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For 61 years, young ladies from Hoover High School have participated in the Hoover High School Beauty Walk, sponsored by the senior class representatives of the Student Government Association. This year, a boy who identifies as a girl attempted to participate but was denied entry, sparking outrage by some and hails of courage and common sense by others.

“For an overdue wake-up call, The Globe travelled to the Deep South to understand how the state is breaking stereotypes and, at times, looking richer than Canada,” a Canadian news paper explained.

The Alabama House of Representatives documents every vote cast during a given legislative session, but that doesn’t mean the lawmaker on record is the one who pushed the button.

During a Wednesday edition of Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, State Rep. Donna Givens (R-Loxley) discussed the installation of several Safe Haven Baby Boxes across her district in Baldwin County.

In news cycles dominated by state and national issues, staying plugged in to the goings-on of your local community has perhaps never been more important.

A mother and her daughter were killed in a tragic crash involving an Amtrak passenger train and a vehicle.

Founder of The White Rose Resistance and creator of The 1916 Project, Gruber recently joined “1819 News: The Podcast” to deliver a stark warning about the future if the church allows the decline into leftist Marxism to continue.

Candidate for Alabama Secretary of State Caroleene Dobson spoke at the Madison County Republican Men's Club monthly meeting on Saturday morning.

The Enterprise Police Department continues the search for two-year-old Genesis Reid, the toddler reported missing on February 16.

The Mobile Police Department confirmed two people were killed early Saturday after a vehicle was struck by a train.

The Alabama Association of Chief of Police (AACOP) met this week in Montgomery for a winter conference.

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, a Public Service Commission (PSC) Place 1 candidate, called on Friday for the PSC to hold public rate hearings.

State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) joined Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" this week to discuss his recently introduced amendment expediting the process of identifying a new lieutenant governor if the office becomes vacant.

The Alabama Port Authority Police Department opened a criminal investigation into possible theft at the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

A federal judge in Alabama approved a $2.67 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association in 2020, but customers are now expected to start receiving the payout.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the global tariffs President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution gives Congress, not the Executive Branch, the power to impose tariffs.

Secretary of Workforce Greg Reed and local officials joined business leaders on Friday to celebrate the groundbreaking of The Grove at South Jefferson in Athens.

According to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, an illegal alien has been arrested and charged with aggravated criminal surveillance after placing a hidden camera in the bathroom of a local business.

After embezzling more than $400,000, a former Huntsville pastor has been sentenced to 60 months in prison.

Following the latest mass shooting committed by a "transgender" individual, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) issued a blunt assessment regarding the growing trend of violence.

Energy Alabama recently hired former Democratic Governor Jim Folsom, Jr. to lobby against legislation that would transition the Public Service Commission from an elected to an appointed body.

Doug and Marinella Davis are sharing their homeschool story as part of an ongoing series from Governor Kay Ivey’s office spotlighting those using the CHOOSE Act.

Mobile Baykeeper responded to a bill signed into law that restricts an agency from adopting environmental protection rules more stringent than federal regulations.

Cason Williams, a six-year-old from Bay Minette, has made the big time.

Members of the Alabama Senate passed legislation on Thursday creating a new extracurricular religious instruction program in public schools.

Southern Company on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $416 million, or $0.38 per share, in 2025 compared with earnings of $534 million, or $0.49 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2024. 

The last portrait of the Alabama House of Representatives in the current Alabama State House was taken on Thursday.