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On Thursday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the U.S. Supreme Court for agreeing to determine whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's school sports teams.

The city of Tuscaloosa plans to sue the state over how Alabama’s online sales tax law is divided up between counties and municipalities.

Sylacauga lost a hearty soul as Joe Clinton, Jr. died. Different Sylacauga folks knew him in different ways.

People in the Shiloh community of Coffee County have filed a lawsuit against Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) director John Cooper after months of back and forth between state and federal officials.

This week, a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Michael Sockwell, 62, who was convicted of killing former Montgomery County Sheriff Isaiah Harris in 1988.

Members of Alabama’s Republican House delegation helped President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” gain final passage in the House on Thursday after hours of debate and delay.

Paul Miller worked his entire career for the Alabama Baptist Children's Home and ministries. He died July 2 at age 83.

It's a bit of a homecoming to Alabama for The Red Clay Strays at the Wharf Amphitheater July 3-4-5.

A terrifying moment for two people on Birmingham’s west side has turned into a desperate search for two men.

Five Points Mayor Jeff Monroe announced on Monday he is running for the Republican nomination for Alabama House District 37 in 2026.

Members of the Hayneville Town Council voted to disband the police department at a special-called meeting on Wednesday.

After hours of delay in the House on Wednesday and early Thursday morning, President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” still didn’t have enough support to pass.

A Montgomery man will spend 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a machinegun.

President Donald Trump nominated Randall Jones, a Guntersville insurance agency co-owner, to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) recently introduced the Equal Representation Act which would ensure only legal citizens are factored into the count for congressional districts and the Electoral College map that determines presidential elections. 

The Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force arrested 15 suspected illegal immigrants Wednesday in Mobile.

A man is facing a charge of impersonating a peace officer after police said he tried to convince people he was a DEA agent.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl announced a series of steps the party has taken to ensure financial transparency and accountability ahead of the 2026 election cycle by enacting a series of internal policies, which include an independent audit of ALGOP’s finances.

BamaCarry, Alabama’s largest state-based Second Amendment organization, announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Selma for “trampling the constitutional rights of one of its members.”

Significant changes are coming to the University of Montevallo as the school named Terry Roberson interim president, effective July 1.

The Orange Beach City Council approved a resolution to spend $81,000 on new Flock Safety cameras and software.

Ignoring the idiom "You can't judge a book by its cover," AL(dot)com, an outlet owned by Alabama Media Group, a subsidiary of New York billionaires Donald and Samuel Newhouse's Advance Publications, recently wrote a story focusing on three minutes of a one-hour-and-a-half podcast to shame a Christian podcaster and former reality TV star Madison Prewett Troutt for a previous addiction to sexual sin, ignoring the broader message of her confession and faith based recovery.

Advocates for women’s equality in sports won a significant victory Tuesday when the University of Pennsylvania announced it would strip the medals won by transgender athlete Lia Thomas and award them to the rightful female winners, along with a formal apology.

The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office removed 29 dogs from a home Tuesday, overwhelming the local animal shelter.

The Mobile to NOLA Amtrak route knocked out in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina restarts August 18.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has raised over $4 million since launching his campaign for governor on May 27. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and law enforcement leaders from across Alabama formally called on Governor Kay Ivey on Monday to reappoint Leigh Gwathney as Chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.