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In January of 2025, Will Roberts, of Ralph, Alabama, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. The 15-year-old lost half of his leg to the aggressive bone cancer but has continued to fight.

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) terminated a $1 billion health care contract with YesCare over the weekend. 

A federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released on Tuesday shows “clear fraud,” according to Mike Davis, founder and president of The Article III Project, a conservative legal advocacy group.

In June 2022, a top anti-gravity technology researcher residing in Huntsville allegedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, leading local officials to label the death as a suicide.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) on Wednesday called for Republicans in Congress to bypass Democratic stalling tactics that continue to leave the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unfunded.

The Marine Resources Division (MRD) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announced on Monday that Alabama state waters and federal waters will open to private and state-licensed charter vessel anglers for red snapper harvest on May 22.

The Thomasville Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own in a car crash early Wednesday.

The City of Semmes denies wrongdoing by police officers who entered Bowman’s Auto Air at 3 a.m. on January 4, leading to a shootout.

Over 30 years after skeletal remains were found on State Highway 225, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office identified the person.

Extensive rusting around the main seal could lead to a sudden and catastrophic rupture resulting in bodily harm or property damage and could even "collapse" the cities water lines.

After attacking a new state law allowing public school students to leave campus during the school day for outside religious instruction, Huntsville City School Board member Andrea Alvarez doubled down on her criticism in a social media exchange with State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) on Tuesday.

A Georgia-based organization fighting illegal immigration believes a North Alabama district judge shielded the Southern Poverty Law Center from investigation in a defamation case.

A Montgomery grand jury returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and money laundering. 

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has advanced $565 million in federal funding for the design and construction of U.S. Space Command's new headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. 

Members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission voted on Tuesday by a 4-3 margin to conduct a survey of Alabamians’ opinions of Alabama Public Television and PBS.

A man accused of using more than 30 aliases to swindle money out of unsuspecting love interests online has been extradited back to Alabama after three years.

As campaign mailers and digital advertising funded by the so-called American Conservative Fund (ACF) political action committee continue to overwhelm parts of Alabama with competitive legislative races, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) said he is urging his members to stay focused on their public image in their district.

Adams previously coached at Holly Pond High School, where she abruptly resigned years earlier.

According to Alvarez, the law is not about religion or faith, but about insecure parents and their desire to be "disruptive" in public schools.

The Fairhope Police Department is investigating after a body was found inside a vehicle submerged in a pond.

Attorney General Steve Marshall recently announced that the state had reached a $12.2 million settlement with the online gaming platform Roblox, which will fund additional School Resource Officers (SROs) and bolster child safety on the platform.

A Pinson man will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of numerous children across the nation.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced on Tuesday that they are the subject of a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the left-wing group's use of paid confidential informants. 

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation into law that would significantly alter the state’s K-12 sex education, mandating “sexual risk avoidance” instead of what is called comprehensive sex education.

During a Monday episode of Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) suggested it was not out of the realm of possibilities for a special legislative session on gambling prior to the November elections.

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch is asking the public to come forward with information in a quadruple homicide in Wilmer.

At a pivotal time in the state’s charter school growth, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has changed the trajectory of the Alabama Charter School Commission and the schools under its purview with the recent appointment of Terry Lathan.