Last week, a Jefferson County judge placed a restraining order on Hoover and Helena in the midst of an annexation battle over part of an unincorporated community in Jefferson County. But Hoover is not the only nearby municipality conflicting with the City of Helena over land.
In June, Alabama football play-by-play announcer Eli Gold delivered some great news that he was cancer free, and just one month later, in an interview with Tide 100.9 FM’s Ryan Fowler, he delivered more good news, he plans on being in the broadcast booth for Alabama’s first game of the 2023 season.
He’s a good boy. A good man. A fine soldier. And that is why I thanked a perfect stranger for his service to our country.
Alabama State Department of Education director of communications Dr. Michael Sibley said March 13, 2020, was the day a previously distant thought became a reality. Then-President Donald Trump declared a National Emergency, and schools were suddenly closed.
Last week, the Alabama Legislature opted not to take up a bill that would have initiated the clawback of a $5 million appropriation for the Alabama Department of History and Archives (ADAH) from the education supplemental budget passed earlier this year during the regular session.
Although redistricting was the main focus of the just-completed special session, House and Senate members also unanimously passed legislation adding retired state police officers to the list of law enforcement groups that can now serve as school resource officers or correctional officers without losing retirement benefits.
After a four-hour flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles and another brutal 15-hour trek across the Pacific, I arrived in Sydney, Australia, two weeks ago today.
The bill comes in the wake of a massive surge in crossings at the southern border, which led some cities to house aliens in schools. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that he would begin housing aliens in elementary and secondary school gyms due to overwhelmed shelters.
As the possibility of a third indictment looms against former President Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continues railing against perceived efforts to stop Trump from running in the 2024 presidential election.
While it remains to be seen how the federal court system will react to Alabama's redrawn congressional maps signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday, the left-of-center national media and talking heads have taken notice of the Alabama Legislature's actions.
Alabama House and Senate Republicans passed a new congressional map on Friday afternoon.
After repeated attempts to reach Hoover officials for comment about an annexation legal battle with the City of Helena that resulted in a temporary restraining order last week, 1819 News has yet to receive a response.
A conference committee made up of six members from the House and Senate passed a new congressional redistricting map on Friday.
The Autauga County Commission is considering receiving an opinion from Attorney General Steve Marshall regarding legal remedies in the ongoing battle over books containing sexually explicit material for minors at the Autauga-Prattville Public Library.
The Eclectic Police Department announced the sudden and unexpected death of one of its own this week.
Coming out of SEC Media Days this week in Nashville, the University of Alabama football team has been picked to win the SEC West, while Auburn University has been picked to finish sixth in the division.
A man convicted of killing a 75-year-old woman with a claw hammer in 2001 was put to death early Friday morning at Holman Prison.
There’s both a moral and constitutional case for why this crime deserves death.
The Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health has rescheduled its “Consent for Kids Fair” at the Birmingham Public Library, which is advertised to all ages and set to feature a “consent story hour” and “pin the ovary on the uterus.”
Listen to 1819 News Editor at Large Erica Thomas on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss the fatal tasing of Jawan Dallas and the civil rights lawsuit that's being considered as a result of it.
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass an amendment to a bill on Thursday morning that would have required airlines to rehire pilots who were fired or forced to resign for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
Former U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) $5 million donation from his campaign in April to the University of Alabama (UA) will go to a public service and leadership institute named after him and his wife, Dr. Annette Shelby.
In a call with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) announced that his NIL legislation was complete.
A dive into Carlee Russell's social media posts in the wake of her seemingly debunked story of abduction.
In June, the Tuscaloosa City Council voted 5-2 to institute a moratorium on bars within the city limits, citing police shortages and concerns about calls from the Strip, the nightlife district just down the street from the University of Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Nick Saban’s SEC Media Days appearance ended Wednesday, but even when Saban is not present, his name remains at the forefront of the other SEC coaches’ media appearances, and Thursday was no different.
Civil rights attorneys from across the nation were in south Alabama Thursday morning just before the funeral of a man who died after an encounter with Mobile police officers on July 2.