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Coroners from across the state want their personnel included in a bill that would add protections for first responders at crime scenes.

Attorneys for the family of a Muscle Shoals man who died after his liver was removed during what was supposed to be a splenectomy said they have learned new information during depositions in the civil case against the surgeon.

The Gulf Shores Police Department recently arrested 18 people and confiscated six firearms with the help of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office announced the bodies of three people were found in Summerdale nearly six weeks after they were reported missing.

Several Republican Lieutenant Governor candidates joined the Eastern Shore Republican Women for a luncheon and political forum.

The race for State Senate District 34 is heating up with claims of dark money and nefarious push polling.

The Alabama Legislature could consider a measure urging Congress to help thousands of combat-injured veterans receive their full retirement pay and disability compensation.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) came out in support of Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a man who served over three decades on Alabama’s death row.

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will close a portion of US-280 near the Jefferson County/Shelby County line to complete a bridge demolition.

The Spanish Fort Police Department released the identities of seven people facing charges following a human trafficking operation. In just one day, the team was able to connect with the suspects in an undercover sex sting.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham confirmed a tornado hit Jefferson County on Monday, causing over 6,000 power outages and minor damage.

Over a dozen candidates for various offices attended a candidate showcase Tuesday at Meyer Civic Center in Gulf Shores.

The City of Mobile is giving citizens and riders options on the rebranding of the public transit system.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said a man whose death sentence was commuted on Tuesday by Gov. Kay Ivey was nothing but a career criminal who could have been put to death a long time ago.

The construction of the Mobile Arena has reached the halfway point, with the project being on time and on budget. The final steel beam was placed in the arena’s structural framework last week.

The Enterprise Police Department has charged the mother of a missing two-year-old with capital murder after investigators found evidence she placed the child’s body in a dumpster.

Alabama gas prices are on the rise, but remain lower than the national average of $3.49 per gallon of regular gas.

Much of central Alabama experienced power outages Monday afternoon into the evening after a severe storm system moved through the state.

The City of Arab is working with federal authorities to investigate a phishing scam that cost the City over $432,730.

Turning Point Action has added U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) to its growing list of endorsements as he vies for the U.S. Senate seat being left open by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The Killen Police Department arrested a woman in connection to the armed robbery of a gas station on Saturday.

Mobile County businessman Doug Harwell is challenging former State Sen. Rusty Glover (R-Semmes) for the Alabama Senate District 34 Republican nomination.

The City of Chelsea celebrated the Chelsea Citizen Observer Patrol (COP) at the 27th annual awards dinner.

The Gulf Shores Police Department confirmed two bodies were pulled from Bon Secour Bay after a small plane crash.

The Wedowee Police Department hosted anti-human trafficking training by Covenant Rescue Group (CRG) that led to five arrests on Friday.

Opening statements will begin Monday in the case of slain Southern Union State Community College student Aniah Blanchard.

An undercover human trafficking operation in Spanish Fort ended in the arrests of seven people.