During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), the odds-on favorite to win Alabama's November gubernatorial election, pledged a thorough examination of the cost overruns if elected governor.

Members of the Montgomery City Council will again consider moving forward on Tuesday with plans to borrow $375 million for a downtown convention center expansion and other city projects.

Multiple people were arrested in connection to a months-long investigation into elderly abuse in Mobile County.

According to court documents, Eric Alan Hill, 61, of Bryant, is charged with gambling-cockfighting.

Oxford police identified a man killed after an accidental shooting at the Oxford Exchange shopping center.

Mobile Baykeeper is working to coordinate planning throughout Baldwin County to ensure the preservation of the quality of life for residents and visitors.

During Thursday's episode of WVNN's "The Yaffee Program," State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) expressed skepticism regarding a potential statewide moratorium on data centers, but said North Alabama's two major facilities are likely enough for the area.

Tuberville is a bulldozer, but if he doesn’t want the AI data centers to become an albatross, he is going to have to tap into persuasion. Otherwise, he will lose votes. Those voters may not necessarily vote for Jones, but they won’t vote for Tuberville.

Anniversaries invite reflection. America's 250th anniversary invites responsibility.

Justice Barrett is catching a lot of flak for her role in the election ballot decision. I’ve seen stories suggesting that she did this because she hates Trump, an assumption stemming from the faces she’s made around him. I don’t think this line of thinking is honest. In her opinion, Barrett doesn’t rely on ideology or pragmatism. She is honestly wrestling with the word’s original meaning and how it would have been understood at the time of the law’s passage.

Far into the distance we saw them: the huge, spinning windmills, looming starkly in the mist like something dropped from an alien ship. It was no big deal at first. They were just there, something foreign in that otherwise bucolic scene, though without menace. The closer we got, the stranger we felt.

The American War for Independence, then, was not a rebellion. It was an act of interposition by the legitimate governments of the 13 colonies and the Continental Congress, placing themselves between the people they represented and the tyrannical government of England.

Why does Congress consistently choose to tighten the belt on those who have worn the uniform while spending freely on other priorities?

I’m learning each week not to cling to the beautiful things of the world, whether a flower, a smile, or the twinkle of an eye. Enjoy them as they are, then let them go, be willing to say goodbye. 

Spiders build webs to capture their prey. The profit-seeking spiders behind our digital world have constructed their web from algorithms rather than silk, but the idea is the same and we are the prey.  

“Great as are the glories of the public school system, it has paid for them heavily in the deadly complacency and stupid uniformity which has been produced from one end of the country to the other."

A few years ago, you couldn't get Disney to flinch on DEI. Now, the new CEO is a theme-parks guy who built his career on giving people a good time, not a good lecture. The market did what the critics couldn't.

Seven Auburn Tigers were selected in the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday and Sunday in Philadelphia.

Justin Lebron's journey from one of college baseball's brightest stars to a professional prospect became official on Saturday when the Cincinnati Reds selected the Alabama shortstop with the 18th overall pick in the first round of the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft.

An investigation into the UAB softball coach Taylor Smartt has led to her departure from the program after allegations of abuse were found to be credible.

The Congressional District 2 Republican primary is heating up with weeks left until the August 11 election.

The Electric Cooperatives of Alabama Political Action Committee recently announced its endorsement of State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) in the upcoming special election for Congressional District 2.

Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing mounting pressure to drop out of the race following more allegations of sexual misconduct.