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The Charter School Commission met with its newest members, State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) and Terry Lathan. Among the items considered and denied was the expansion of the Magic City Acceptance Academy (MCAA) into a second location.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing death that occurred Saturday evening during a graduation party.

The weekend following last week’s very contentious special session was filled with a bevy of accusations against House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), based on a highly exaggerated interpretation of a comment he made following state action related to voting maps.

State Rep. Russell Bedsole (R-Alabaster) recently came out in firm condemnation of the antics of his Democratic counterparts’ involvement in antics that saw Democratic lawmakers side with protesters who were clashing with police and security.

U.S. Senate candidate Jared Hudson responded over the weekend to attack ads from a Washington D.C. political action committee (PAC), claiming he’s “working against Trump.”

Mayor Randall Woodfin is pausing the implementation of new rules and definitions of the “Kelvyn Felder Ordinance” meant to curb incidents of violence at problematic nightclubs.

Hot water is one of those gifts so constant and quiet that gratitude never quite finds its footing – until an ice-cold shower reminds you that someone, somewhere, made a decision that made your morning possible.

No. 19 Alabama baseball completes their fourth SEC sweep of the season and second in a row with the series win at South Carolina.

The construction of the new Foley Public Library on East Orange Avenue is set to be completed later this year.

The Pike Road Schools Board of Education recently announced the hiring of Jason Goodwin as the district’s next superintendent, effective July 1.

Mother's Day is a time to show appreciation for mothers and reflect on the lives they have given their children. For one Sumter County family, generations of women have kept history alive by tending to the house that built them, against all odds.

Friday was a highly emotional and tense day in the Alabama House of Representatives, after lawmakers passed legislation allowing the use of currently court-barred maps in a special election if courts remove the injunctions.

Religious liberty is not a selective principle. It does not apply only to those who believe exactly as we do. It is a foundational American value that protects all of us or protects none of us.

The first Alabamian inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be honored in his hometown of Tuscumbia with a vintage-style baseball game this month.

Investigators with the Walker County Sheriff’s Office said a South Korean national traveled at least three times to have sex with a child he met online.

Replacement theology is the belief that the Christian Church has replaced, or "superseded," Israel as God's chosen people, while opponents, called dispensationalists, believe God still has promises to fulfill for Israel separate from the church.

No. 5 Auburn baseball secured its first series in Starkville since 2017, and its sixth consecutive Southeastern Conference series win for the first time in a single season since 1995, with a 2-1 series win over No. 10 Mississippi State this weekend. 

When our plane finally lands, all passengers stand to deboard. But we are told we must wait. The first to leave our plane will be the boy.

Jacksonville State University (JSU) has one of the top forensic departments in the Southeast and part of that team is Joseph Scott Morgan, associate professor of applied forensics.

After lawmakers advanced two pieces of legislation that would compel a special election in specific congressional and State Senate districts, all eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court to see if the state wasted time and money in this recent special session.

Following Gov. Kay Ivey's signing of two redistricting special election bills on Friday, a liberal, transgender candidate running for Alabama House District 25 is attacking conservatives in the state legislature, accusing them of both racism and discrimination against black voters.

The concept of majority-minority, racially-drawn districts has always been a house of cards, and like the flick of a finger, Callais has knocked it down. It’s time we move beyond this unconstitutional model to representation that embraces all voters in every district.

Ahead of being inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the special session to redistrict Alabama following the U.S. Supreme Court's historic majority ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

It's been just over a week since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Louisiana v. Callais case and with each day Alabama is moving towards relief from the lower court order that resulted in a 5-2 map.

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) is optimistic that Republicans could win all seven of the state’s seats in Congress, after the legislature paved the way for the state to use a congressional map that federal courts have blocked for years.

After lawmakers adjourned for the final day of the special legislative session, the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) swiftly applauded lawmakers' and state leaders' efforts to possibly allow a special election using the currently court-banned district maps.

Governor Kay Ivey signed two redistricting special election bills into law on Friday that would allow the state to use previously-passed congressional district and State Senate maps if a federal court or the U.S. Supreme Court lifts an injunction on Alabama.