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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.

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

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

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

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

A 148-bed nursing home in Gardendale is closing following three inspections by the Alabama Department of Public Health.

The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) voted to push back once again, a decision on funding the Fairhope Public Library. Board members want more time to review materials provided by the local board. Meanwhile, APLS chairman John Wahl pleaded for both sides to come together to end the dangerous rhetoric that has led to him receiving a credible death threat.

Former Mobile Mayor Mike Dow endorsed Spiro Cheriogotis for mayor.

A Life Flight helicopter was shot as it approached a landing zone in Autauga County early Wednesday.

A Mountain Brook teenager who lost her left hand and right leg after a June 2024 shark attack is launching the Lulu Strong Foundation to support other amputees.

A prayer vigil is planned for Wednesday evening in Fairhope and the organizer said she hopes people can come together in Christ.

An endorsement for State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) over former Mobile County District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis for Mobile mayor could be a violation of city code.

While on the campaign for the Biden-Harris campaign in 2023, State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) made comments calling President Donald Trump and the “MAGA agenda” dangerous.

The Baldwin County Republican Party (GOP) is taking precautionary measures to protect candidates and attendees in the wake of the death of Turning Point USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk.

NASA is offering a free ride on board Orion when the Artemis II mission launches. Orion will fly four astronauts around the moon and back next year and anyone can take part in the historic flight.

The largest export company for the U.S. aerospace industry is celebrating 10 years in the Port City.

The Baldwin County Correctional Center has once again been approved as a facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inmates.

Baldwin County Sheriff Anthony Lowery and his opponent for the 2026 election, Baldwin County Commissioner Matt McKenzie, faced off Thursday in a forum.

Patriotism and love for Jesus were on fire, along with hundreds of candles at a vigil Saturday night in Foley's Heritage Park.

A Baldwin County Sheriff’s deputy was cleared Friday after a five-day wrongful death trial in federal court.

A video of a message flown above the Gulf of America in honor of the late Charlie Kirk is circulating on social media.

A man killed Thursday night in a two-vessel crash on Lake Wedowee was identified by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA).

The Alabama Supreme Court ordered the state’s execution of Geoffrey Todd West, who murdered a woman in 1997.