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A Fairhope man has already paid the price for the safety of his family. In 2021, Nathaniel Spurgeon's wife and mother-in-law were kidnapped for ransom. Now, he is opening up about his experience in hopes of preventing innocent children from having to pay the price for the mistakes of adults.

A local parent in the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library system discovered a book targeted at juveniles, which teaches children to engage in social activism and that “[r]acial categories were invented to advantage white people and to justify slavery, colonialism, and genocide.

State senators will consider advancing legislation in the final days of the legislative session to regulate and restrict hemp products sold in retail stores in Alabama.

Alabama will select its Teacher of the Year May 7 after a year-long competitive process. The winner goes to the nationals.

The former Sylacauga city clerk and treasurer is appealing her case to the court, claiming her termination was unlawful and unconstitutional.

Term "pregnant people" used by Montgomery news staff WSFA-TV. Backlash from viewers.

What was it like for President Donald Trump to speak at their graduation? Two UA seniors on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Friday on Fox News.

A new video showing dredge spoil being dumped into Mobile Bay demonstrates the impact the practice can have on the bay’s ecosystem.

Marshall County Commission chairman James Hutcheson died early Saturday morning after serving the county for nearly 15 years.

John Weichman has died in Mobile at 81. He was a restaurateur, community leader and supporter of law enforcement.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Friday announced Monica Carroll as the new executive director of Alabama’s Farm Service Agency.

President Donald Trump is considering an executive order related to name, image, and likeness (NIL) payments to college athletes. 

On April 14, officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans arrested Huy Quoc Phan, a 43-year-old Vietnamese illegal alien, at his residence in Fairhope.

As the State Senate considers legislation to ban discussions and displays related to sexual orientation or gender identity in schools, a middle school in Huntsville is prominently showcasing the LGBTQ Pride flag in at least one of its classrooms.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation has been called in after the arrest of the Sulligent police chief.

While the reactions to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has been mixed, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continues to back the president as he champions bringing more of the country’s production back to U.S. shores.

A circuit judge on Thursday permanently blocked the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) from licensing freestanding birth centers like hospitals after years of litigation and protests from midwives and other birthing advocates.

The City of Anniston announced that Mayor Jack Draper has resigned, effective May 2.

A Wedowee man was sentenced to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse materials and to the possession of a machinegun and silencer.

Mobile pastor Travis Johnson has come a long way from being canceled in 2023 for his prayer in a city council meeting.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday a legal victory for the state in Boe v. Marshall following the plaintiffs’ decision to drop their challenge to Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which prohibits experimental sex-change procedures for minors. 

Several more criminal suspects have been arrested in Alabama in recent weeks and placed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds as federal law enforcement tries to confirm their status as illegal aliens.

A large crowd descended on Snow Hinton Park in Tuscaloosa on Thursday as part of the “Tide Against Trump” rally to protest President Donald Trump’s commencement speech at the University of Alabama just a few miles away.

Thursday night, a near-capacity crowd at the university's Coleman Coliseum was the center of the political universe as President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to deliver a commencement speech to the storied institution

Southern Company on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.3 billion, or $1.21 per share, in 2025 compared with earnings of $1.1 billion, or $1.03 per share, in the first quarter of 2024.

Mercedes-Benz announced on Thursday that they'll begin making a new “core segment vehicle” in Tuscaloosa.

Anti-abortion advocates gathered in Prattville at an event with State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) to discuss his plans to completely abolish abortion in the state and how the public can be involved.