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State Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen) has officially announced his reelection campaign for the Alabama House of Representatives in the 2026 election.

A bipartisan group in Congress is working on legislation to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the federal level rather than sending funding through block grants to the states, according to U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile).

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl recently took former President Barack Obama to task for calling on Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza amid its ongoing war with Hamas.

Auburn football opens fall camp with a high level of confidence

Auburn wide receiver Malcolm Simmons has been cleared to participate in team activities as Auburn starts preseason practices on Wednesday, head coach Hugh Freeze told reporters on Wednesday. 

A course in gun safety is a good idea if properly taught … but we don’t restrict the guarantee of free speech to those who have completed a course in public speaking, or the right to publish a newspaper or website to those who have a journalism degree. 

Mobile City Councilman William Carroll paid respects to a local high school student who drowned over the weekend at Smith Lake.

Mountain Brook residents are asking: “Why did long-time Democrat donor and Kamala Harris backer David Silverstein choose to run for Seat 2?”

The body of an unknown man will undergo an official autopsy to determine when and how he died after investigators found him dead in a Foley apartment.

State Rep. Patrick Sellers (D-Pleasant Grove) joined the growing number of state leaders calling for accountability in reaction to the death of the three-year-old Bessemer boy who died in Alabama Department of Human Resources custody after allegedly being left in a hot car for nearly five hours.

“We will shut Homewood down for justice,” Black Lives Matter (BLM) Birmingham’s Wayne Taft Harris, Jr. said during a city council meeting.

A Fairhope city councilman running for re-election is without a campaign website after his page was taken over by Drag Story Hour.

Sports fans are invited to meet Ozzie Smith and the family of Hank Aaron, both hall of famers. Their giant bronze statues will be dedicated in front of the Mobile Convention Center Thursday.

An electromagnetic pulse explosion in the atmosphere could shut down the power grid and fry electronics. Novel depicts what life could be life "One Second After."

Folks who grew up in Montgomery from 1950 to 1980 will recognize references in the new song, "Back to Montgomery."

Through The Skelton Center for Cultural Renewal, 1819 News will daily publish culture and life articles that seek to ground our readers in the truths and traditions of the West’s Christian heritage while illuminating better paths forward for individuals, families, leaders, and our state.

The risk of foreign interference isn’t going away. But we know how to stay ahead: through preparation, investment, and action.

On Monday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed paying down national debt, which is approaching $37 trillion.

In response to horrific child sex abuse cases recently discovered in Bibb County, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) and State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) will unveil legislation to extend the death penalty to child rapists at a press conference on Thursday.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Honduran national in connection with the attempted murder of a Hispanic man who was stabbed at a soccer game.

The St. Louis Street project, which has been eight years in the making, was approved Tuesday by the Mobile City Council.

Congress should “consider taking action preempting abortion shield laws” in blue states, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Marion County Circuit Judge Talmage Lee Carter recently placed a stay on the scheduled nitrogen hypoxia execution of David Lee Roberts, 59, until the state can determine if Roberts is mentally capable of being executed.

The Electric Cooperatives of Alabama Political Action Committee, the political arm of the Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives (AREA), recently announced its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) as Alabama’s next governor.

For now, no AI can take the same responsibility for its own words. For now, no AI can die for the truth. Maybe that’s a good thing, as I suspect an AI that could die for the truth could lie for it, too.

The Gulf Shores City Council approved a one-year extension of the contract with Hangout Music Fest, LLC.

A former Miss America, who ran two unsuccessful campaigns in Alabama as a progressive Democrat, took to TikTok to bash President Donald Trump supporters and to tell them to shut their mouths about any child sexual abuse case.