Gulf Shores Fire Chief Mark Sealy has been around for a while. By looking at him, you may not know he has cheated death more than once. Before his days in Gulf Shores, Sealy was chief of Mobile Fire Rescue. That is when a chance encounter with a full-body scan changed his life.
The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday that would give property owners and law enforcement tools to deal with individuals who illegally occupy the homes of others, often called squatters.
Legislation subjecting the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) to a one-time state audit was approved by the Senate on Thursday.
The Orange Beach Public Library has made moves to protect children and teens from books some may consider inappropriate for juveniles.
Our kids have ready access to sexually explicit material courtesy of our schools. This perversion comes into their hands on their school-issued Chromebooks.
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) said inflation and high interest rates are the reasons behind a review of costs for the I-10 Mobile River and Bayway project.
An impromptu special meeting to consider how to proceed with negotiations for an incentive package on the second phase of Stadium Trace Village in Hoover could not proceed on Friday, as not enough council members showed up at the 1:30 p.m. meeting to vote.
According to an entry from AL(dot) com's Howard Koplowitz published late Friday, federal elected officials who voice their disapproval of the Biden administration, including those with oversight authority over the agencies potentially responsible for Mendoza's illegal presence in Alabama, are "political."
Dothan police arrested former Greater Beulah Baptist Church pastor Darryl Roberts for allegedly stealing $48,000 from the church on Friday.
Seeing the partial eclipse in Alabama April 8 is a different experience from the total eclipse.
I want America to mass produce great-looking, reliable, and fun cars again. All it will take to bring that back is a company willing to take a chance and a government willing to step back and let America get to work.
Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said a recent criminal case out of Prichard was a highlight of ongoing issues with how the Prichard Police Department handles matters.
The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee advanced legislation on Wednesday that would require county probate judges to conduct mandatory ballot audits after every county and statewide election.
A “supermajority” of Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a vote to join the United Auto Workers, according to a news release from the UAW on Friday.
An attorney who filed a lawsuit in December alleging officials with the Alabama Department of Corrections or a related entity harvested a dead inmate’s organs reversed course on Monday and asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
Listen to 1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss what types of snakes are prevalent in Alabama and what you need to do when you see them.
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has paused work on a long-awaited project that would connect Mobile to Daphne and relieve traffic between Mobile and Baldwin Counties.
Just over a decade ago Nate Oats was a high school math teacher coaching basketball.
The ball is back in the Senate’s court after the Alabama House of Representatives voted on Thursday to non-concur with the Senate’s changes made to two comprehensive gambling bills.
Earlier this week, the State House of Representatives passed House Bill 227, sponsored by State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne). This bill would overhaul the state's ethics law, change penalties for certain offenses, and revise the role of the state ethics commission and the appointment process of the commission's director.
The Stadium Trace Village Phase 2 saga took another unusual twist on Thursday.
In a letter obtained by 1819 News and sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) revealed his committee was investigating the Biden administration's immigration policy and procedures as it pertained to Pablo Mendoza, a 23-year-old illegal alien, accused of raping a 14-year-old mentally incapacitated female.
The ACLU, NAACP and other groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama’s 42 District Attorneys and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block the recently enacted Senate Bill 1, which increased penalties for ballot harvesting in Alabama.
On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation requiring the automatic activation of electronic device filters for minors that prevent exposure to "obscenity" in online content.
Britt, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), and a host of other colleagues announced Thursday they had sent the Biden administration a letter protesting the move and demanding transparency on the issue.
The pro-transgender proclamation made this Easter is a wakeup call to all Christians – Republican, Democrat, black, white, or brown – all of us. We must have the hard conversations.
Trillions of cicadas will emerge in Alabama in late April to May. They are expected to be loud but not harmful.