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After receiving significant public pushback, Madison County District Attorney Rob Broussard is defending his decision not to press charges in the case involving an injured student at Deshler High School, saying it was a simple case of horseplay gone wrong and calling “conspiracy theories” to the contrary “delusional.”

The investigation is not over for prosecutors in Bibb County as they prepare for one of the most complex and disturbing cases in the rural county’s history.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called for more states to ban Sharia law on Wednesday.

While the Madison County DA’s Office considers the case now closed, Jason Borden isn’t giving up his fight for his son.

The longer the Democrats keep the U.S. government shutdown, the more everyday Americans are going to suffer, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) said Wednesday on Newsmax’s "American Agenda."

The mother of missing teen Brittney Wood, who disappeared in 2012, has died, according to a Facebook post.

Madison County District Attorney Robert Broussard announced on Wednesday his office will not be seeking criminal charges in the case of a Deshler High School student who was severely injured on campus in August.

The Alabama Public Charter School Commission is reviewing the renewal application of the controversial Homewood school, Magic City Acceptance Academy, which was established primarily to support LGBTQ+ students and their allies. However, their application is still not available to the public.

During a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Trump administration's efforts to combat crime, specifically in Alabama's capital, where there was a gang-related shootout following a historically black and college university football game over the weekend.

Two members of Alabama’s congressional delegation on Tuesday criticized the FDA’s recent approval of a new generic abortion pill.

Details in the stabbing death of retired Auburn University professor Julie Gard Schnuelle could be revealed next week in a preliminary hearing for her accused killer.

1819 News president and CEO Bryan Dawson was the subject of critical graffiti discovered Wednesday morning at Movement Church in Madison. Dawson is scheduled to speak on Thursday evening at the church.

Teaching staff across Auburn University have been encouraged to use a rubric that prompts educators to develop not only diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ)–centered syllabi but also DEIJ-focused learning experiences throughout the university's online and hybrid courses. 

Central Alabama Water (CAW) is ready to defend itself and ratepayers against the Birmingham Water Works' former attorney, Mark Parnell, as he seeks to reinstate his controversial contract signed the night before the new board was created.

Following a deadly shooting in Montgomery after an HBCU football game, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) is once again pushing to make it a capital offense to murder an individual while "knowingly creating a great risk of death to multiple persons."

The staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned from an Alabama-based media company after complaining an article was edited and reposted online without their consent.

Halloween decorations at the home of Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch are being heavily criticized after a Facebook post featuring the display.

Security camera footage from a local liquor store captured the exact moment of a deadly shootout in downtown Montgomery on Saturday night.

The U.S. Senate approved 107 of President Donald Trump’s nominees, including two from Alabama on Tuesday.

Members of the Montgomery City Council unanimously voted to join a lawsuit brought by Tuscaloosa against the State of Alabama over its online sales tax law. 

The former pastor of All Nations Worship Assembly (ANWA) in Huntsville entered a plea agreement admitting to a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the church for his personal benefit.

Members of the Montgomery City Council unanimously voted to suspend a downtown entertainment district after a Saturday night shootout left two dead and 14 injured. 

Alabama-born and raised songwriter Jonathan Gamble is nominated for two Dove Awards.

Early Tuesday morning, a Springville High School student called the city’s police department claiming she was in distress and had a handgun in her back pack.

Deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security advisor Stephen Miller spoke to members of the media on Monday about the continued deployment of federal authorities and National Guard units to cities across the country.

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has awarded two sizable grants to support and expand Alabama’s charter school network.