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U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) both voted for legislation to fund the federal government for another six months on Friday.

Thirty-two kindergarten through 12th-grade students across Alabama were honored Wednesday at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival theater in Montgomery.

James Osgood, 55, was convicted of two counts of murder for the 2010 murder of Tracy Brown. The murder charges were made capital because it was committed during the course of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.

Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency and activated the Alabama Emergency Operations Plan Friday ahead of a potentially dangerous storm system.

The University of Alabama was recently named among 52 universities currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for alleged “impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation” and other violations of civil rights laws.

Nearly 25,000 K-12 students have applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state's new Education Savings Account program, after applications opened on January 2.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an amicus brief on Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirming his commitment to defending religious liberty and school choice. 

The Singing Garbage Man Doug Kiker has died at age 32.

Isaiah Moore, a 22-year-old from Springville, will make his "American Idol" debut on Sunday.

HAZMAT crews had to be called in to Moundville on Thursday to clean up around 2,000 gallons of aviation fuel spilled over a five-mile stretch that includes a bridge over a creek.

A Prichard day care worker is facing a child abuse charge after an investigation by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.

Pike Roads School issued an apology on Thursday after posting a student's artwork, part of a partnership with the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail and Durr Lecture Series, that featured five hooded Ku Klux Klan members to social media.

Our Day Mobile, a left-wing, anti-Trump group organizing protests in Mobile, announced on Thursday they opposed attendees chanting “All Lives Matter” at their events.

An attorney representing the family of Otis French, Jr., who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Bay Minette, is demanding a full investigation into the leak of body worn camera footage.

The Alabama State Board of Education (BOE) had a brief but slightly tense exchange on Thursday while discussing a proposed contract granting Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) Superintendent Eric Mackey a 55% raise from his initial contract in 2018, an increase of $135,000.

The Albertville Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a man at an Exxon gas station off U.S. Highway 431.

After 50 years, you can still experience 'The Doors' recreated in tribute in Foley's OWA Theater April 12.

According to a Department of Justice announcement on Thursday, Brundidge Police chief Samuel Green was charged with 13 counts in an indictment for alleged roles in a scheme to defraud the federal government.

A grand jury indicted a former DeKalb County deputy accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with minors.

Alabama State Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey was cautiously optimistic on Thursday morning after the state could not withdraw nearly $9 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday.

State Reps. Frances Holk-Jones (R-Foley), Jennifer Fidler (R-Silverhill) and Donna Givens (R-Loxley) gave legislative updates Thursday at the Eastern Shore Republican Women’s (ESRW) luncheon.

Democrats voting against funding the federal government by a Friday deadline would be “political suicide,” according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Three men in Lee County were indicted for allegedly discharging a weapon into an occupied building or vehicle with enhanced charges under Alabama’s Criminal Enterprise Act, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday.

The federal Department of Education halted all funds to Alabama Wednesday. Officials have a strategy to eliminate federal bureaucracy and send the money directly to the state.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) hopes that the newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Douglas A. Collins, will be able to curb waste with the proposed rollout of the Oracle federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system after lawmakers expressed concern with spending and efficiency in recent months.

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have introduced companion laws named after Lulu Gribbin, the Mountain Brook teen who was attacked by a shark last summer.

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) recently filed legislation requiring the attorney general to create, maintain, and publish a police abuse registry of persons convicted of using or threatening to use force against a law enforcement officer.