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A Decatur administrative police officer is accused of calling the incoming police chief's former employer and posing as a member of human resources to obtain "the good and the bad."

The Office of Information Technology is currently responding to a "cybersecurity event" over the weekend that is affecting certain state systems, according to a spokesperson for Governor Kay Ivey.

Luisa Reyes was caught off guard as she crossed the Hugh R. Thomas Bridge in Tuscaloosa around noon Sunday.

It's neotraditional country music night at the Wharf in Orange Beach on May 29. Dwight Yoakam and the Mavericks perform.

A Boaz man is currently being held without bond in the DeKalb County Jail after police say he attempted to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl.

The Department of Government Efficiency cut $7,774,758.19 in federal diversity, equity and inclusion grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics to four Alabama universities last week.

Mud dumping in Mobile Bay is impacting fishermen and quality of life, according to the Alabama Commercial Fishermen Association.

In a video message posted May 8, 2025, Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato seemingly took credit for the best of Hoover without addressing any significant concerns facing the city in the launch of his reelection campaign.

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) tried to play the race card against President Donald Trump recently for allegedly trying to "whitewash our history" by firing the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.

It is your last chance to watch the Righteous Brothers in Alabama. Their Farewell Tour comes to Oxford May 29.

During this week's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) defended the legislature's decision to allow the 2023 overtime tax cut to expire.

If you like off-color jokes and sexual humor, don't come to watch 'Clean Comedian' Nate Bargatze on July 16 at Orange Beach's The Wharf.

The City of Orange Beach will celebrate a groundbreaking ceremony for the Margaritaville Resort at The Wharf.

If Abraham Lincoln was the Great Emancipator and Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, then President Donald Trump is the Great Disruptor, according to Publius PR CEO A.J. Rice.

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.

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.

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.