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A Fairhope city councilman running for re-election is without a campaign website after his page was taken over by Drag Story Hour.

“We will shut Homewood down for justice,” Black Lives Matter (BLM) Birmingham’s Wayne Taft Harris, Jr. said during a city council meeting.

State Rep. Patrick Sellers (D-Pleasant Grove) joined the growing number of state leaders calling for accountability in reaction to the death of the three-year-old Bessemer boy who died in Alabama Department of Human Resources custody after allegedly being left in a hot car for nearly five hours.

The body of an unknown man will undergo an official autopsy to determine when and how he died after investigators found him dead in a Foley apartment.

Mobile City Councilman William Carroll paid respects to a local high school student who drowned over the weekend at Smith Lake.

Congress should “consider taking action preempting abortion shield laws” in blue states, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Marion County Circuit Judge Talmage Lee Carter recently placed a stay on the scheduled nitrogen hypoxia execution of David Lee Roberts, 59, until the state can determine if Roberts is mentally capable of being executed.

The St. Louis Street project, which has been eight years in the making, was approved Tuesday by the Mobile City Council.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Honduran national in connection with the attempted murder of a Hispanic man who was stabbed at a soccer game.

In response to horrific child sex abuse cases recently discovered in Bibb County, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) and State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) will unveil legislation to extend the death penalty to child rapists at a press conference on Thursday.

On Monday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed paying down national debt, which is approaching $37 trillion.

Through The Skelton Center for Cultural Renewal, 1819 News will daily publish culture and life articles that seek to ground our readers in the truths and traditions of the West’s Christian heritage while illuminating better paths forward for individuals, families, leaders, and our state.

Folks who grew up in Montgomery from 1950 to 1980 will recognize references in the new song, "Back to Montgomery."

The Gulf Shores City Council approved a one-year extension of the contract with Hangout Music Fest, LLC.

A former Miss America, who ran two unsuccessful campaigns in Alabama as a progressive Democrat, took to TikTok to bash President Donald Trump supporters and to tell them to shut their mouths about any child sexual abuse case.

Mayors from across the state of Alabama continued pushing for changes to Alabama’s online sales tax law after a meeting in Tuscaloosa on Monday.

State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) is trying to take on businesses and institutions that might target individuals based on their vaccination status with a pre-filed bill ahead of the 2026 legislative session.

Jiandong Cao and Xuejun Zheng were both arrested by the Pelham Police Department recently for allegedly possessing 15 counterfeit devices after being suspected of switching out gift cards at local CVS stores.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is trying to “set the record straight” on Republicans’ plan for Medicaid and assuage fears of massive cuts stoked by Democrat “fearmongering and dishonesty."

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) unveiled the first electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Smith Station.

The man Scottsboro police said shot an officer over the weekend is charged with attempted murder.

Mountain Brook urologist Dr. Brian Christine’s nomination to be Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was moved out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) last week, paving the way for his full confirmation by the Senate.

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was swift to applaud the federal court on Monday after it ruled last week that prohibited President Donald Trump’s administration from closing Job Corps centers across the country, including in the capital city.

Bibb County’s recent bust of an underground child sex ring is “probably just scratching the surface” of what happened, according to Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade.

Tanveer Patel’s voter record shows she voted Democratic ballots in the 2018 and 2020 primary elections.

The three Mayors of Alabama's Gulf Coast travel to Washington Monday to meet with Alabama U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt.

Authorities found the body of a missing swimmer in the Tennessee River Sunday.