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Nearly 18 years after the disappearance of Mountain Brook, Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, the suspect in her death is being extradited back to the U.S. on charges of extortion and wire fraud.

An alligator was relocated Wednesday after being spotted near the entrance of a subdivision in Madison, Alabama.

An incident is under investigation in Randolph County's Wedowee after a student was found with a loaded gun at Wedowee Elementary School.

The Mobile City Council approved an annexation plan Tuesday that will allow thousands of citizens living west of city limits to vote on being annexed

The Drug Enforcement Administration declared May 9 National Fentanyl Awareness Day. The purpose is to spread awareness about the deadly drug and to remember those who have been impacted by its deadly consequences.

Airbus delivers the 100th A320 Family aircraft to Delta.

The Ider Police Department made an arrest over the weekend after a homeowner called them stating he had a burglar held at gunpoint. The incident happened Saturday night in the area of County Road 732, in the small DeKalb County town.

A man who killed a 75-year-old woman with a claw hammer in 2001 could be executed this summer, 22 years after being put on Alabama’s death row.

The fallout from Bud Light’s marketing campaign with Dylan Mulvaney continues and one restaurant owner in south Alabama told 1819 News he doesn’t see the trend slowing down any time soon.

The city of Gulf Shores announced several traffic modifications that will be in place between May 8 and May 25 for the 2023 Hangout Music Festival.

 A pet therapy program at BayPointe Hospital in Mobile is designed to help children in the programs there heal from mental challenges and crises. According to those in charge of the program, it is working.

A former officer with the Centre Police Department is charged with conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime-distribution after investigators said he unlawfully handled and planted evidence.

Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine), who previously served as a Baldwin County Commissioner, hopes to add a fifth commissioner seat, in the shape of a full-time chairman who would be elected in 2024. But not everyone is in favor of that plan.

The man accused in a quadruple homicide that happened on Feb. 22 in Daphne will have a preliminary hearing later this month.

Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton has gotten some positive news from the courts after being acquitted of two criminal charges against him.

The judge in the case of Baldwin County Bridge Company, LLC v. John R. Cooper, in his official capacity as director of the Alabama Department of Transportation extended a deadline for both parties to submit proposed orders.

Listen to 1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss the Mobile city annexation plans which citizens could vote upon and how to fight the opioid crisis with Narcan and fentanyl test strips.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s administration presented a proposal Tuesday for annexation that has been discussed and studied for months.

The sister of a man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Mobile addressed the city council Tuesday and got a response from city leadership on search warrant policies.

A year after Carnival Ecstasy pulled out of Mobile, a new option will be docking in the Port City.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has confirmed 488 deaths in 2022 were drug overdose fatalities.

A deputy athletic director for the University of Alabama is facing a domestic violence charge after being arrested just after midnight Sunday by Tuscaloosa Police.

A Montgomery attorney was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to financial exploitation of the elderly.

Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton has put the police chief on administrative leave until further notice, and although he isn't commenting on why, more information surrounding friction between the two has been revealed.

A judge could make a decision as early as Friday on whether to halt a bridge project in Baldwin County.

A Safety Investigation Team from Fort Novosel, in Dale County, is leading the investigation into the collision of two U.S. Army helicopters in Alaska.

The production of Golden Flake snack food in Alabama will end in early July, the company confirmed.