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State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) has filed two bills requiring a countywide penny tax to be split between all school systems in Baldwin County instead of going only to the Baldwin County Public School system.

Newly leaked videos of the officer-involved shooting death of Otis French, Jr. in Baldwin County were released Friday.

Of the six charged in connection to a Cullman County District Attorney’s investigation into the Hanceville Police Department, four suspects have pleaded not guilty.

Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency and activated the Alabama Emergency Operations Plan Friday ahead of a potentially dangerous storm system.

An attorney representing the family of Otis French, Jr., who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Bay Minette, is demanding a full investigation into the leak of body worn camera footage.

A Prichard day care worker is facing a child abuse charge after an investigation by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.

The Albertville Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a man at an Exxon gas station off U.S. Highway 431.

A grand jury indicted a former DeKalb County deputy accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with minors.

State Reps. Frances Holk-Jones (R-Foley), Jennifer Fidler (R-Silverhill) and Donna Givens (R-Loxley) gave legislative updates Thursday at the Eastern Shore Republican Women’s (ESRW) luncheon.

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have introduced companion laws named after Lulu Gribbin, the Mountain Brook teen who was attacked by a shark last summer.

Supporters of Keith Sullivan, the defendant in a Dekalb County murder case, are concerned that a not-guilty verdict could have been reached if the judge had listened to the defense about a possible tainted juror.

The Mobile police department is searching for the suspects in a shootout between two groups of people.

The Mobile City Council approved a 2% lodging tax increase, bringing the tax to 10%.

Paul Prine, the former Chief of Police for Mobile, formally announced he is running for mayor after months of speculation.

A group of transit workers showed up to the Mobile City Council meeting Tuesday with a union representative instead of going to work, leaving some citizens stranded.

The Hanceville City Council voted Monday to suspend and rebuild its police department.

The Walker County Commission held a special meeting Monday to release a statement related to indictments of jail employees in connection with the death of Anthony "Tony" Mitchell in 2023.

Multiple indictments were handed down for illegal reentry after a Homeland Security investigation in Huntsville.

Wiley Blankenship, CEO of Coastal Alabama Partnership and executive director of Coastal 150, has joined the Connie Hudson for mayor campaign.

The Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project entered phase two this week.

***WARNING: Graphic video contains images of blood, violence and death***

The Mobile Public Library has removed a graphic children's comic book for review.

The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office conducted the largest fentanyl seizure in the county’s history.

A town hall meeting on gun violence in Mobile will be held on March 13.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations arrested a suspected member of the violent MS-13 gang on Wednesday.

Travis Lofton, the man convicted for the shooting death of Jason Mallette at the Daphne Taziki's Mediterranean Café, has been sentenced to life in prison.

A comic book that teaches children about masturbation, gender identities and sexuality is available in the children's department at several Mobile Public Library locations, causing concern for citizens.