The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the in-custody murder of a 72-year-old inmate at the Macon County Detention Facility and has charged a suspect with the murder.
On Wednesday, lawmakers on the Joint Prison Oversight Committee had a series of tense exchanges with Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles chair Leigh Gwathney regarding the board’s guidelines for reviewing possible parolees.
Members of the Alabama Legislature and a representative from Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office will meet in Prattville later this month to discuss efforts to "remove gender ideology from public schools” and other hot-button topics.
A Chelsea woman is currently sitting in the Shelby County Jail after an investigation led to her arrest and bevy of charges surrounding alleged child sexual abuse and producing and disseminating child pornography.
Kamala Harris surrogate Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed recently appeared on News Nation to criticize former President Donald Trump for a Saturday innuendo regarding the late, great golfer Arnold Palmer’s masculine endowment, saying it was “unbecoming of the office.”
The Opelika High School is still on lockdown over an hour after law enforcement responded to the school after the School Resource Officer called the police over a “possible external threat.”
Jeremy Tremaine Williams, the man convicted of killing and posthumously sexually assaulting five-year-old Kamarie Holland in 2021, is appealing his death sentence imposed on him by a jury earlier this year.
U.S. Rep Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) may have to face opposition for the first time in two terms, as several Republican congressmen are rumored to be coming for his spot as the House Republican Policy chairman.
State Rep. Ron Bolton (R-Northport) will try again in the 2025 legislative session to regulate the height of squatted trucks in Alabama.
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) on Friday gave a hopeful prognostication for Alabama’s future in the case of another Donald Trump presidency should he win the presidential election coming up in a few short weeks.
U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) recently joined other Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee in demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security for poorly prioritizing federal funds in the aftermath of Hurricanes Milton and Helene.
On Thursday evening, The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) successfully carried out the lethal injection execution of Derrick Dearman, who was convicted of murdering five of his girlfriend's relatives with an axe and gun.
In a recent appearance on Fox Business Network's "Kudlow," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for her recent interview with Fox News Channel's "Special Report" anchor Bret Baier, saying she came across like a "crazy ex-girlfriend."
Attorney General Steve Marshall recently filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stop the Biden administration’s plans to impose emissions standards on truck manufacturers.
The State of Alabama is set to carry out its fifth execution of the year tonight with the scheduled lethal injection of Derrick Dearman, who was convicted of murdering five of his girlfriend's relatives with an axe and gun.
In an increasingly troubling trend in the state’s capital city, another teenager has been charged with murder in the case of a July shooting that left one 16-year-old dead and another seriously injured.
Legislation adding requirements for those collecting unemployment benefits has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives for the 2025 legislative session.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed swiftly came out with full-throated support of a recent decision by a federal judge requiring Secretary of State Wes Allen to halt a state program to purge non-citizen voters from the state’s rolls ahead of the November presidential election.
After collecting over 1,300 signatures on an online petition, a Montgomery high school student asked the city council to approve changing the Montgomery City flag, which he claims harkens to the Confederacy.
Governor Kay Ivey recently joined nine Republican governors in an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in defense of a case before SCOTUS determining the future of a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries and medications for minors, which will have major implications for a similar law in Alabama.
Attorney General Steve Marshall recently filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in defense of a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries and medications for minors.
The Alabama Legislature tackled several hot-button issues during the 2024 session, but none caused more chaos than a package of gambling bills that sought to legalize and regulate gambling in the state.
For the third year in a row, legislation requiring parental consent for the administration of vaccines has been re-filed in the Alabama House of Representatives for the 2025 session.
Several House Democrats have pre-filed bills for the 2025 state legislative session aimed at degrading the state’s permitless carry law after it became a scapegoat for increased gun crime in certain areas.
A recent addition to the Montgomery County Board of Education (MCBOE) race is seeking a write-in election after the recent drama with the school system created a public outcry for change in the school board.
After failing to receive Senate deliberation in the 2024 legislative session, State Rep. Kerry Underwood (R-Tuscumbia) has pre-filed a bill for the 2025 legislative session that would bar convicted sex offenders from being employed or volunteering as first responders.
The State of Alabama set to carry out its fifth execution of the year on Thursday with the scheduled lethal injection of Derrick Dearman, who was convicted of murdering five of his girlfriend's relatives.