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New FBI Director Kash Patel said Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal will play a key role in the Bureau’s future expansion and fight against crime.

First responders fought a fire at an Enterprise nursing home for over 15 hours. Local restaurants showed up and kept them in food and water.

Birmingham Water Works Board chair Tereshia Huffman allegedly “participated in unethical practices” with contributions from the board’s Community Educational Program to charities affiliated with her relatives, according to an ethics complaint filed on Monday.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has released the 18th edition of its annual Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, ranking Alabama in the top 20 for economic outlook. However, if the Yellowhammer State wants to out-compete its neighbors, it may have to change its income tax structure.

The announcement of President Donald Trump’s planned commencement speech at the University of Alabama this year was met with much support and excitement. But a vocal minority, including alumni, faculty and a college Democrat group, could not stifle their ire, instead venting their indignation on social media.

Local legislation that would legalize pari-mutuel gambling at the White Hall Entertainment Center in Lowndes County passed the Alabama Senate on Tuesday by a 18-7 margin.

Members of the Senate passed K-12 off-campus religious instruction legislation on Tuesday.

Military veterans and families can get assistance with obtaining the benefits they earned. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore is hosting a Veterans Benefits Fair April 25 in Daphne.

Legislation that would allow for an annexation of an area of Cullman County by Smith Lake to establish a framework to attract a resort to the area passed the Senate on Tuesday.

Hoover City Council meetings can be described in many ways, but boring is rarely one of them. This week’s meeting was no exception.  

The National Science Foundation canceled three grants worth $1,761,892 on Friday to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University.

A man slated to be put to death on Thursday for the repeated rape and eventual murder of a Chilton County woman in 2010 is dropping all of his appeals ahead of his scheduled lethal injection, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.”

House Democrats were in an especially combative mood on Tuesday, spending hours of debate time protesting the House calendar and a proposed bill changing the voter registration software used by Alabama’s state and local election officials.  

Libraries across the state rushed to remove sexually explicit material from their children and teen sections following new guidelines by the Alabama Public Library System in May 2024. The APLS threatened to withhold funding from any library that did not comply with new regulations.

The stars of the Motown sound come to Birmingham on June 5 -- the Temptations and the Four Tops.

We need not fear death, because we know that, as Christ rose, we too will rise from the dead and, as believers, live eternally with Him. 

No. 18 Alabama took the season-long sweep against Samford with a 11-7 victory on Tuesday.

No. 11 Auburn was just 2-for-22 with runners on base and 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position, leaving a season-high 15 runners stranded on the night but used strong performances on the mound to complete the season sweep of No. 21 Georgia Tech with a 1-0 win on Tuesday night at Plainsman Park.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg's audacious rulings against the Trump administration’s foreign policy are eviscerating the constitutional bedrock of our Republic.

Samford University is getting into the alcohol, hotel and entertainment business — that's the plan, at least.

The Fairhope Public Library board voted not to move a controversial book from the teen section to the adult section after the state paused funding due to explicit material, meaning it will no longer receive state funding.

There’s something about a son feeding and watering a chicken that the dad butchers and the mom cooks that’s about more than aesthetic farmhouse photos on Instagram. It’s about each member of the family having a direct stake in the economic collaboration of home life. 

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said recent violent acts are not acceptable and his staff, along with law enforcement, is taking action.

In his speech to the Republican Women of Geneva County, Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate discussed food security, tariffs and his political future.

It's no secret that Alabama loves President Donald Trump, and with the president's latest announcement that he will deliver the commencement address at the University of Alabama in early May, it's obvious the feeling is mutual.

Republican members of the Senate County and Municipal Government committee passed a bill changing the makeup of the Birmingham Water Works Board on Tuesday morning.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is boasting of increased support for his comprehensive legislation to combat influence by the Chinese Communist Party.