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Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and candidate for Attorney General Jay Mitchell is calling on the Alabama Public Library Service to adopt a proposed code amendment he believes would help protect children from sexually explicit material and gender ideology.

The Priceville City Council voted unanimously Monday evening at an appeal hearing to reverse the firing of an officer terminated for his role in a deadly police chase.

Following an agreement to the first phase of a peace deal between the terrorist group Hamas and the country of Israel, lawmakers from across Alabama are praising President Donald Trump for playing a defining role in brokering the historic accord.

During a press call on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), once again took Senate Dems to task for prolonging the government shutdown at the expense of American citizens.

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) took to social media Thursday with a video message, criticizing U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his fellow Democrats for causing the ongoing government shutdown.

Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) learned the Biden Administration had been spying on his and seven other Republican senators personal phone records.

Following last weekend’s deadly shooting in Montgomery, lawmakers across the state are condemning Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and his leadership abilities.

Congressman Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is demanding that Senate Democrats vote with Republicans to reopen the government.

Following a report on a Madison church being vandalized with ‘vile’ graffiti ahead of hosting a conservative event, Alabama Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate, Steve Marshall, made clear such acts will not be met with silence or indifference.

On a call with reporters Thursday morning, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) gave President Donald Trump complete credit for brokering a peace deal between Israel and the terrorist organization, Hamas.

North Alabama native and founder of the first Moms for Liberty chapter in Alabama, Emily Jones, kicked off her campaign for a spot on the State Board of Education Wednesday evening at The Ledges in Huntsville.

Madison County District Attorney Robert Broussard announced on Wednesday his office will not be seeking criminal charges in the case of a Deshler High School student who was severely injured on campus in August.

1819 News president and CEO Bryan Dawson was the subject of critical graffiti discovered Wednesday morning at Movement Church in Madison. Dawson is scheduled to speak on Thursday evening at the church.

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."

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

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.