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While most families in Alabama will be gobbling up the turkey this Thanksgiving, at least two turkeys will be safe and sound.

Lawmakers began a series of meetings on Wednesday to consider changing how universities and colleges are funded in Alabama. 

Governor Kay Ivey was in Mobile on Wednesday to address the Mobile Chamber's Forum at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel.

A young Hanceville girl who was attacked by a dog last Friday at an apartment complex has been released from medical care and is now recovering at home.

With a bipartisan funding package allowing for the reopening of the federal government now having passed the U.S. Senate, members of the U.S. House of Representatives will soon be voting on the legislation as well.

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch told FM Talk’s Sean Sullivan on “Midday Mobile” that Aniah’s Law, which allows judges to hold suspects accused of violent crimes behind bars until trial, has been “hugely successful.”

Strong said voters, including Democrats, can "see through" costly tactics used by the left to keep the government shutdown at the expense of everyday Americans.

At their first regularly scheduled meeting, the Hoover City Council, Mayor Nick Derzis, and Charlie Waldrep, the city attorney, emphasized the city’s renewed dedication to transparency.

Alabama conservative groups applauded on Tuesday the U.S. Senate, including a ban on “intoxicating hemp-derived drugs” such as Delta-8 THC in legislation to reopen the federal government.

State Sen. Josh Carnley (R–Ino) and State Rep. Matthew Hammett (R–Andalusia) announced on Tuesday their joint opposition to the proposed Pine Hills Carbon Storage Hub, a carbon capture and underground injection project planned for southern Covington County by Reliant Carbon Capture & Storage.

A pair of Etowah County Detention Center deputies ended up behind bars last week, and they're now facing felony charges.

According to a report from The New York Times' Devlin Barrett, the recently brokered bipartisan deal to reopen the federal government "would create a wide legal avenue for senators to sue" the federal government for searching their phone records without notification.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Monday evening for a discussion touching on the filibuster and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) questionable political future post government shutdown.

The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of two sisters and the injury of a male teen.

An upcoming vote on extending the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, subsidies pushed by Democrats doesn’t address problems with the program, according to U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery).

 Construction is underway for Mobile’s latest “Complete Streets” project along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Crews began working to rebuild the roadway from Butchers Lane to Broad Street.

The Birmingham Police Department arrested a 16-year-old male in connection to a Saturday afternoon shooting in the city’s West Precinct.

Birmingham Police chief Michael Pickett addressed the community following three homicides over the weekend.

At its November monthly meeting, Alabama Public Charter School Commission (APCSC) executive director Logan Searcy outlined how the state plans to use the federal grant announced last month.

Following eight Senate Democrats voting in favor of a House-passed continuing resolution on Sunday evening, the U.S. government looks to be on its way to reopening after a record 40-day shutdown.

A Cullman wellness clinic that provides weight loss injections is under fire after Attorney General Steve Marshall accused the owners of injecting patients with research drugs.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 24-year-old inmate found dead in his cell.

Following the passage of a continuous resolution in the U.S. Senate to help reopen the government, Democrats within the U.S. House of Representatives are condemning the progress and denouncing fellow liberals in the upper chamber who voted for the legislation.

Robert Shaun Bowman was arrested last Friday in Tuscumbia for allegedly making terroristic threats against Deshler High School over its handling of a case involving injured student August Borden.

Governor Kay Ivey appointed Will Parker on Monday to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court. 

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) has announced the official opening of the FBI National Counter-Unmanned Training Center at Redstone Arsenal.

The Birmingham Police Department arrested a woman in connection to a shooting Saturday morning in the 3200 block of 32nd Street North.