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Nine states have joined Alabama’s voter integrity database (AVID), started by Secretary of State Wes Allen to replace the controversial Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).

The Foley Police Department is investigating a double-fatal crash involving a pickup truck and two teens riding an electric scooter.

The 2025 Ballin' on Belrose run and street party are shaping up to be one of the most successful events yet for 68 Ventures.

Former Decatur Police officer Mac Bailey Marquette will appeal the ruling in his “stand your ground” hearing.

The bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile are standing in solidarity with illegal immigrants, who they claim are the victims of a "broken" system.

Baldwin County Superintendent Eddie Tyler sent a long letter to parents about State Sen. Chris Elliott’s (R-Josephine) efforts to change the tax distribution to ensure all public school systems in the county get a share.

The Foley Police Department arrested a man on four counts of possession of child pornography on Thursday.

Leisure Sports & Recreation LLC presents plans for indoor/outdoor water park in Mobile County. Photo: Mobile County Commission.

Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon is hopeful for change after conversations with Alabama Law Enforcement Agency secretary Hal Taylor over the alleged actions of Marine Patrol Division troopers along the Gulf Coast.

The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Border Patrol agents and others gathered Thursday in Mobile to discuss details on the administrative arrests of six members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua gang and two of their associates.

The FBI Mobile announced that nine of 10 subjects suspected in the Operation Jamaican Knights fraudulent lottery investigation have been taken into custody.

A nine-year-old Guatemalan boy was rescued from a home in Baldwin County as FBI Mobile agents were searching for another child.

FBI Mobile announced the arrest of six suspected members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

After weeks of unease in Baldwin County, Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft accused the county school system of conducting a "deliberate misinformation campaign" regarding bills to change the origin or distribution of a portion of a one-cent sales tax.

The FBI continues to make arrests in connection with an alleged lottery scam.

Gov. Kay Ivey expressed support Wednesday for House Bill 437, which would establish a shark attack or unusual shark activity alert system in Alabama.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for information on two people caught on camera robbing the Brighton Bingo Hall.

Foley Fire chief Joey Darby announced that Kids to Love has offered to pay more than enough to install a Safe Haven Baby Box.

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections on Tuesday.

A Mobile pastor convicted of seven counts of sexual misconduct was sentenced Tuesday to two years in jail.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson recently highlighted some projects to address drainage issues across the city after receiving six to 10 inches of rain Sunday into Monday.

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch is working on a boater’s rights campaign after another year of hearing from concerned citizens about one or two officers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Marine Patrol Division.

Tallapoosa Circuit Judge Steve Perryman ordered criminal term dates for the six suspects charged in the April 15, 2023, Sweet 16 party shooting in Dadeville.

The man authorities say shot his wife, their two children and his niece and nephew last July has been indicted on five capital murder charges.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man in connection to the rape of a child under 14.

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office arrested the parents of a four-year-old boy who was shot and injured in the arm and leg on April 4.

Wynona McCall, who lives with her family on Nicole Place, said water was about seven inches deep in her house and it was waist-deep at her neighbor’s home. She said the family has just returned home and there was nothing they could do to stop the water from rushing inside.