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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently announced 21 Alabamians had accepted their appointment to a U.S. service academy. 

Kenneth Cox announced his candidacy for Hoover City Council in late April. Over the weekend, he publicly declared that he will be seeking Place 2.

Republican Secretary of State candidate Andrew Sorrell, who currently serves as state auditor, recently reported $50,027 in contributions raised in just 12 days, a new fundraising record on an initial campaign finance report for the office.

Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate announced on Monday he will run for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in the 2026 election.

Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March, left the United States on Sunday.

The trial for six suspects in the April 15, 2023, Dadeville Sweet 16 party shooting are scheduled for trial on Tuesday.

Jay Mitchell, who resigned from the Alabama Supreme Court last month, has officially announced his candidacy for the state’s next attorney general to take over the term-limited Steve Marshall.

One victim has died and another is wounded after a shooting Sunday at Mobile's Saenger Theater. Suspect Marcus Sanders turned himself in and is charged with murder.

Despite Republican detractors in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is still hopeful for the passage of the so-called "big, beautiful" spending bill backed by House Republicans and President Donald Trump.

Three people are undergoing medical treatment after two were shot and one injured in a melee inside Mobile's Saenger Theatre.

June 2025 will showcase sky events in Alabama, including the Full Strawberry Moon on June 11th, a conjunction of the Moon and Venus on June 22nd, and the Summer Solstice on June 21st.  

Alabama has been included in the official NOAA forecast for Northern Lights Sunday and Monday as a Geostorm approaches Earth.

A 20-year educator is the new principal at ACCEL charter school in Mobile. Dr. Jaclyn Stringer

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Friday that she was making several appointments to the newly re-formed State Board of Veterans Affairs, after clearing the legislature earlier this year as one of the most contentious bills of the session.

From mining critical minerals and fixing Medicade to forming a Western hemisphere alliance, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) is at the forefront of several key issues to secure America’s future. That’s why he recently announced plans to run for a seventh term, despite having once committed to limiting himself to five.

The Bruce Pearl for U.S. Senate discussion appears to have some behind-the-scenes steam. However, one lawmaker on Capitol Hill is already voicing his support for the Auburn head basketball coach.

The Montgomery Zoo announced a rhinoceros recently treated for a bacterial infection of the horn, will return to exhibit soon.

What is in Florence for the Irondale staff and the mayor? One councilwoman suggested it's the University of North Alabama and a connection to a degree program that requires the mayor to make monthly trips there.

Attorney General Steve Marshall has secured a preliminary injunction against a Baldwin County company for falsely claiming to be certified to sell nursery plants and other agricultural products in violation of Alabama’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Americans for Prosperity-Alabama recently hosted U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) for a roundtable discussion on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Madison County School System officials announced a salary increase for all of its employees on Friday.

A Lawrence County man has been sentenced for committing multiple child sexual exploitation crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona.

Friday, during remarks given at a rally announcing a deal that will allow Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel in West Mifflin, Pa., President Donald Trump revealed that Alabama would be part of a $7 billion effort to upgrade facilities.

A 20-year-old woman was reportedly injured in the early hours of Friday morning after someone opened fire at a graduation party in Anniston.

The Mobile Port dredging operations are causing concern among environmentalists, residents, business owners and those who work in waters of Mobile Bay. Now, some say the federal government isn’t playing by its own rules.

In Alabama, heavy rain can affect our travel and our planting, but it does not affect our sense of humor.

Retired Democrat Mobile County Circuit Judge Braxton Kittrell dismissed the 2022 Conecuh County sheriff’s contest for a second time.