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Gospel singer and producer Tony Griffith of Sylacauga has been named Exec of America 250 Tour, managing the nationwide Independence concerts.

On Monday's agenda for Central Alabama Water, the board considered three pending invoices for monthly payments of $35,000 to the Birmingham Business Resource Center.

The family of a man who died after being handcuffed by the Irondale Police Department said a mental health crisis led to his death. Phillip Reeder, 53, died on Aug. 6, 2024.

From border security, tariffs, foreign policy and gender equality, President Donald Trump has pursued an ambitious agenda during the first six months of his second term in office.

The Foley City Council canceled a public hearing on the revocation of the business license for a restaurant that was raided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week.

Tallapoosa County District Attorney Mike Segrest said he asked the Alabama Attorney General’s Office to take over the investigation and prosecution of a capital murder case.

Georgia officials recently announced that they are considering eliminating their state income tax.

In an interview with Newsmax's "Sunday Agenda," U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) applauded the funding cuts to public broadcasting after President Donald Trump signed the rescissions package into law.

The Alabama Securities Commission on Monday announced they were opening an inquiry into a recently discovered alleged Ponzi scheme.

Changes are underway within Foley's leadership as the city names a new executive director of public safety and a new police chief. Current Police Chief Thurston Bullock will take over as Executive Director of Public Safety, effective September 1.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) gave some context to the heated exchange between her and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on the Senate floor on Thursday.

District One Board member and former chairman Ron Snider accused current APLS chairman John Wahl and District Three board member Amy Minton of using their positions on the board to boost their political ambitions “to the detriment” of state libraries.

Last week, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduced Mountain Brook urologist Dr. Brian Christine to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) ahead of their vote on his pending nomination. Trump nominated Christine to be assistant secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Former State Sen. George Callahan could tell political stories. Some of those went to the grave as he died July 19 in Theodore.

Supporters of the university and board members were told emphatically that the school does not have an active diversity, equity and inclusion program.

The Greater Birmingham Young Republicans hosted their July meeting, featuring State Rep. David Faulkner (R-Mountain Brook) as the guest speaker.

A Wedowee woman is celebrating a world champion horse show title. The first, she hopes, of many.

It's the largest fishing tournament in the world, and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) was right in the middle of it on Saturday — fishing, not campaigning.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division announced on Sunday that it had arrested three men who now face nearly 50 total charges related to allegedly kidnapping, trafficking and sexually abusing children ranging from three to 16 in an underground bunker in Bibb County.

During this week's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," host Todd Stacy interviewed APTV executive director Wayne Reid and network director of external affairs Jack Williams on the heels of a $9 billion rescission package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last week.

During this week's "1819 News: The Podcast," Burgess discussed his father, the new book and true masculinity, which he lamented was dwindling in the church and society as a whole. He shared how he has turned his father's lessons into Biblical lessons.

Stranger things have happened and in the new "Stranger Things" trailer for season 5, Netflix shows us what's to come for the sci-fi horror series finale, with a little touch of Sweet Home Alabama.

When a youth gets into a disagreement, there are many choices for how to handle it. A new film dramatizes choices that do not involve gun violence.

Friday on Fox News Channel's "The Ingraham Angle," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the funding cuts to public broadcasting enacted after President Donald Trump signed the rescissions package into law.

The sound and feel of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers come to Andalusia August 2. Tribute band ULA plays at the Kiwanis Center.

As Fairhope city council place one incumbent Jack Burrell reaches the end of his 13th year on the council, he is hoping constituents will keep him in office for a fourth term.

As the lengthy and sometimes hostile debate in the previous weeks surrounding President Donald Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill seems to be a distant memory, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is now turning his attention to Trump’s rescission package.