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A young military veteran and graduate of Briarwood Christian School, Kaleb Dillard was preparing for a bright future with his fiance when he found himself facing up to eight years in federal prison for assaulting a U.S. Capital police officer.

Members of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled on Friday the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) “properly exercised” their power to rescind an earlier round of cannabis business licenses awarded in August 2023.

Hundreds of people across the Southeast reported seeing a brilliant streak through the sky late Saturday.

An endowment has been set up to teach high school students free enterprise principles. Honors the late Jack Campbell, political strategist of Montgomery.

Alabama’s population increased by 40,026 residents in 2024, according to U.S. Census numbers released on Thursday.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to join the upcoming Trump administration, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in forming the Congressional Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Caucus.

New details in a sting bringing down a former pastor were revealed in a court deposition.

The House passed a short-term spending bill on Friday to fund the government until March.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is launching the "For Every Body" campaign to push its Alabama Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan, which was developed “with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

Alabama’s unemployment rate increased to 3.1% in November, according to Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Marty Redden.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently slammed congressional efforts to give U.S. lawmakers a raise as the government scrambles to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution to continue funding the government and avoid a shutdown.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently expressed frustration with the Biden administration for being tight-lipped about the rash of unidentified drone sightings over New York, New Jersey and neighboring states.  

A government-funding continuing resolution backed by President-elect Donald Trump failed to pass the House on Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump and “co-President” Elon Musk are responsible for House Republicans abandoning an earlier version of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, according to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office seized a large amount of drugs during a special operations traffic stop late Tuesday.

Country music icon Tracy Lawrence comes to Mobile's Saenger Theater on March 13, 2025.

U.S. Marine Willie Ellington is facing first-degree murder and possession of child pornography after a bizarre case spanning two states.

J6 defendants are still going on trial in DC court for the Jan. 6 protect 'Stop the Steal." Montgomery attorney Melissa Issak won a jury verdict for her client.

The Marine Resources Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will close the state’s 2024 private angler red snapper fishing season at midnight on Tuesday, December 31. 

Most of Alabama’s congressional delegation has been silent so far on their position on a continuing resolution to fund the federal government. 

Congress should pass a clean continuing resolution or “just shut the government down,” according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Congress should consider a “clean” spending bill instead of the omnibus bill being considered in the House, according to U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery).

A federal lawsuit against the Baldwin County Sheriff claims religious discrimination and retaliation.

Jackson Hospital recently began diverting some cardiac patients to other hospitals.

he Second Annual “Girl’s Day at the Capitol,” hosted by State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) and Miss Alabama Outstanding Teen Ali Mims, brought 100 girls from 6th grade to 12th to the Capitol complex.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) spoke out against a 1,547-page spending deal released just days ahead of a funding deadline.

A recently-released government funding bill is filled with too much frivolous spending, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).