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The Mobile Police Department is investigating an assault after two women were hit by a car on June 27.

What was supposed to be a “fun ship” vacation for over 3,000 passengers in 2013, turned into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. Now, that nightmare will live on in Netflix history.

Municipal election campaigns are in full swing statewide as candidates vie for voters ahead of the August 26 elections.

Every month since 2003, the McCarron extended family in Mobile has lunched together.

A commercial construction company owner is speaking out about a high-profile illegal immigration operation on a government-funded project in Gulf Shores.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office called in the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, after dozens of bundles of cocaine washed ashore Thursday.

The University of Alabama continues to treat gender identity and gender expression as a protected class, requiring students to agree to a Code of Conduct and an Equal Opportunity Non-Discrimination policy that include them in multiple places. 

Staffers and families of campers at Lake Martin's Camp ASCCA are counting their blessings. No one was hurt when lightning struck and closed the camp Sunday.

State Rep. David Standridge (R-Hayden), unfazed by his legislation failing to reach the finish line in the 2025 regular legislative session, has re-filed his bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The Pell City Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a boat that was struck by lightning.

Franklin County EMA said a teen was injured Sunday afternoon after she was struck by lightning.

President Donald Trump is making fundamental changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The president said he wants states to "wean" themselves off FEMA.

House and Senate leadership should remove a part of President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that bans states from passing laws and regulations related to artificial intelligence (AI), according to Governor Kay Ivey and 16 Republican governors.

"Best free concert of the year" is the MOB Music Fest 2025. July 11-13 in downtown Mobile.

Birmingham is hosting the 2025 World Police and Fire Games, also known as the games of heroes.

State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road) was one of the lawmakers instrumental in passing the state’s DEI ban that went into effect last October.

Friday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity," Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) applauded President Donald Trump for the action he approved against Iran for its reported efforts to enrich uranium.

Saturday, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was the much-publicized keynote speaker for the Moms for Liberty Madison Chapter fundraiser, "For Such a Time as This." The event was held in Huntsville at The Brewhouse Cooperative, with 200 attendees in attendance, according to Emily Jones, chairman of Moms for Liberty Madison.

Miss Hoover Emma Terry was crowned Miss Alabama 2025 at Samford University’s Wright Center.

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl was swift to praise the Friday SCOTUS decision in which it sided with a set of Maryland parents who challenged a local school district for not allowing them to opt their elementary-aged child out from a class on gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues.

Four hemp companies sued Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday, claiming a part of a new law passed in the 2025 session regulating and restricting certain hemp products is unconstitutional. 

The Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force arrested an additional 20 individuals in Baldwin County.

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), chairman of the House Values Action Team, applauded the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday in Mahmoud v. Taylor that confirmed that parents have the right to make decisions about the education of their children concerning family life and human sexuality.

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is all set to carry out the execution of a convicted murderer in late August, after Gov. Kay Ivey recently set the execution date.

Thomas Pham LeGro made his first appearance on Friday in U.S. District Court for allegedly possessing child pornography. 

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) added his name to the growing list of lawmakers calling for the firing of Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough for blocking specific provisions in President Donald Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.

A vulgar and threatening message was spray-painted on the side of a Huntsville venue set to host U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and other conservative groups on Saturday.