
Friday, during an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) reacted to a three-year-old Bessemer boy dying earlier this week while in Department of Human Resources custody after being left alone in a hot vehicle for nearly five hours.

Alabama’s members of the House of Representatives are highlighting efforts from their body in working with the White House to permanently bring U.S. Space Command to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, amidst rumors of impending action.

The Fairhope Public Library seems to be ignoring guidelines to protect children from sexually explicit content.

Bibb Countians are coming together following a gruesome case involving a child sex operation out of an underground bunker in Brent.

Investigators with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office arrested three women in connection to a child sex abuse case.
The Hoover Police Department has been posting “Throwback Thursday” images on Facebook since 2017. This week’s photo was an image of Chief Nick Derzis playing golf with Michael Jordan in 1994. The post was up for a few hours, before it was deleted, apparently at the direction of Mayor Frank Brocato, who is facing a primary challenge from Derzis.

As protests continue in the City of Homewood for the release of information related to an officer-involved shooting, which authorities say will come out following an investigation, Black Lives Matter Birmingham remains silent on the death of three-year-old Ke'Torrius "KJ" Starkes, Jr., days after his death.

The trial for a former Bayou La Batre police officer charged with first-degree rape, second-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse by force and second-degree sexual abuse will go to trial in less than a year.

Dr. Annette Shelby has died. She was the wife of longtime former U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday for former State. Sen. George Callahan.
Representatives from Gov. Kay Ivey’s office told 1819 News that the governor "remains confident" in Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) Commissioner Nancy Buckner after a three-year-old Bessemer boy died on Tuesday while in DHR custody after being left alone in a hot vehicle for nearly five hours.

Northern District of Alabama U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco sanctioned three Butler Snow attorneys on Wednesday over their role in submitting court filings created by ChatGPT in litigation defending the Alabama Department of Corrections.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) predicted quick and final action from the Trump administration on permanently locating U.S. Space Command to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville after meeting with the president and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Alabama's island town is organizing "Dauphin Island Guardians" for emergency response. They will train citizens for preparedness, rescue and recovery.

A court recently granted Lisa Taylor Wallace an emergency hearing days after 1819 News broke the news that First Lady Lisa Taylor Wallace had been placed in an "unnecessary" court-ordered guardianship and conservatorship and was being held against her will at the Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Hoover.

The Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force conducted two operations Wednesday in Baldwin County that resulted in the arrest of 24 suspected illegal aliens.

A 27-year-old mother is expected to survive after being shot five times in the chest, back, arm and midsection.

On a recent episode of his podcast, Tucker Carlson took a moment to support former Alabama U.S. Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose first action upon being appointed AG in 2017 by President Donald Trump was to recuse himself from the investigation into Russia's alleged attempts to influence the 2016 election.

A three-year-old Bessemer boy died on Tuesday while in custody of a contractor with the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) after being left alone in a hot vehicle for nearly five hours.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) in introducing the Stop Financial Underwriting of Nefarious Demonstrations and Extremist Riots (Stop FUNDERs) Act on Tuesday.

A second school construction site in Baldwin County was raided on Wednesday by the Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force.

An exhibit of marble and sculpture from Sylacauga is on exhibit at Homewood City Hall.

A fourth suspect was arrested in a child sex trafficking case in Bibb County.

Central Alabama Water has referred the discovery of a second theft to the Birmingham Police Department (BPD). This follows a referral just months ago to BPD for an estimated $2 million in copper thefts.

In a letter to Auburn University president Christopher Roberts and philanthropist Beth Thorne Stukes, the chairman of the Auburn University Foundation's board, the American Civil Rights Project issued a warning that Auburn was supporting the administration of "illegal, race-based scholarships."

More than two years after opening its doors, the Montgomery Whitewater Park continues to demand increasing funds from local leaders to keep the 120-acre whitewater adventure park afloat, with the Montgomery County Commission approving up to $1 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds for the park's continued existence.