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Courthouses in the Middle District of Alabama will be closed on Fridays starting this week due to the ongoing federal government shutdown that started on October 1.

A community is mourning after the death of an 18-year-old who was shot last weekend during a bonfire gathering.

At 22 days and counting, the current government shutdown is officially the third longest in history. Healthcare remains a major sticking point, with Senate Democrats refusing to pass a clean continuing resolution in hopes of negotiating an extension on Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Earlier this week, experts provided an update on the Lake Purdy Dam and Reservoir located in northern Shelby County to the board of Central Alabama Water. The update, which emphasized that the dam is safe, came as media reports clearly aimed to undermine the new board, leading to questions about the insurance policies in effect and the new board's efforts to review the original plan, budgeted at $28 million. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall expressed grave concerns regarding the release of a suspect involved in the October 4 Montgomery mass shooting.

A Huntsville family is grieving the loss of a father and two daughters following a fatal plane crash in the 1.5 million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness of Montana on Friday.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Harold “Hal” Mooty as a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Alabama by a vote of 66-32 on Tuesday.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) Talladega National Forest Expansion Act as part of a legislative package with several other U.S. Forest Service lands bills on Tuesday.

Montgomery County Deputy District Attorney Marianalyn Coleman asked District Judge Michael Godwin on Monday to call a hearing to increase the bond of one of the four suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in a deadly downtown shootout in Montgomery on October 4, who was released on a $60,000 bond.

With the election just weeks away, Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is still the frontrunner in New York City’s mayoral race.

The Department of Education has opened up the review period for the textbooks used throughout the state with the Board of Education set to vote on the State Textbook Committee’s Social Studies and Arts Education, Grades K-12 recommendations at the November 13, 2025 Board meeting.

When the Fairhope Public Library Board of Trustees met on Monday, chairman Randal Wright said she doesn’t think the Alabama Public Library Service will do what they said they will do.

Randolph County community members are coming together to improve the quality of life by paving roads.

One of the four suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in a deadly downtown shootout in Montgomery on October 4 was released on a $60,000 bond.

A Cleveland High School senior has only days to live, according to her family, after being shot in the head at a bonfire gathering over the weekend.

Governor Kay Ivey is celebrating the success of the CHOOSE Act by spotlighting families who are successfully using the program. To date, she’s highlighted three families: the Carbonells in Birmingham, the McDades in Montgomery, and the Siemenses from Dothan.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall recently joined a 16-state coalition in support of President Donald Trump’s bombings of drug cartel boats to combat the flow of drugs into the United States.

The Alabama Farmers Federation endorsed Gulf Shores businessman Joe Freeman for House District 95.

The Fairhope Police Department released the identity of a woman arrested after dressing in a penis costume during the “No Kings” protest on Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) spoke about last weekend's nationwide "No Kings" protests on Huntsville WVNN's "The Yaffee Program" on Monday morning.

Members of the Montgomery Personnel Board on Monday unanimously approved delaying the mayoral appointment of Donald Watkins Jr. as the city’s new Small Business Development Director at an elevated salary.

The Alabama Public Library Service is hosting a long-awaited public hearing on rule changes to the state's administrative code to classify material containing gender ideology as inappropriate for children and youth sections in libraries.

A certified flight instructor at Sanders Aviation Jasper campus was among three killed in a plane crash in Montana.

The Randolph County Board of Education has a new way for students to communicate with school system leaders without being "seen as a snitch."

A group is planning a pre-game protest on October 30 at the high school at noon, followed by a meet-up that evening at the football game between Deshler and West Morgan High School. There will also be a community march the following Friday morning, starting at the courthouse on Main Street in Tuscumbia at 10.

The Coalition for Regional Transportation has sent a letter to Governor Kay Ivey asking the state to intervene before the City of Bessemer approves the current plan for the controversial data center.

Fairhope police reportedly apprehended one person at the "No Kings" protest on Saturday on Greeno Road near Fairhope Avenue. The person was wearing what appeared to be a penis costume and was holding a sign that read, "No Dick Tator."