couldn’t get the job done.

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'Alabama has officially rejoined the old Confederacy': Doug Jones outraged by SCOTUS ruling

Former U.S. Senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones took to social media late Tuesday, enraged over the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision to allow Alabama to use its 2023 congressional map and calling it a return to the Confederacy.

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‘No longer a Voting Rights Act’: Shomari Figures says SCOTUS ruling ‘dangerous’

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) released a statement calling the U.S. Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) ruling allowing the state to use a 2023 congressional map dangerous and said the ruling signals the end of the Voting Rights Act.

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Republican CD-1, CD-2 candidates pleased with SCOTUS ruling

Some candidates in Congressional Districts 1 and 2 reacted Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama could use a 2023 congressional map.