Posts by Erica Thomas

As temperatures warm up across Alabama, both venomous and non-venomous snakes are on the move. A professional snake remover in South Alabama learned a hard lesson himself and now he wants to warn others.

The federal government arrested eight people with immigration crimes as part of Operation Take Back America.

One of the three people killed Wednesday in a fatal boat crash on Lewis Smith Lake was a Snead council member and another was a fire district commissioner in Mississippi.

Protesters showed up on Thursday at the Foley Civic Center as U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) spoke at a Chamber of Commerce event.

Shark attack survivor Lulu Gribbin, of Mountain Brook, traveled to Montgomery on Thursday to plead to state representatives to pass a bill that would create a shark attack alert system and she had a very powerful political figure by her side.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency identified three boaters killed early Wednesday during a Major League Fishing tournament on Lewis Smith Lake.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is urging corporations to stop discriminatory DEI practices.

A Major League Fishing angler was among several involved in a crash early Wednesday on Lewis Smith Lake.

A luncheon featuring U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) could be interrupted Thursday due to dueling demonstrations planned outside the event in Foley.

A new cruise line will be stopping by for excursion trips to Mobile next year.

The Alabama Policy Institute's new Alabama Department of Government Efficiency report found that Innovate Alabama awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to companies statewide. Some of those awards caused concern.

Xiaoqin Yan, the Chinese woman convicted of arson and possessing a firearm by an illegal alien and sentenced to eight and a half months in prison, could now face up to five years after she escaped prison.

State Rep. David Faulkner (R-Mountain Brook) explained on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" why he is sponsoring a bill to create a shark alert system on Alabama's Gulf Coast.

Mobile Baykeepers are concerned after multiple testing sites along Alabama’s Gulf Coast showed high levels of bacteria a week after record rainfall.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.