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Out of a crowded field of seven candidates, Ron Tyler earned the top spot in Tuesday’s municipal elections to become the new mayor of Florence.

Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis defeated David Fletcher to win re-election on Tuesday.

Springville Mayor Dave Thomas was ousted by voters Tuesday in the landslide election of challenger Austin Phillips.

The winner of Guntersville’s mayoral race is still uncertain after the two candidates were separated by a single vote in Tuesday’s election.

Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie defeated four other challengers to win re-election without a runoff on Tuesday.

Voters in Sylacauga were undecided on a new mayor and council members in Districts 2 and 4.

Incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato's run as Hoover's chief executive is coming to an apparent end.

Kent Lawrence emerged from Tuesday’s municipal elections as Decatur’s new mayor, defeating three other opponents after Mayor Tab Bowling chose not to seek reelection.

The unofficial election results in Anniston are in and Ciara Smith appears to have won the crowded race with 57.31% of the votes.

Ranae Bartlett, a current city council member, beat out her two opponents, Margi Daly and Steve Smith, in Tuesday’s municipal elections, earning 4,581 votes, or 56%.

Athens Mayor William Marks won reelection Tuesday in a three-way race against opponents Danny Whitefield and Mark Wilson.

Eddie Smith won the election to be the next mayor of Opelika on Tuesday.

City Councilman Ben Short will be the new mayor of Trussville. Short won in a three-way race between him, fellow City Councilwoman Lisa Bright and sitting Jefferson County tax collector JT Smallwood.

The unofficial election results in Mobile show a likely runoff between State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) and former Mobile District Court Judge Spiro Cheriogotis.

Unofficial election returns in Bay Minette show incumbent Mayor Bob Willis was defeated by challenger Joshua O. Brown. Willis served as mayor for 13 years.

Mayor Woody Baird and Mike Densmore are headed to a runoff in the Alexander City mayoral election.

City Councilwoman Jennifer Andress handily won Homewood's mayoral election with 71% of the vote.

Voters in Spanish Fort sent a message from the ballot box Tuesday when they elected a new mayor.

Longtime Pike Road Mayor Gordon Stone won re-election on Tuesday.

Municipalities in Baldwin County announced the preliminary results from municipal elections.

All four incumbents seeking reelection on Tuesday for the Fairhope City Council faced challengers, and three were able to hold off challenges to win reelection.

The City of Mountain Brook voted to reject Democrat David Silverstein, re-electing Gerald Garner for another term in Place 2. Joe Sander was also elected to Place 4, defeating Becky Holt.

As a registered nurse living in Pelham, I know that the ideas politicians come up with about health care can travel quickly from the halls of Congress to the doctor’s office.

Military members surprised students at two Baldwin County Schools on Monday.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Tuesday that a former employee of the Alabama Medicaid Agency has been convicted for the theft of over $100,000 in public funds.

The trial for former Hanceville police chief Jason Marlin has been pushed back to November 17.

Jason Borden is still searching for answers about what caused his son severe injuries last week at Deshler High School, and the contradictory stories he’s heard from school officials suggest to him that someone may be trying to cover up the truth.