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Daphne City Council District 5 candidate William "Billy" Miller is urging constituents to get involved and get to the polls for the 2025 municipal elections.

Over 60% of all abortion deaths are now caused by drugs. Three Alabama faith leaders have joined a request to President Trump to halt the drug.

For all of the ship’s majesty and greatness, the plight of the ship has not been a "cause celebre" in the media or the greater public, and at this very moment, the demolition of the ship continues without ceasing and will soon reach a point where the ship’s character-defining features are lost.

Despite Samford University’s Christian beliefs and Auburn University’s conservative reputation, the two schools have shown an ongoing commitment to DEI practices.

To live under the rule of unelected officials – those we never chose, whose power lacks our consent – is slavery disguised as government.

We cannot keep rewarding the politicians who speak our language but sell out our principles.

Members of the Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee passed a bylaw change at a meeting on Saturday mostly restricting Republican elected officials from appointing Democrats.

It has been three years to the day since  José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was arrested for double murder and for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl who escaped his Dadeville trailer; there has still been little to no movement on the prosecution.

On Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) warned that the United States was funding its own "demise" by allowing students from hostile countries like China and Iran to study at American colleges and universities.

Nearly 100 school resource officers (SROs) trained this week in Baldwin County, preparing for the upcoming school year.

When Mom and son reach the stairs of the slide, they are shouting in make-believe voices. Making more explosion sounds. But the boy breaks character for a brief moment. And in a voice that is small and sincere, he says, “I love you so much, Mom.”

Hoover City Councilman Steve McClinton is speaking out after the Alabama Ethics Commission cleared him of wrongdoing in what he described to 1819 News as a “weaponized” complaint filed by council president John Lyda, with support from Mayor Frank Brocato and City attorney Phillip Corley. 

Shield laws have become a hot topic since the abortion pill Mifepristone became the major means for women, particularly in abortion-restricted states, to terminate their pregnancies.

State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) announced on Friday he has pre-filed legislation for the 2026 regular session that will repeal Senate Bill 322, block the annexation of land and prevent the creation of a community development district for a proposed resort project on Smith Lake. 

With a TV schedule brimming with NPR and PBS programming, Alabama Public Television will be making cuts and attempting to make more Alabama-focused shows in light of the White House's funding cuts to the two media giants accused by President Donald Trump and others of pushing a biased agenda.

Over a week has passed since three-year-old Ke'Torrius "KJ" Starkes, Jr. of Bessemer, was found dead after an Alabama Department of Human Resources contracted driver allegedly left him in a hot car for nearly five hours, and DHR officials remain silent.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation turned over all body-worn camera footage of a high-profile officer-involved shooting to the Homewood Police Department and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office after concluding its investigation.

The mother of an infant who was severely beaten to death in Athens has been arrested and charged with capital murder.

Calera Police arrested an illegal alien in connection with a rape case. The police chief said the case is a prime example of the need for law enforcement action.

Leo Denton stayed active right until the end. He died two days before his 95th birthday. He goes to be with his 50-year wife Mignon and his brother, Admiral Jeremiah Denton.

 We are asking Trump to save America’s domestic cabinet industry and impose a 100% targeted tariff rate on all foreign cabinet imports so we can truly Make Alabama Great Again.

On Friday, Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl blasted former President Barack Obama for the second time this week, claiming that the former president "divided" Americans.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) doesn’t agree with U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) support for a ban on Congressional stock trading.

The Jackson County, Miss. Sheriff’s Department arrested a man accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from Alabama.

Kela Stanford, 54, the contract driver for the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR), has been charged with a Class B felony over a week after she allegedly returned home with a three-year-old boy after a scheduled visitation with his biological father and left him to die in the hot car.

If we are serious about building safer workplaces and more successful companies, we need to stop asking how diverse our teams look and start asking how well our people work.

A mini-Lulu's has opened in the new Gulf Shores Airport by Lucy Buffett, owner of Lulu's Restaurant.