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An illegal alien was arrested in Summerdale recently on child sex charges.

Multibillionaire Elon Musk on Thursday reacted to an 1819 News report that the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center had targeted Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk as "hateful" and having an "authoritarian vision for the country that threatens the foundation of our democracy" by accusing the group of inciting his assassination.

Members of the Legislative Council approved an amended rule cracking down on dog deer hunters who allow dogs to roam on private property outside of the Talladega National Forest on Thursday.

A group of Attorneys General from across the country has dispatched a letter to Pamela Bondi, the Attorney General of the United States, with the hope of working to correct a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008, striking down state capital punishment laws for child rape.

A $60,000 media booking contract to secure more television, radio, and podcast appearances for Mayor Steven Reed is about “promoting the good things about our city,” according to Reed.

Chad O. Jackson's docuseries, "The MLK Project," premieres October 3 at historev.com.

"This part of Samford is affirming!" is what the poster found hanging on a window in William Self Propst Hall, says, printed with a rainbow background. The door also has a small rainbow flag heart sticker.

In a Thursday interview with the "Breitbart News Daily Podcast," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) previewed what would be different with him as governor than with sitting Gov. Kay Ivey.

Rock the South announced on Thursday that it will be moving from Cullman to Decatur in 2026.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ordered a special master appointed by the court to draw a new Alabama State Senate map on Wednesday.

Is another data center coming to Alabama? It seems likely as a company with ties to Nebius Inc., part of Nebius Group N.V., who already operates several across the U.S. buying over 79 acres in Birmingham.

The Rocket City PrideFest is returning for another year to Huntsville's Orion Amphitheater, with event organizers promising a weekend filled with "local drag show royalty and activism."

Madison Police arrested a man earlier this week after he allegedly struck and bit an officer.

Next week, Turning Point USA will host its first public campus speaking engagement at the University of Alabama after the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk, in partnership with the Foundation to Abolish Abortion and End Abortion Now.

Montgomery taxpayers are paying $60,000 annually in an effort to secure more television, radio and podcast appearances for Mayor Steven Reed.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) has issued a strong rebuke of Senate Democrats following Wednesday's government shutdown. According to the lawmaker, liberals in the upper chamber are working to advance their agenda, not the lives of everyday Americans, by forcing the shutdown.

The Department of the Interior on Monday announced that the Bureau of Land Management coal lease sale in Tuscaloosa County generated over $46 million in revenue and will give access to 53 million tons of metallurgical coal on 14,050 acres of federal mineral estate. 

In a dramatic Tuscaloosa City Council meeting, lawyers for the City of Tuscaloosa and officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department asked the city council to revoke the business license of Guns and Ammo, a locally owned and operated gun shop, labeling it "a public nuisance and dangerous to the public safety, health, and welfare." 

Following a police chase in Kentucky, a Huntsville man has been arrested and booked on almost a dozen charges in a local detention center.

A Priceville Police officer has been fired after engaging in a fatal police pursuit in Hartselle last month, resulting in the death of a local teenager and injuring six others.

Lana Patrick received a 485-day sentence in August 2024 after he was found guilty of third-degree criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and obstructing government operations for refusing to stop videoing inside the Marshall County Revenue Commission’s Office.

During a Tuesday speech at the Decisions, Choices & Options third annual dinner at Crosspoint Church in Trussville, State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) continued her push to restrict the state's sex-ed curriculum and allow for legal cause of action against school officials who violate the bill's provisions.

Former Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl is supporting President Donald Trump’s framework for peace between Israel and Gaza.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) harshly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Party for forcing a government shutdown on Wednesday, despite Republican warnings about its potential impact on everyday Americans.

The city of Opelika will keep Mayor Gary Fuller around as an unpaid consultant after his term in office ends in November. 

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) announced political endorsements on Tuesday following a packed Alabama FarmPAC agenda that saw more than two dozen candidates make their cases to agriculture leaders from all 67 counties.

Leo Garcia Venegas, a construction worker in Baldwin County, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security on Monday after recently being detained in immigration raids.