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The State of Alabama has spent $2.5 million since June 2024 on the Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit in an attempt to crack down on crime in Montgomery, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The “Biggest Party in the South” will include some of the biggest names in country music.

On Monday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed issued a statement over the Saturday night shootout that left two dead and 14 injured, pointing toward what he deemed Alabama's "lax" gun laws.

New documents unveiled by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday revealed the FBI during the Biden administration spied on the phones of eight Republican Senators including U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), and one Representative.

Hours before the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to take up an application for a zoning change that would allow the Islamic Academy of Alabama to relocate to the Meadowbrook Corporate Park, word began to spread of a delay because the applicant formally requested a continuance.

Montgomery has a “criminal gang problem,” according to the Alabama Sheriffs Association.

Despite recent legal setbacks and the best efforts of left-wing officials, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said President Donald Trump won’t be deterred from restoring law and order to Democrat strongholds.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Monday that former Alabama Medicaid employee Natalie Lewis has been sentenced for aggravated theft by deception in connection with the theft of more than $100,000. 

A Robertsdale man is facing four charges after a child sex abuse investigation.

A Grand Jury indicted a former Randolph County High School teacher and cheer coach for one charge of sexual intercourse with a student.

Concerned parents and students in Tuscumbia are still hoping justice will soon be served for what happened to Deshler High School student August Borden nearly two months ago.

On Friday, America First Legal released a sampling of what it describes as thousands of pages of new documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and litigation, which show the significant power and influence the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center wielded during the Biden administration.

A city-funded HBCU Classic party turned deadly in downtown Montgomery on Saturday night.

ESPN cancelled appearances by Paul Finebaum on the network after he recently expressed interest in running as a Republican for U.S. Senate in Alabama in 2026.

Astronomers are gearing up for a breathtaking sight on Monday night.

The Execution Intervention Project placed a billboard in Montgomery in protest of the planned execution of Anthony Boyd, who brutally murdered a man in 1993.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency will “further intervene” in Montgomery after a deadly downtown shootout on Saturday night that left two dead and 14 injured, according to Gov. Kay Ivey.

The Foley City Council will consider a resolution authorizing the City to to to bid on a $6 million hurricane shelter for first responders.

A Florence man has been charged with second degree domestic violence after a nearly 12 hour standoff with local law enforcement over the weekend.

The Mobile Police Department has concluded its investigation into a deadly bar shooting over the weekend.

There’s no love lost between the Southern Poverty Law Center and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who recently praised the FBI’s decision to cut all ties with the organization.

Students at Auburn University taking “Crime and Justice in America” are learning queer criminology, which includes lessons on radical gender ideology that contradict Alabama’s definition of sex, Critical Race Theory, the notion that the Black Lives Matter movement has been a positive influence on the nation and other progressive theories on race and racism.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. fired Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, last week after she filed a whistleblower complaint.

During a meeting of the Alabama Legislature's Contract Review Committee last week, House Pro-Tem Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) made waves with his criticism of the Ivey administration's West Alabama Corridor project, which, if completed, would make a long-envisioned four-lane route between Mobile and Tuscaloosa a reality.

Alabama should revisit “the conversation about the state’s authority over its capital” after a Saturday night shootout in downtown Montgomery left two dead and fourteen injured, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Morgan Murphy, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2026 in Alabama and a former Trump administration official, called on Sunday for the National Guard to be sent to Montgomery, similar to other blue cities across the nation.

Two are dead and 14 are injured after a mass shooting in downtown Montgomery while the City was hosting and funding an HBCU.