In the final business session of the United Methodist Church’s Alabama-West Florida Conference’s (AWFC) annual conference on Wednesday, an AWFC trustee addressed a new policy that makes it harder for churches to disaffiliate from the denomination, sparking questions from the delegates in attendance.
A bill passed this session to allow prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with felony manslaughter in connection to overdose deaths is on hold after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the wrong version of the bill.
The attorney for a man who killed his parents in Rock Stand over 20 years ago said his client paid the price for a flawed system.
The Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, announced Wednesday that it has voted to uphold its Executive Committee’s previous decision to disfellowship member churches with women pastors.
The trial of Brenda Palmer, a former interim chief financial officer at Montgomery Public School System allegedly involved in a scheme to steal over $300,000 in taxpayer funds, has been reset again to begin on Sept. 11.
The Alabama Department of Archives and History is hosting a luncheon this week to hear about Alabama’s LGBTQ history.
Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Alabama Republican Party’s summer dinner in Montgomery in August.
A Macon County Circuit Court Judge prohibited “electronic bingo” permanently in the county on Monday.
Aderholt announced Tuesday he was able to include the item in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs fiscal year 2024 spending bill following a review and approval by the United States Air Force.
MOBILE - The United Methodist Church’s (UMC) Alabama-West Florida Conference (AWFC) elected to approve a rule clarification by its Board of Trustees which would prevent over 200 disaffiliating clergy from receiving retirement benefits.
Trump later flew to New Jersey to speak at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, where he was later seen dining with U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), along with one of his sons, Eric.
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced Tuesday that a corrections officer resigned after being arrested on three criminal charges.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a hazardous weather outlook for much of central Alabama for the next couple of days.
The Ross Bridge golf course in Hoover will reopen to players in October after a groundskeeping error by a crew member destroyed most of the course’s greens last year.
The attorney representing one of the suspects in the Dadeville Sweet 16 shooting claimed her client should have been given a bond because Aniah’s Law is unconstitutional.
A leaked email shows a newly elected delegate to the United Methodist Church’s General Conference congratulating other UMC clergy within the Alabama-West Florida Conference for moving forward with a rule that makes it more difficult for traditional churches to disaffiliate from the denomination while retaining church property.
On Monday, Mountain Brook’s Canterbury United Methodist Church voted to remain in the United Methodist Church and not follow the over 500 traditional Methodist churches in Alabama, choosing to leave the denomination over its embracing of progressive policies.
Members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission gave out 21 business licenses on Monday.
Residents west of the city of Mobile will vote on July 18 on an annexation plan approved by the city council.
Monday at a Fairhope City Council meeting, a woman who identified herself as Rebecca Watson warned neglecting the city's drag show situation could turn the community into a "warzone."
House Bill 342, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover), will provide more “high-quality pathways” for Alabamians who want to become teachers to access alternative certification instead of going through the traditional route.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the arrest of John Cooper, the director of the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).
The Harpersville Police Department used the Matthew McConaughey visit to Alabama as an opportunity for some comic relief on Monday.
The man arrested for a March 27 shooting near The Hangout restaurant and Gulf Place in Gulf Shores will have a bond hearing this week.
Dothan-Houston County Emergency Management Agency director Chris Judah resigned on Monday.
Police in Detroit are looking for the driver of a vehicle with an Alabama license plate that they say was involved in a deadly hit-and-run.
Alabama will receive about $250 million in an opioid settlement with drugmakers and pharmacies announced last week.