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The Jackson County, Miss. Sheriff’s Department arrested a man accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from Alabama.

Kela Stanford, 54, the contract driver for the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR), has been charged with a Class B felony over a week after she allegedly returned home with a three-year-old boy after a scheduled visitation with his biological father and left him to die in the hot car.

A mini-Lulu's has opened in the new Gulf Shores Airport by Lucy Buffett, owner of Lulu's Restaurant.

The Saban Center, a self-proclaimed “cutting-edge educational campus that integrates STEM and the arts,” announced a “significant partnership” with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

The UAB Health System announced Thursday that an agreement has been reached with UnitedHealthcare to continue services for patients.

The mother and grandfather of a one-year-old baby boy who was hanged from a ceiling and beaten have pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently expressed disgust at the uncovered sex ring in Bibb County and gave full support for the subsequently announced legislation that would mandate a life sentence or the death penalty for sexually assaulting a child.

A recent horrific child sex trafficking ring discovered in Bibb County has possible ties to the Sureños Mexican-American gang.

The City of Foley is hosting a municipal election candidate forum on August 14.

Alabama lawmakers will try again to pass legislation in the 2026 legislative session that would make child rapists eligible for the death penalty in the wake of horrific child sex abuse cases in Bibb County.

Voters in Alabama who want to take part in their local municipal election by absentee ballot must apply soon.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently filed legislation to prevent students from hostile countries from studying at American colleges and universities.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is "100% sure" that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville will soon be announced as the new home for U.S. Space Command.

Southern Company reported second-quarter earnings of $900 million in 2025 compared with earnings of $1.2 billion in the second quarter of 2024.

The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a woman Wednesday after a destructive incident near the Alabama-Tennessee line.

Business leader and retired Vulcan Signs CEO Bubba Lee died Tuesday. He helped found and lead the Business Council of Alabama.

An illegal immigrant arrested in Mobile County has ties to the dangerous MS-13 gang, according to previous arrest documents.

Recent audio allegedly shows the Department of Human Resources contractor accused of leaving a three-year-old boy in a hot car to die apologizing to the family, saying, "Sorry isn't enough to express how I feel."

The man Scottsboro police said shot an officer after a domestic incident and chase is scheduled for a court appearance on August 20.

The amount of foreign-owned land in each county differs dramatically across Alabama.

Following weeks of calls for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to release video of the officer-involved shooting death of Jabari Peoples, the state's lead investigator said in court documents that it could happen soon.

As more Democrats join in calling for the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is questioning their motives.

As officials in Bibb County continue to investigate and make arrests in a horrific child sex trafficking case in Bibb County, a U.S. Senate candidate with extensive credentials fighting anti-human trafficking operations is responding.

The City of Irondale announced that the sixth Costco in Alabama will be built in the city. The plan, which a letter from former mayor Charles Moore shows, was set into motion in April of 2018, and has come together just weeks before municipal elections. Demonstrating Cueller's tenacious efforts to move the city forward and address its budget and tax problems.

Hundreds of students, players and friends are saying goodbye to Coach Skip Griffies and wife Jane who died July 24-25.

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl recently took former President Barack Obama to task for calling on Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza amid its ongoing war with Hamas.

A bipartisan group in Congress is working on legislation to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the federal level rather than sending funding through block grants to the states, according to U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile).