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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will soon hear the civil rights voting case of Fair Fight, Inc. v. Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, Inc. (TTV).

The City of Mobile is seeking a Margaritaville Bar atop its National Maritime Museum where a Buffett exhibition and sculpture will be.

Members of the Alabama House of Representatives announced on Wednesday the formation of the Black Belt Caucus, which will focus on economic and social development in the region.

Eddie Smith is still running to be the next mayor of Opelika despite a recent cancer diagnosis. 

Claude Strother is an avid outdoorsman. He hunts and fishes and has always kept a journal of his experiences.

The Gulf Shores Police Department is asking for information to find the owners of an urn that washed ashore on April 17.

New FBI Director Kash Patel said Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal will play a key role in the Bureau’s future expansion and fight against crime.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on legislation expanding civil and criminal immunity for law enforcement officers in Alabama.

The Alabama House Health Committee advanced on Wednesday legislation changing the scope of practice for the state’s midwives, despite opposition from midwives and other supporters of non-hospital births.

Members of the Pike Road Town Council passed an ordinance on Wednesday pausing all new gas station construction for one year.

"Grease" the musical comes to Fairhope's Theatre on the Bluff April 30-May 3. Guest star is Lucy Buffett, famous restaurateur and sister of Jimmy Buffett.

First responders fought a fire at an Enterprise nursing home for over 15 hours. Local restaurants showed up and kept them in food and water.

The stars of the Motown sound come to Birmingham on June 5 -- the Temptations and the Four Tops.

Libraries across the state rushed to remove sexually explicit material from their children and teen sections following new guidelines by the Alabama Public Library System in May 2024. The APLS threatened to withhold funding from any library that did not comply with new regulations.

House Democrats were in an especially combative mood on Tuesday, spending hours of debate time protesting the House calendar and a proposed bill changing the voter registration software used by Alabama’s state and local election officials.  

A man slated to be put to death on Thursday for the repeated rape and eventual murder of a Chilton County woman in 2010 is dropping all of his appeals ahead of his scheduled lethal injection, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.”

The National Science Foundation canceled three grants worth $1,761,892 on Friday to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University.

Hoover City Council meetings can be described in many ways, but boring is rarely one of them. This week’s meeting was no exception.  

Legislation that would allow for an annexation of an area of Cullman County by Smith Lake to establish a framework to attract a resort to the area passed the Senate on Tuesday.

Military veterans and families can get assistance with obtaining the benefits they earned. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore is hosting a Veterans Benefits Fair April 25 in Daphne.

Local legislation that would legalize pari-mutuel gambling at the White Hall Entertainment Center in Lowndes County passed the Alabama Senate on Tuesday by a 18-7 margin.

The announcement of President Donald Trump’s planned commencement speech at the University of Alabama this year was met with much support and excitement. But a vocal minority, including alumni, faculty and a college Democrat group, could not stifle their ire, instead venting their indignation on social media.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has released the 18th edition of its annual Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, ranking Alabama in the top 20 for economic outlook. However, if the Yellowhammer State wants to out-compete its neighbors, it may have to change its income tax structure.

Birmingham Water Works Board chair Tereshia Huffman allegedly “participated in unethical practices” with contributions from the board’s Community Educational Program to charities affiliated with her relatives, according to an ethics complaint filed on Monday.

Samford University is getting into the alcohol, hotel and entertainment business — that's the plan, at least.

The Fairhope Public Library board voted not to move a controversial book from the teen section to the adult section after the state paused funding due to explicit material, meaning it will no longer receive state funding.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said recent violent acts are not acceptable and his staff, along with law enforcement, is taking action.