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President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is taking significant steps to address rampant crime in Washington, D.C., and Alabama's Republican congressional delegation is backing his efforts.

Mobile mayoral candidate Spiro Cheriogotis is responding to scrutiny over a new ad where he claimed his father was sent to prison for defending himself.

The Alabama Weather Network, with chief meteorologist James Spann, launched Monday with hundreds of fans watching.

President Donald Trump is taking a “no-nonsense approach” to Washington D.C. law and order similar to recent policing efforts by state and local law enforcement in Montgomery, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) will be closed each day this week to allow for bridge work.

Benny Evans has been bedridden at his home in Goodsprings for 12 years. After dealing with medical coverage issues, he has a story to tell that he hopes will serve as a warning.

Gun control laws continue to fail. And where gun control laws make the least amount of sense are on U.S. military installations.

August 2025 is the month of planetary alignment.

A  celebration of Life was held July 30 at Haleyville Methodist Church.

School is back in session for parts of Alabama, and at least one teacher is already noticing a positive effect of the state’s cell phone ban.

Commissioned by the Business Council of Alabama, the Montgomery-based research firm Cygnal conducted the poll by surveying 400 Republican primary voters in late July.

The Mobile Police Department is investigating the injury of two people and the shooting of multiple vehicles in downtown early Sunday.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency responded to a fatal go-kart crash in Madison County Saturday evening.

With more than a decade of health system leadership and coming from Johnson City Medical Center, Kenny Shafer has been named the new CEO at University of Alabama (UAB) St. Vincent’s Birmingham.

The Confederate sub CSS Hunley stayed lost on the floor of the Atlantic for 131 years. 25 years ago, it was raised.

While the political world has been focused on the Texas redistricting fight, other states are watching with a contingency on how or if the federal courts might intervene, especially with the Louisiana v. Callais still pending in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Despite wide publicity on social media and local TV, the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest “outside Church of the Highlands” appeared to only attract a few demonstrators on Sunday morning.

Summer break, once designed for agrarian calendars, now feels like an outdated relic.

Given his experience with investigating sex crimes, Fermo said he wasn’t shocked to learn what had happened in Bibb County. But it is still something he’ll never understand.

The 2025 Baldwin County Public School System Staff Institute was held on Friday in Foley to welcome more than 4,000 educators back to school.

A group of protesters is planning to disrupt services at Church of the Highlands on Sunday over the recent detention of a suspected illegal alien.

The Gadsden Police Department is investigating after a baby was found dead in a hearse on Saturday.

I miss the newspaper. Before the internet. I’m talking physical newspapers. The kind you unfold.

During a debate on Thursday night, incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato and his challenger police chief Nick Derzis were asked about the Kroll Report, a forensic accounting also known as a forensic audit, conducted by the city in 2024.

During an appearance on this week's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) voiced his concerns with the dumping of dredge materials into Mobile Bay.

Gray Media is expanding its presence in Alabama with its latest major purchase agreement.

A Friday night shooting in Sylacauga took the life of a student and football player. Dmarcus Riggins, 17, was reported killed in a shooting in the Drew Court neighborhood inside the Sylacauga city limits.