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The amount of foreign-owned land in each county differs dramatically across Alabama.

Following weeks of calls for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to release video of the officer-involved shooting death of Jabari Peoples, the state's lead investigator said in court documents that it could happen soon.

As more Democrats join in calling for the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is questioning their motives.

The man Scottsboro police said shot an officer after a domestic incident and chase is scheduled for a court appearance on August 20.

As officials in Bibb County continue to investigate and make arrests in a horrific child sex trafficking case in Bibb County, a U.S. Senate candidate with extensive credentials fighting anti-human trafficking operations is responding.

The City of Irondale announced that the sixth Costco in Alabama will be built in the city. The plan, which a letter from former mayor Charles Moore shows, was set into motion in April of 2018, and has come together just weeks before municipal elections. Demonstrating Cueller's tenacious efforts to move the city forward and address its budget and tax problems.

Hundreds of students, players and friends are saying goodbye to Coach Skip Griffies and wife Jane who died July 24-25.

I can’t wait to see what else we can get done for the great people of Alabama.

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.

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 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. 

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.