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Rumors of declining mental health have plagued Gov. Kay Ivey’s second term, but according to State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), she’s as sharp as ever.

The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts found 29 recent instances of legal and financial noncompliance at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, according to an audit released on Friday.

The “Summer Reading programs” are kicking off soon in every public library, so if you have children, grandchildren, church or neighborhood groups, let’s all work together to encourage the love of reading, resulting in Alabama leading the way in reading proficiency and summer fun!

Teach your children to know and love truth. Your children will thank you, and so will your countrymen.

To go almost anywhere east of Alabama's state capital, you go Interstate 85. It has stories along its 668 miles.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is taking aim at organizations that fund the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) with legislation to limit U.S. assistance to entities such as the United Nations (UN) that “give additional rights and privileges” to the PLO.

On Friday's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," State Senate Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) reiterated the possibility of a rules change for the 2026 legislative session for the Alabama State Senate.

From Fairhope, it's on to New York and then to Liverpool for high school senior and winner of national songwriters' challenge, Sydney Gray.

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban is in Hoover this week for the Regions Tradition, and the legendary coach spoke with the cast of local radio show "The Next Round" about the state of college football.

After two years of fighting it out in the state legislature, State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) saw her “What is a Woman Act” finally become law early in the 2025 session. However, other bills she was involved with that she thought would be a much easier sell got diluted or outright rejected thanks to the efforts of associations and lobbying groups.

The boll weevil once brought devastation to Enterprise, Ala., but that hardship became an unexpected turning point, forcing the town to rethink, rebuild and rise. Today, Africa stands at a similar crossroads.

A woman gave birth to twins in the Aladdin Trailer Park of Lacey’s Spring, and placed them on ice in a box, according to court documents.

The seedings for the SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover were announced on Saturday.

No. 18 Alabama baseball split the first two games of the series with No. 23 Florida but lost the final game of the weekend to lose the series.

No. 6 Auburn baseball stumbled in its final regular-season series as it dropped two of three games to Ole Miss at Swayze Field for its third SEC series loss of the year. 

I should be angry, or bitter that my wife is somewhere out there, hiking deep within those hermosas mountains, walking the Camino without me, as I limp through Spain on shin-splinted calves. But I’m maybe happier than I’ve ever been.

Craig Carlisle was announced on Friday as a nominee for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, according to the Baptist Paper.

It is a very real struggle for many families in our times of dual-income households and the pressures put upon all of us. For far too many of us, our work is the measure of our worth.

Governor Kay Ivey recognized Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson Thursday with a joint resolution highlighting his years of dedicated service.

A Huntsville man was sentenced on Friday to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in the unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on X to tweet out false positive news about bitcoin. 

After being at the tail end of a bevy of criticism for his decision to allow the state’s exemption on overtime tax to expire, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter says he is not opposed to revisiting the issue next year.

Since universities shape the ideas that ripple through society, they remain vital institutions; however, any national renewal should focus only on those that prove their worth through self-sustaining efficiency and real value, rather than propping up failing ones.

The Alabama League of Municipalities on Thursday elected Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan as its new president and Riverside Mayor Rusty Jessup as its new vice president during the business session of the League’s 90th convention in Huntsville. 

Friday, during an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) reacted to images of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-sanctioned dumping of dredging sediment into Mobile Bay.

Pathway Church pastor Travis Johnson delivered a stern message Friday night during a live broadcast of FlashPoint Live from Mobile.

My plans over a long life have surely provoked gales of laughter from the Almighty. But as I rode that river of revision and change, I slowly learned something new: I learned how to make God smile with me rather than laughing at me. 

Her marriage to Coach Charlie Bradshaw took her to Bear Bryant's Alabama, Kentucky, and Troy State University. Martha Gibbs still told stories into her 90s.