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On April 14, officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans arrested Huy Quoc Phan, a 43-year-old Vietnamese illegal alien, at his residence in Fairhope.

A Wedowee man was sentenced to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse materials and to the possession of a machinegun and silencer.

The City of Anniston announced that Mayor Jack Draper has resigned, effective May 2.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation has been called in after the arrest of the Sulligent police chief.

Mobile pastor Travis Johnson has come a long way from being canceled in 2023 for his prayer in a city council meeting.

The Alabama Legislature passed a bill to establish a shark alert system along the Gulf Coast.

A four-year-old in Mobile County was picked up from school with a blood alcohol content of .29, four times the legal limit.

Luck ran out Wednesday for the operators of at least two bingo halls in Jefferson County when the Alabama Attorney General’s Office raided the locations for not having business licenses.

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl said all libraries, including the Fairhope Public Library, should be safe for children. After watching part of a Fairhope City Council meeting Tuesday night, he said some things must be clarified.

A Daphne man was sentenced to 135 months in prison and will have to register as a sex offender after he was caught soliciting child porn on social media.

The Daphne Police Department said two men were found Tuesday night wounded from gunshot wounds.

The Fairhope City Council meeting Tuesday was so crowded that overflow seating was provided.

A man was sentenced to federal prison after writing a threatening letter to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office in March 2024.

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed an immigration detainer on a Mexican man after the brutal rape of a woman in Limestone County.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is continuing its efforts to arrest thousands of illegal alien workers nationwide.  

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) said a replica of a Beretta 9 mm handgun led to the shooting of a man by Opelika police.

The mayor of Prichard, a city embattled by controversy over crime and city utility scandals, announced that he will run for re-election.

An investigation by the Foley Police Department into the selling of fake gold and silver led to a federal investigation and sentencing of two men.

Baldwin County Board of Education is working on a new system to protect children from inappropriate material with no educational value.

The Atmore Police Department is offering a free presentation on the dangers of online activity among children.

A pair of legal immigrants from Selma are facing federal charges for paying human smugglers.

Some say you can’t make chicken salad out of chicken excrement, but the owners of the Flora-Bama sure did.

Governor Kay Ivey is mourning the loss of her dog of over six years, Missy.

Over 100 people packed the Baldwin County Board of Education (BCBE) meeting Thursday night both in support and in opposition of Superintendent Eddie Tyler and the BOE.

It won’t be long before Amtrak resumes its route between Mobile and New Orleans. The new name for the route is "Amtrak Mardi Gras Service."

The owner of Strategy, Inc., a public relations firm contracted with Baldwin County Public Schools, has resigned.

Claude Strother is an avid outdoorsman. He hunts and fishes and has always kept a journal of his experiences.