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The Alabama State Senate faced its first major slowdown of the 2025 session after State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) and State Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) took to the floor to prevent the body from considering Senate Bill 5 (SB 5).

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) held its annual Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee Winter meeting on Saturday at the Riverchase Galleria's Hyatt Regency in Hoover.

Ex Alabama football coach Gene Stallings turns 90 years old on Sunday

Hundreds of his former players and staff will honor Coach Pete Rich March 29 for his 90th birthday -- an influence in Pell City and Sylacauga.

It appears that trusting the FDA to regulate vaccines without first addressing its failures in food safety sets a dangerous precedent, leaving us vulnerable not only to toxic chemicals in our food, but also to unexamined risks in our medicine.

The Flora-Bama bar and grill has served up great food and entertainment since 1969. Straddling the boundary line between Alabama and Florida, Flora-Bama has become a cultural icon and haven for lovers of music, good food and beach life since John McInnis III took over as majority owner in 2009.

The Alabama Forestry Commission’s Rural Bridge Grant Initiative is underway to help upgrade infrastructure in rural areas.

The Greater Birmingham Humane Society (GBHS) is asking for the public’s help identifying the men who threw a dog into a dumpster.

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) held its annual Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee meeting on Saturday at the Riverchase Galleria's Hyatt Regency in Hoover.

The Alabama Republican Party's executive committee tabled a resolution calling on state legislators to grant tax relief during its biannual meeting at the Riverchase Galleria's Hyatt Regency in Hoover on Saturday.

No. 6 Alabama fell short on the road to No. 5 Tennessee 79-76, losing on a last second three point bucket.

4 takeaways from No. 1 Auburn’s 94-78 win over No. 17 Kentucky

Bucking today's smartphone society is harder than one might realize.

Parents can glean a number of insights from Tolkien’s upbringing in the hopes of awakening some of the same hidden genius in their own offspring.

The Randolph County School Board will consider how to proceed with aging buildings. An option is to consolidate all county schools into one school.

Legislation recently filed in the Alabama House of Representatives would prohibit any federal agency from expending public funds to advertise and promote vaccines after recently released data showed the Alabama Department of Public Health spent over $18 million in such advertising from 2019 to 2024.

Another gambling and lottery bill and constitutional amendment “may be coming back” this legislative session, according to Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro). 

How does off-loading purchases to the previous or following day affect the economy, exactly? I am no economist, but that’s not how it works. But these people are activists, not financial geniuses.

Handling business in its midweek game with a 30-point beatdown of Ole Miss, top-ranked Auburn is one step closer to clinching at least a share of the SEC regular-season title, but it must do what it hasn’t in 37 years – beat Kentucky at Rupp Arena. 

Alabama leaders sided with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s tense meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Office arrested a man suspected of being a member of the Sinaloa Cartel after he was accused of shooting at a woman on Interstate 65.

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) has announced the candidate qualifying dates for the special election in State House District 11 for those wanting to pursue the seat on the Republican ticket.

Attorney General Steve Marshall harshly criticized Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to commute the sentence of convicted murderer Robin “Rocky” Meyers, 63, on Friday without “directly” communicating with him or his office.

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that she was commuting the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Meyers, 63, condemning him to life without parole, claiming she was insufficiently convinced of his guilt or innocence.

Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze was diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer, the school announced on Friday. 

Alabama football fans wanting to get an early look at the upcoming team at the annual A-Day game will have to travel to Bryant-Denny Stadium to do so.

Childhood itself is at stake here. The playing fields of the imagination are being rapidly replaced by digitalized games, social media, and the artifice of screens.