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Two graduates of Alabama's Million Dollar Band have won appointments to the U.S. Army Band.

Twenty-six churches in Alabama will close after a vote by members in the Alabama West-Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, according to WDHN.

As outdated as many people probably think they are, Aristotle and the medievals were actually right.

The FBI Mobile announced the guilty plea of a Wilmer man arrested in April as part of a nationwide child abuse prevention sweep. 

The CEO and founder of a Birmingham-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting U.S.-Israel collaborations responded to Israel’s strikes on Iran.

State Sen. Vivian Figures (D-Mobile) called for Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch to resign after he said deadly force would be met with deadly force if things get out of control at a planned rally over the weekend. However, that statement did not sit well with many, including the executive director of the Alabama Sheriff’s Association.

Nicole Wadsworth, a candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in the 2026 elections, responded to the media after a series of stories were recently published scrutinizing her academic credentials and detailing campaign staff departures.

An inmate serving a life sentence for attempted murder died Thursday evening in the William Donaldson Correctional Facility.

Residents of the City of Irondale have been paying for the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice to support programs that now include a warning system to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the behest of the city's Mayor James Stewart, Jr.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering adding a pumped storage hydro (PSH) facility in Jackson County to increase its energy output. 

The UAB Health System and UnitedHealthcare of Alabama are still negotiating health plan contracts for patients set to expire on July 31.

House Republicans passed legislation rescinding $9.4 billion in government spending on Thursday.

The first person to qualify for the Vestavia Hills City Council this year was Councilwoman Kimberly Cook. With a brief statement and photos on Facebook Cook declared, "After much prayer and reflection, I have decided to run for a third term."

Less than two weeks after a fatal shooting during a dance recital at Saenger Theatre, Mobile Bay Pastors will gather for a worship event at the theatre.

This, perhaps, is the narrative we want to believe about ourselves, our jobs, our families, our country: that preparation is protection, that if we just work hard enough, hurt long enough, want it badly enough, we will be rewarded with certainty.

State and federal elected officials representing Alabama sided with Israel over Iran on Thursday.

Perhaps it was the irresistibility of spring that drew me, or maybe the stress, but I walked the mountain yesterday. It had been a while, and somehow I lost my bearings.

In case we’ve forgotten, the chaos spreading from the Los Angeles riots to other cities around the nation shows once again that we live in a divided culture.

For 22 years, Alabama's capital city had a tough law-and-order mayor. Now, Los Angeles needs a mayor like Emory Folmar.

State Sen. Jack Williams (R-Wilmer) officially announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries on Thursday.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is supporting President Donald Trump for acting "decisively and constitutionally" in deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles to thwart the anti-immigration raid protests that turned into riots.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called for leftist groups across the nation, including Alabama, holding mass protests against the administration to do so "peacefully."

The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice recently unveiled a new hotline to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Birmingham and other Alabama cities.

A Smithsonian traveling exhibit starts in Alabama June 20-July 19. SPARK! is free.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) expressed the need to responsibly dispose of dredge material during a hearing in Washington.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) could move its National Academy training program for local, federal and international law enforcement from Quantico, Va., to Huntsville, according to the Washington Post.

Nathaniel Ledbetter is not the second coming of Ronald Reagan, but he comes closer to it than anyone else in that role in Alabama's 205-year history.