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The Montgomery City Council voted on Tuesday to approve a moratorium on opening new package stores, convenience stores, gas stations and vape shops in the city’s corporate limits.

Earlier this week, two Chinese nationals were charged with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States capable of destroying crops and poisoning humans and livestock.

Presented by the Shoals Diversity Center, Renaissance City Pride Fest 2025 will feature musical acts, local vendors and several drag performers at Florence’s Veterans Park.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) led a subcommittee hearing on ending illegal robocalls and robotexts.

Middle District of Alabama U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose dismissed remaining claims in a lawsuit brought by former Montgomery Police chief Ernest Finley against the City of Montgomery and Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed.

The Birmingham Police Department arrested a man in connection with the death of a 34-year-old woman found dead in her driveway.

The Montgomery City Council voted on Tuesday to approve an amended agreement with the Montgomery County Community Cooperative District after it requested $500,000 to continue funding the Montgomery Whitewater waterpark.

A Prichard police officer was arrested and charged with kidnapping a minor.

According to the lawsuit filed on February 10, Henry Moreman, a former manager who is white, faced discrimination during and after an investigation into what he describes as false allegations against him by a 26-year-old black colleague.

Butler Snow, a law firm defending the Alabama Department of Corrections in multiple lawsuits, told an Alabama judge on Monday that its submission of a court filing generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot was an “isolated incident.”

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) may be running for Alabama’s governor in 2026, but that doesn’t mean he’s done making waves in the U.S. Senate in the meantime.

Baldwin County District 2 Commissioner Matt McKenzie will run for sheriff in 2026.

Mobile mayoral candidate Paul Prine said his grassroots campaign is gaining momentum leading to the August 26 municipal election.

The pastor of Cedar Street Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile is accused of robbery, according to WALA.

The Department of Energy (DOE) cancelled two clean energy grants to Alabama companies last week.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI Mobile announced the arrest of 28 illegal aliens.

Jesse Battles, an Etowah County native and local business owner, announced his candidacy for State Senate District 10 on Wednesday, pledging to be an “unapologetic champion for Alabama values and a relentless advocate for the working families and businesses of Northeast Alabama.”

Prosecutors upgraded the charge against alleged shooter Marcus Sanders to capital murder. He is accused of killing 27-year-old Carl Williams at Mobile's Saenger Theater at a children's dance recital Saturday.

Cliff Sims, the founder of Yellowhammer News and a staffer in the first Trump administration, is being bandied about as a possible candidate for U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) soon-to-be-vacant seat.

Rounding out an eventful first three weeks of the new Birmingham Water Works board, general manager Mac Underwood released a statement saying that the utility has fallen victim to a substantial theft of copper from its warehouse.

On Tuesday, former AL-2 Republican congressional hopeful Caroleene Dobson withdrew her name from consideration to fill the Public Service Commission presidency, vacated by Twinkle Cavanaugh, who resigned to take a job with Trump's U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) raised over $3 million in the first week of his campaign to be Alabama’s next governor in 2026.

In an action that brought swift online mockery, the campaign of Lieutenant Governor hopeful Nichole Wadsworth sent out a mass email on Tuesday to press members, demanding the use of her full academic title, “Dr. Nichole Wadsworth,” in all reporting and headlines.

The Montgomery City Council agreed on Tuesday to a new governing agreement with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), after controversy earlier this year revealed a rift between the MMFA leadership and Mayor Steven Reed's office.

The Dothan Police Department arrested a man in connection with a shooting outside of a movie theater Monday night.

While many in the state have taken it as a virtual certainty that former Secretary of State John Merrill will vie for one of the several seats up for grabs in 2026, he claims to be still weighing options as the field begins to form.

The Alabama Grocers Association (AGA) endorsed Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate on Tuesday in his campaign for lieutenant governor in 2026.