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Lowery leads fundraising efforts in Baldwin County Sheriff’s race

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has cleared a man wanted in connection with a missing family, but said they are still searching diligently after discovering disturbing evidence.

Loved ones gathered to remember Hunter Lins on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of his death.

Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis is asking the city council to approve an increase in supplemental funding to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office.

The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man authorities have been searching for since the death of another man on January 27.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is looking for several members of a family after they said they found evidence foul play could be involved.

Along the Alabama River lies a history lesson in economics. In the days of the steamboat, towns and communities sprouted along the river and families settled to make a living wage in the cotton and corn industries.

Multiple agencies are searching for a person of interest in a death investigation in east Alabama.

The Rainbow City Police Department announced the arrest of two people in connection with a bonfire shooting on Monday.

A former reporter at WTVM in Columbus, Ga., which covers multiple east Alabama counties, was one of the people arrested in the Minneapolis church protest, according to the television station.

A man who Huntsville police arrested last week has hired a civil rights attorney after video of the arrest went viral.

 The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating a hit-and-run that occurred in Smiths Station on Wednesday.

The man charged with intentional murder in the death of Kimber Mills has bonded out of jail.

The COVID pandemic prompted city governments to get creative by live-streaming council meetings online. Cities and towns used Facebook, YouTube or their municipal websites to share live viewings for citizens who were unable to attend in person.

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on one count of electronic solicitation of a child.

A former Cullman spa owner out of jail on a $1.055 million bond appears to have a new side hustle as she awaits trial.

A man is charged with cyberstalking after the FBI said he accused federal agencies of corruption and “targeted” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.

The suspect in the shooting of two people in 2023 was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle.

A man accused of raping and impregnating a child in 2020 is back behind bars after his bond was revoked and he put up a fight.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill by State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) that would require 70% of dredged material to be beneficially used.

Multiple people were injured in a crash Tuesday as a Cleburne County deputy was responding to a chase.

A Huntington College basketball player is in the intensive care unit after suffering a medical Gregory Johnson III collapsed while on campus. After undergoing tests, doctors determined that Johnson must undergo a heart procedure to regulate his heart.

A Baldwin County Solid Waste trash bin made its way to England, and now an effort is underway to pinpoint its origin.

Ahead of a vote on a resolution to support efforts to protect Mobile Bay, Fairhope Councilman Jay Robinson said a no vote was “worse than voting against Girl Scout Cookies."

The University of South Alabama (USA) responded to an 1819 News media inquiry regarding a sex toy bingo night held at the Student Center last week.

The Eastern Shore Republican Women hosted a forum for the 10 qualified candidates running for the Baldwin County Commission.

The Baldwin County Commission approved a measure to eventually improve beach access from Interstate 65.