Legislation putting the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner under the governor's control that passed the Senate last week by a 21-9 margin “doesn’t really give the veterans a voice,” according to one State Board of Veterans Affairs member.
The Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit is boasting of increased efficacy in cracking down on crime in the Montgomery area, including nearly 700 arrest warrants for an array of crimes and seizing dozens of stolen cars, illegal guns and machine gun conversion devices.
Go outside on Friday night after sundown. Look to the west. You can see five to seven planets.
Acting assistant secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition Dr. Brett Seidle was in Mobile this week to take a look at Austal USA's ship manufacturing facility in Mobile.
As an immigration attorney for over 20 years, Sue Ann Balch has seen a lot. Over the years, she has assisted clients through several presidential administrations and has witnessed how policy changes impact them.
Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said a Mobile-area pastor used his power over women to sexually assault them.
The Alabama Port Authority and CSX broke ground Thursday on the Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF).
A new compromise bill regulating pharmacy benefit managers in Alabama will be filed soon.
Ray Hunt, also known as Abdolrahman Hantoosh, Rahman Hantoosh, and Rahman Natooshas, 71, of Owens Cross Roads, has been sentenced in federal court for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
The Marine Corps League recently opposed legislation to make the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner a cabinet position while restructuring the role and authority of the State Board of Veterans Affairs.
The Marshall County Personnel Board voted Wednesday during a special called meeting to proceed with litigation against the Marshall County Commission for allegedly violating Alabama Act 82-206, which sets the board's rules and regulations.
The Birmingham Police Department announced an arrest in a July 13, 2024 triple homicide.
An anti-violence group in Mobile is calling on those attending Mardi Gras parades to turn their backs when groups of young children dancing sexually suggestive go by.
The Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) will no longer charge a religious exemption fee for vaccines, according to Health Freedom Alabama.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a police chase that ended in a crash on U.S. 231 in Montgomery County.
A 13-year-old was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Evergreen, and two others were injured.
After Gov. Kay Ivey rescinded a reception invitation to a Republican women’s group in apparent retaliation for voting to openly oppose her effort to restructure the state veterans department and board, Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth stepped up to host the group at his own reception.
Last year, State Rep. Chad Robertson (R-Heflin) introduced and passed a bill amending Alabama’s election law. His goal was to relieve some administrative burden on the state and candidates in small municipalities who never raised or spent $1,000.
Sources are telling 1819 News that Gov. Kay Ivey rescinded an invitation to the Alabama Federation of Republican Women to dine at the governor’s mansion on Wednesday night after the group defied Ivey’s request not to allow a vote on a resolution opposing Ivey’s goal of grafting the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs into her cabinet.
The House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced the hotly-debated legislation to make the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner a cabinet position while restructuring the role and authority of the State Board of Veterans Affairs (SBVA).
State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) filed legislation on Tuesday to allow high school juniors and seniors to enroll full-time in college.
A Guatamalan man in the country illegally has been charged with the first-degree rape of a 12-year-old in Marshall County.
In a scathing 234-page order released on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke sanctioned three attorneys suing the State of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act.
The Clarke County Sheriff is asking for exemptions in a gag order issued in the case of a coach accused of having sex with a student.
The Mobile City Council approved a $300 million project to build a new arena to replace the Mobile Civic Center.
President Donald Trump congratulated U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) on Tuesday on the birth of his granddaughter, Rosie Grace Tuberville.
With violent crime on the rise in several major Alabama municipalities, the legislature is taking a hard stand against machine gun conversion devices that the federal government already outlaws.