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It’s a commencement speech that faculty, students and all who attended will never forget. It’s also one AL(dot)com would like to pretend never happened.

A Walker County Sheriff’s deputy indicted in connection with the treatment of an inmate is asking for one of the counts against him to be dismissed.

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' State Lands Division plans to auction off public land leases with 140 potential tracts across 32 counties in an upcoming five-year lease cycle. 

Jeremy Tremaine Williams, the man convicted of killing and posthumously sexually assaulting five-year-old Kamarie Holland in 2021, recently waived all his legal rights in an effort to speed up his execution after having previously filed for appeal last year.

On Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey released a video to honor fallen service members in honor of Memorial Day.

The Bay Minette Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that occurred during a large house party.

A crash in Atlanta claimed the lives of three people on May 23. Stillman College student Sieas Elliott, Stillman alumni Destiny Gardner and Varick Lawrence were killed.

The fate of a Louisiana case before the U.S. Supreme Court could have a major impact on Alabama’s ongoing redistricting battle, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty has died at 79. He campaigned in Alabama for Judge Roy Moore.

Nearly two years ago, Mountain Brook teen Lulu Gribbin was gearing up for a trip to Florida with her mom, twin sister and their friends. It was a mother-daughter trip for the girls, who were excited to enjoy the beach and go to restaurants with their moms.

Alabama Veteran, a non-profit organization based out of Birmingham, honored the fallen on Memorial Day weekend from the Gulf Coast.

Ahead of Memorial Day, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) took to the Senate floor to honor two fallen Alabama soldiers and their families.

A man was injured Saturday when he was struck by lightning, according to multiple reports.

State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) will launch his campaign for re-election at events in Etowah and Cherokee Counties on May 29 and 30. 

The Donald Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the appointment of Donald Harrisson III as acting administrator of the department’s Wage and Hour Division.

On a recent episode of “1819 News: The Podcast,” 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson and reporter Craig Monger explained how the cultural conversation once dominated by Democrat woke dogma is starting to shift back to reality.

Since the 1890s, Captain David Stiller's family has been involved in commercial fishing. Now, he is taking the family business to the next level in Baldwin County with Apex Shark Fishing Charters.

The family of a man killed in a boating crash on Smith Lake is suing Major League Fishing (MLF), MFL angler Flint Davis and Gary Holcombe, doing business as Smith Lake Striper Guide Service.

For 32 years, he anchored the news for central and south Alabama folks

A man who was detained during an immigration raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Foley job site recently was attempting to obstruct the lawful arrest of an illegal alien, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Range) announced this week he is running for re-election for District 22 in the 2026 election.

Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell recently released a statement that he had filed suit against the county commission, alleging a refusal to address mold and other issues he believes to be a public health crisis, nearly one year after evacuating the building over concerns.

During Friday's broadcast of "Rightside Radio," U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) reacted to two Israeli Embassy staffers shot at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

It's summertime, so it's time for Sunday Sunset Concerts each month on Dauphin Island.

"This is a HUGE opportunity to rip apart one of the worst gun control laws in American history," BamaCarry said.

The Enterprise City Council and Congressman Barry Moore presented the Carnegie Medal to retired Sgt.-Major Marvin Pinckney who saved two neighbors from their burning house.

The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.1M earthquake off the coast of Gulf Shores on Friday.