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Bibb Countians are coming together following a gruesome case involving a child sex operation out of an underground bunker in Brent.

 Investigators with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office arrested three women in connection to a child sex abuse case.

A targeted attack?

The Hoover Police Department has been posting “Throwback Thursday” images on Facebook since 2017. This week’s photo was an image of Chief Nick Derzis playing golf with Michael Jordan in 1994. The post was up for a few hours, before it was deleted, apparently at the direction of Mayor Frank Brocato, who is facing a primary challenge from Derzis.

As protests continue in the City of Homewood for the release of information related to an officer-involved shooting, which authorities say will come out following an investigation, Black Lives Matter Birmingham remains silent on the death of three-year-old Ke'Torrius "KJ" Starkes, Jr., days after his death.

The Fairhope Public Library seems to be ignoring guidelines to protect children from sexually explicit content.

The trial for a former Bayou La Batre police officer charged with first-degree rape, second-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse by force and second-degree sexual abuse will go to trial in less than a year.

Dr. Annette Shelby has died. She was the wife of longtime former U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa.

Angelo Fermo, a retired U.S. Department of Homeland Security Special Agent announced he is running for Baldwin County Commission, District 2.

Representatives from Gov. Kay Ivey’s office told 1819 News that the governor "remains confident" in Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) Commissioner Nancy Buckner after a three-year-old Bessemer boy died on Tuesday while in DHR custody after being left alone in a hot vehicle for nearly five hours.

Northern District of Alabama U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco sanctioned three Butler Snow attorneys on Wednesday over their role in submitting court filings created by ChatGPT in litigation defending the Alabama Department of Corrections.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) predicted quick and final action from the Trump administration on permanently locating U.S. Space Command to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville after meeting with the president and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Hulk Hogan died Thursday. He toured Alabama last year promoting his "Real American Beer."

The One Big Beautiful Bill promises a brighter future for Alabama – one in which family farms and businesses flourish, fraud is rooted out, and violent illegal immigrants are deported.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday for former State. Sen. George Callahan.

Alabama's island town is organizing "Dauphin Island Guardians" for emergency response. They will train citizens for preparedness, rescue and recovery.

In short, the trust of those on the populace side of the social contract are in many cases simply fed up with their sovereign.

A court recently granted Lisa Taylor Wallace an emergency hearing days after 1819 News broke the news that First Lady Lisa Taylor Wallace had been placed in an "unnecessary" court-ordered guardianship and conservatorship and was being held against her will at the Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Hoover.

The Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force conducted two operations Wednesday in Baldwin County that resulted in the arrest of 24 suspected illegal aliens.

A 27-year-old mother is expected to survive after being shot five times in the chest, back, arm and midsection.

The United Football League will likely relocate the Birmingham Stallions to a new city next season despite the league receiving millions from local governments.

On a recent episode of his podcast, Tucker Carlson took a moment to support former Alabama U.S. Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose first action upon being appointed AG in 2017 by President Donald Trump was to recuse himself from the investigation into Russia's alleged attempts to influence the 2016 election.

A three-year-old Bessemer boy died on Tuesday while in custody of a contractor with the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) after being left alone in a hot vehicle for nearly five hours.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) in introducing the Stop Financial Underwriting of Nefarious Demonstrations and Extremist Riots (Stop FUNDERs) Act on Tuesday. 

Given that Antifa’s violent political insurgency is only growing, and that Alabama is not immune to its harm, it is vital that state lawmakers revisit the anarcho-Marxist threat and pass strong legislation to preserve the peace and security of its citizens.

A second school construction site in Baldwin County was raided on Wednesday by the Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force.

An exhibit of marble and sculpture from Sylacauga is on exhibit at Homewood City Hall.