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A special patriotic event in Baldwin County will include chef-inspired dishes, prizes and awards, but it will also benefit a much-needed cause.

Some beach areas in Gulf Shores are closed as crews build stages and scenes for the 2025 Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival. The festival will be May 16 – 18 and replaces the long-running Hangout Festival.

President Donald Trump signed into law a bill on Friday sponsored by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) that blocks the Biden-Harris administration’s last-minute attempt on Christmas Eve 2024 to ban tankless natural gas water heaters. 

After signing recently passed legislation into law, Gov. Kay Ivey has officially made Juneteenth an official state holiday, requiring all state offices to close in recognition of the holiday that has been the focus of Democratic lawmakers for years.

With President Donald Trump’s publicly good relationship with Alabama’s members of Congress and frequent trips to the state, you might have expected him to have sampled the state’s prized culinary creation, but you would be wrong.

An investigation in Bibb County led to the arrest of a Hispanic man in connection with a child sex trafficking operation.

Judge Matt has recovered enough from a major heart attack to come home and continue his recovery there. Some friends call it a miracle.

Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a one-cent grocery sales tax cut on Friday.

State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) reacted to complaints from Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin regarding Senate Bill 330, which restructures the makeup of the Birmingham Water Works Board, and House Bill 445, which regulates the manufacturing, wholesale distribution and retail sale of consumable hemp products containing THC or CBD.

Michael “Buzz” Davis, a former University of Alabama basketball player, was found guilty Friday in the shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris.

Hunters will have expanded opportunities at the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge soon.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is backing legislation that would require the death penalty for illegal aliens convicted of murdering an American citizen.

Human remains found in Fayette County are believed to be those of one-year-old Kahleb Collins, who was reported missing after his family was involved in a fatal December 2024 crash.

The Eastern Shore Republican Women heard from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall about how the state has been making a difference nationwide in conservative efforts.

Memories of the late Jimmy Buffett will flow along with margaritas on August 23 at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre. Mac McAnally and Scotty Emerick will perform.

A termination of agreement letter from political strategist Jon Gray offers insight into his decision to pull away from Baldwin County Public Schools.

Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith said he found out about a motion to hold him in contempt of court through the news media.

A three-judge federal panel on Thursday found a congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.

The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted to provide the state’s libraries with a definition of “sexually explicit,” continued to withhold funding for the Fairhope library and floated a near-total ban on the transgender-promoting books at Thursday’s meeting.  

Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March, is leaving the United States voluntarily, according to his attorney.

During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth revealed his intentions to expose and potentially end the practice.

The Birmingham Water Works Board didn’t have the authority to transfer assets to the City of Birmingham after a law changing its governance was signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) spoke about concerns with a dredging project underway in his district.

The show band of Alabama, the Tips Tops, will kick off the summer in Fairhope on Friday, May 30.

The Madison Utilities Board will hold a public hearing on May 13 to hear residents' concerns or support for continuing to add fluoride to the local water supply.

The Alabama Port Authority will finally receive the $38 million it has been waiting for since 2021.

Legislation to allow annexation of a section of Cullman County by Smith Lake to establish a framework to attract a resort to the area was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday.