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Voters in Calera decided on new leadership in Tuesday’s municipal runoff election.

Wallace State Community College Selma marketing director Johnny Moss III will be the next Selma mayor.

Tuskegee mayor Lawrence “Tony” Haygood was beaten by challenger Frank “Chris” Lee in the municipal runoff election on Tuesday.

Chickasaw’s new mayor will be Tyran Colvin.

Center Point Mayor Bobby Scott won a runoff election against council president D.M. Collins.

Running on priorities of faith, family and fellowship, Matt Hubbard won Sylacauga’s mayoral runoff Tuesday.

Prichard’s incumbent Mayor Jimmie Gardner is projected to lose in the runoff election. His challenger, Carletta Davis is the projected winner.

Former Mobile County District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis is the projected winner of Mobile's mayoral runoff election.

Joe Garris, Jr. will stay in Place 1 of the Gulf Shores City Council after winning re-election Tuesday night.

Ruthie Campbell was declared the winner in the mayoral runoff in Robertsdale by 51.8%

Stephanie Ganey-Messinger won the Daphne City Council, District 5 runoff on Tuesday.

Dozens of people showed up to the polls in Mobile Tuesday in hopes of electing a new mayor. However, a technical issue with electronic poll books, combined with inaccurate voter rolls put a damper on those hopes.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly fight between a son and his father.

Dozens of people reported issues Tuesday while attempting to vote in the municipal runoff election in Mobile.

The Gulf Shores City Council unanimously passed a tax on vapor products on Monday to avoid a state-mandated tax that goes into effect next year.

American Legacy Co. in Gulf Shores is selling Charlie Kirk-inspired merch and donating 100% of the proceeds to the Gulf Shores High School’s Turning Point USA chapter.

The Baldwin County Board of Education could vote this week on a measure to move forward on a plan to bring an AltaPointe mental health day school to the county.

Some voters living in Baldwin County will once again head to the polls on Tuesday for municipal runoff elections.

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed released a statement Sunday evening after a weekend of violence.

Wetumpka Police arrested nine people in connection to a child sex operation.

Pastor Travis Johnson, of Pathway Church, posted an open letter ahead of the 2025 municipal runoff election between Spiro Cheriogotis and Barbara Drummond.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson announced that the City is officially storm-ready, according to the National Weather Service.

Prichard's collapsing infrastructure has led to nearly 50 million gallons of raw sewage spills over the past three years. Now, there is a call to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to step in.

 LaFayette Mayor Kenneth Vines confirmed one person was killed in a shooting outside the high school football stadium Friday night.

Marine Vietnam veteran and retired Drug Enforcement Administration special agent George Williams has spent his life in service of the United States. Now, as the chairman of the Alabama Minority Republican Party, Williams has a message in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination.

The candidates in the Mobile mayoral runoff raised a combined quarter of a million-plus in campaign contributions in one week.

The LaFayette Police Department responded Friday night after reports of shots fired outside the high school football stadium.