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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.

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

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.

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

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.

Summer break, once designed for agrarian calendars, now feels like an outdated relic.

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.

If banks are going to enjoy the immense privileges that come with government backing, they must also accept that they cannot operate as if they are entirely free of accountability.

The Tuskegee Police Department arrested 10 of 11 suspects in connection with an organized retail theft.

Attorneys defending Gov. Kay Ivey asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner Kent Davis filed in June in response to his termination last year.

Another Moore from Alabama in Congress?

The Leeds Police Department has released the dashcam footage of Giovanna Martinez, who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody this week after being pulled over for speeding.

Just weeks before the Auburn Tigers kick off a new season, a third player has been arrested this offseason.

Having served as county commissioner in one of the state’s larger counties, and a current commissioner in a smaller, struggling, Black Belt county, it is my belief that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the SSUT system.

This Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the August 26 city elections.