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Security camera footage from a local liquor store captured the exact moment of a deadly shootout in downtown Montgomery on Saturday night.

Following a deadly shooting in Montgomery after an HBCU football game, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) is once again pushing to make it a capital offense to murder an individual while "knowingly creating a great risk of death to multiple persons."

Early Tuesday morning, a Springville High School student called the city’s police department claiming she was in distress and had a handgun in her back pack.

Deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security advisor Stephen Miller spoke to members of the media on Monday about the continued deployment of federal authorities and National Guard units to cities across the country.

A Florence man has been charged with second degree domestic violence after a nearly 12 hour standoff with local law enforcement over the weekend.

A young girl from South Alabama has been rescued and returned home after being kidnapped in September from Orange Beach by her mother and taken to Mexico.

In a video message released to the media on Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) pulled no punches when discussing the Democrat-led government shutdown, laying the blame for it squarely at the feet of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his fellow liberals.

A Huntsville man was arrested earlier this week by authorities with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Huntsville Police Department's Anti-Crime team after punching an HPD K-9 while being apprehended.

Following the death of three people in a multi-boat crash during a Major League Fishing tournament on Smith Lake, a professional angler from Georgia has now been indicted by a Cullman County grand jury on three counts of manslaughter.

A group of Attorneys General from across the country has dispatched a letter to Pamela Bondi, the Attorney General of the United States, with the hope of working to correct a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008, striking down state capital punishment laws for child rape.

Madison Police arrested a man earlier this week after he allegedly struck and bit an officer.

The Rocket City PrideFest is returning for another year to Huntsville's Orion Amphitheater, with event organizers promising a weekend filled with "local drag show royalty and activism."

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) has issued a strong rebuke of Senate Democrats following Wednesday's government shutdown. According to the lawmaker, liberals in the upper chamber are working to advance their agenda, not the lives of everyday Americans, by forcing the shutdown.

Following a police chase in Kentucky, a Huntsville man has been arrested and booked on almost a dozen charges in a local detention center.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) harshly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Party for forcing a government shutdown on Wednesday, despite Republican warnings about its potential impact on everyday Americans.

A Priceville Police officer has been fired after engaging in a fatal police pursuit in Hartselle last month, resulting in the death of a local teenager and injuring six others.

A pro-Palestinian youth organization, the Young Palestinians of Huntsville, has announced it will be holding a "Week of Action" beginning on October 3 in the downtown area of Huntsville and on the University of Alabama in Huntsville's campus.

Ahead of the next legislative session, State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) has pre-filed a bill banning face slap fighting in the state of Alabama.

State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) has pre-filed a constitutional amendment requiring Alabama school boards to vote for or against allowing their employees and students to pray and read religious texts during the school day.

An hour after a campus alert was issued about a potential bomb threat, officials with Alabama A&M University gave the all clear to its students, staff and faculty following a short investigation into the matter.

A woman has been handed an international parental kidnapping charge after abducting her infant daughter from the child's father's home in Orange Beach last week and then fleeing the country to Mexico.

After breaking into a Decatur home on Sunday evening, a man was shot and killed by an occupant within the residence.

In a letter sent late last week, members of the Alabama legislature asked the U.S. Senate to swiftly pass a short-term funding extension to prevent a government shutdown.

Alabama Attorney General and candidate for the U.S. Senate, Steve Marshall, spoke about several issues important to Alabamians on a recent installment of the America’s Kitchen Table podcast.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has joined forces with U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) to advocate for the nation's veterans by expanding their access to over-the-counter hearing aids.

In a recent interview with Chicago's WGN Radio, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) expressed strong disagreement with the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to cities across America. The move, according to federal officials, has been made to fight high crime rates plaguing many municipalities.

Following an examination of several books at the Huntsville Madison County Public Library, 1819 News can confirm that multiple works in the children's section were focused on the promotion of transgenderism amongst primary school-aged children.