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State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) recently told 1819 News that she was ready to push a legislative effort to approve firing squad as a method of execution in Alabama, after recent court opinions forbade the state from using its most recently approved method, nitrogen hypoxia.

Terri Michal isn’t a newcomer to Birmingham politics but her experience and relationships didn’t help her on Tuesday when Birmingham police forcibly removed her from a city council meeting. 

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk for signing following approval Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Tuesday that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals had rejected the habeas corpus petition of Timothy Boyle, who was convicted of the capital murder of a child in 2010.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting occurred after a dispute between cousins.

Alabama's growing role in the national defense industry and ability to draw multinational corporations have earned the Yellowhammer State a 2026 Silver Shovel Award from the business publication Area Development.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office revealed details about the investigation of a former funeral director in Foley.

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) shared his reaction to a federal judge's ruling that a Trump administration effort to create a national database linking Social Security numbers with citizenship status violated privacy laws and has led states to wrongly purge voters.

Alabama dropped eight spots in a recent housing affordability and homebuilding study.

Two individuals were arrested in Barbour County and accused of trying to introduce drugs and cell phones into Ventress Correctional facility after being apprehended by law enforcement.

Sebastian Alexander Carrillo, 54, of Fairfield, a current Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) employee, is under indictment this year by the attorney general's office for first-degree theft by deception and is scheduled to appear before a judge for a pre-trial hearing next month.

On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a much-anticipated housing bill, which will reportedly address housing affordability.

A recently hired Band Director at Wetumpka High School was arrested in Louisiana last week, and charged with attempted child solicitation and indecent behavior with a minor before posting bail.

A Shelby County woman accused of planning a school shooting with a man on Instagram will remain behind bars until her federal trial.

The Alabama Department of Corrections is searching for an inmate who escaped a job assignment in Summerdale.

The Alabama STEM Council has added new appointees with significant leadership experience and established connections in their respective fields to expand representation of several "key" sectors in the Yellowhammer State.

The City of Montgomery is blocking the release of public information about the Office of Violence Prevention.

Hull Hope native Ella Langley is bringing her Dandelion Tour home to Alabama. The singer and Auburn University announced that she will play two shows at Neville Arena on August 28 and 29. Her openers will be ERNEST and Gabriella Rose.

President Donald Trump endorsed former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) and State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) on Monday in their respective special congressional primaries.

Tim Street, the former manager of Pine Rest Funeral Home and Memorial Park, has been arrested and charged with first-degree financial exploitation of the elderly.

The Mobile Baykeeper said new fish advisories are one reason the state’s new Sound Science law causes concerns.

Grueling details have emerged in court filings regarding the 2021 kidnapping, murder and posthumous sexual assault of five-year-old Kamarie Holland, whose killer is scheduled for execution in August.

Parents are furious with Jackson County School superintendent Jason Davidson, as well as staff and administrators at Skyline High School, after learning that a registered sex offender has reportedly been volunteering at sporting events.

After a "national search," the University of Alabama has named André Denham, one of the school's top advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as associate provost and dean of graduate studies.

A South African farmer who moved his family to the United States in 2019 to escape violence is now thriving in Huntsville. It's a place where he can go to the bank and actually see the teller. It's a place where he doesn't need 36 locks to keep people out of his home. It's a place where his wife can walk along in a park and feel safe.

According to Orr, the newly filed effort to remove Tuberville from the November ballot is at best futile.

A Baldwin County mother thanked God and the community after a long and painstaking surgery on her two-year-old daughter proved a success.