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The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama unanimously voted on Wednesday to hire Stephen Morris as their new executive director.

The Leeds Police Department arrested a man Wednesday after they said he drunkenly drove through a school playground and walking track.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson applauded Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Legislature Wednesday after the signing of a law banning Glock switches and similar trigger activators.

The Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on a bill allowing criminal charges for approaching or remaining within 25 feet of a first responder when commanded and for cursing or using obscene gestures.   

Emily Jones has officially launched her campaign to represent District 8 on the State Board of Education.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation on Tuesday expanding the accountability court program to hold low-level offenders more accountable while receiving the treatment and rehabilitation they need. 

The House and Senate Armed Services Committee chairmen announced on Thursday they were “very concerned” about a recent report the Defense Department was considering changes to the military’s presence in Europe and Japan.

A now-former Alabama Senior State Trooper was allowed to resign from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency two-and-a-half weeks after being indicted for possession of obscene material of a person under the age of 17.

An Elmore County woman was all smiles Tuesday just hours after she shot a deputy who was trying to arrest her.

A free concert will be performed by the U.S. Navy Band at Mobile County's Satsuma High School on Thursday March 20 at 7 p.m. The occasion is the band's 100th anniversary.

The National Institutes for Health gave the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2023 a $408,375 federal grant to study how testosterone therapy affects transgender men’s susceptibility to HIV infection.

The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) Commissioner Nancy Buckner was one of many on Wednesday to vigorously oppose a bill that would mandate that DHR inform parents under investigation and inform them of their rights.

The Mobile Police Department has not made any arrests in connection to a shootout last week at Langan Park and now the focus has shifted to issues with cameras in the park.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and 25 other attorneys general are supporting President Donald Trump’s actions combatting the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 116, sponsored by State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road), on Wednesday morning.

James Spann's podcast 'WeatherBrains' has produced its 1,000th YouTube episode. Here's the story.

You can eat fried rattlesnake and listen to real country music by Tracy Lawrence at Opp's Rattlesnake Rodeo March 22.

A Serbian national was convicted of trafficking fentanyl and several other charges in Cherokee County.

A six-month-old girl has died from injuries sustained during a dog attack in Alabaster last week.

The Alabama House of Representatives advanced legislation for the second year in a row to mandate post-election audits in statewide elections on Tuesday.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a four-bill tax cut package sponsored by Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget chairman State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) on Tuesday without any opposition.”

An Alabama State Trooper has been arrested and charged in Talladega County for possession of pornographic material of a person under the age of 17.

On Tuesday, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the hotly debated bill restructuring the State Board of Veterans Affairs and grafting the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner into the governor's cabinet while naming the next commissioner to take over the department.

The Alabama House of Representatives adjourned on a somber note Tuesday evening after leadership announced the hospitalization of State Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville), as well as the declining health of a former member.

A Dothan man was arrested again on Monday just two months after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson announced Tuesday that 300 tons of trash and garbage was collected during Mardi Gras this year.