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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.

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Astronomers are gearing up for a breathtaking sight on Monday 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.

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

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.