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During a Wednesday episode of Alabama's Morning News with JT, Republican candidate for Attorney General, Katherine Robertson, criticized a federal appeals court's recent ruling blocking a 6-1 conservative congressional map passed by Alabama legislators in 2023.

The pursuit occurred on May 20, after Christian Perez-Lopez, 24, of Albertville, was observed by law enforcement attempting to avoid a checkpoint.

The U.S. Supreme Court should stay a recent federal court ruling requiring Alabama to use a court-drawn, racially gerrymandered map, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday.

The Autauga County Sheriff's Office has arrested one former teacher and two former teacher aides following an Investigation Into allegations of child abuse in a self-contained special needs classroom at Billingsley School.

Employees at a Sherwin-Williams Packaging Coatings Group production facility in Birmingham recently ended their union membership with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office fired a deputy who is under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) amended a federal bill to include funding for the removal of infrastructure that impedes trade.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a motion in federal court on Tuesday to dismiss the charges against it as "vindictive prosecution."

Following a federal appeals court's blocking of a 6-1 Republican congressional map passed by Alabama legislators in 2023, Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) issued strong criticism of the verdict, calling it a "politically motivated attempt to weaponize the judicial system."

Longtime Perry County District 1 Commissioner Albert Turner Jr. narrowly lost re-election by the slimmest of margins on Tuesday.

A ruling by a federal court on Tuesday forcing Alabama to use a more Democrat-friendly congressional map for the 2026 election was “unsurprising,” according to Gov. Kay Ivey.

Alabama appealed a Tuesday ruling by a federal court forcing Alabama to use a congressional map that will likely lead to the election of two Democrats in 2026.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a mother in connection with the death of her 17-month-old son.

The City of Geneva will receive a $300,000 block grant to repair the downtown area damaged by a January 25 tornado.

A three-judge panel of federal judges on Tuesday granted a motion by left-wing activist groups to block the use of a 6-1 Republican congressional map passed by lawmakers in 2023. 

Kela Stanford, 55, the woman accused in a hot car death of a child in the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) last summer, is set for a pretrial hearing in August.

Over 1,000 signatures have been collected in opposition to a proposed Lowndes County data center,  with residents intent on raising concerns about what could be the largest industrial project in the county’s history at an upcoming county commission meeting  

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced on Friday that the state’s April preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 2.8%, up from March’s rate of 2.7%, and below April 2025’s rate of 2.9%.

On the heels of securing seven of 11 reelections for his caucus incumbents in last week's Republican primary elections, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) told Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal" that some "restrictions" could be in order.

The wife of Lee County Sheriff-elect Cam Hunt was arrested on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, according to Opelika Police.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), in a recent speech on the Senate floor, blocked Democratic efforts to deny the use of federal funds to compensate anyone prosecuted for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 (J6) riots at the U.S. Capitol.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a single-vessel crash on Lake Demopolis.

Shortly after graduating from Miles College, Hannah Smith went on a cruise to the Bahamas on May 11, 2025. She went to celebrate her graduation but returned home as a double amputee.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon weighed in on the recommendation of former University of Alabama President Stuart Bell to take the helm of the University of Florida starting a chain reaction of responses from U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and the university itself.

An attorney for the Dothan City Schools system explained why a Jerry Lee Faine Elementary math teacher was not immediately fired after alleged inappropriate sexual conduct with a student that led to numerous criminal charges.

A scathing 120-page complaint outlines seven charges against Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard.

After years of concerns about the living conditions of soldiers at Fort Rucker, the U.S. Army is nearing completion of new, modern barracks buildings.