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Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch is asking the public to come forward with information in a quadruple homicide in Wilmer.

At a pivotal time in the state’s charter school growth, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has changed the trajectory of the Alabama Charter School Commission and the schools under its purview with the recent appointment of Terry Lathan.

The Alabama Forestry Commission determined that the entire state remains in a fire danger classification.

Etowah County Republican Party (GOP) leadership will meet in the near future after Jesse Battles announced his independent candidacy for State Senate District 10.

Central Alabama Water was vindicated when Circuit Judge Frederic Allen Bolling walked back his prior ruling and dismissed the case brought against them by Woodfin for ending the fluoridation of its water system.

During a Monday episode of Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) suggested it was not out of the realm of possibilities for a special legislative session on gambling prior to the November elections.

The Halifax Resolves were a pivotal moment, when the idea of independence moved from possibility to policy, and the path toward a new nation became irreversible.  

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said a quadruple homicide in Wilmer could be connected to drugs.

The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released findings from an audit of the Administrative Office of Courts (AOC), noting discrepancies between Oct. 1, 2022, and Jan. 20, 2025.

Big changes are expected for the ever-troubled, radically progressive School of Social Work at the University of Alabama, as Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill removing the language in state statute that gave the school autonomy from university administration.

The Colbert County Republican Women’s Club recently welcomed several of the statewide and federal candidates ahead of the May 19 primary election.

A Madison bookstore made good on its pledge to donate banned books to a local non-profit that conducts various outreach, including a group for LGBTQ+-identifying “kids, youth and adults,” and claimed to have donated some of the books to local school libraries.

Defense contractors who prioritize pigmentation over performance are making a strategic, not merely a philosophical, error.

The Gulf Shores City Council approved a $500,000 contract with Interboro Partners, LLC., to lead the development of a new comprehensive plan and 20-year roadmap.

Jesse Battles announced on Sunday that he is running as an independent candidate in the November general election for State Senate District 10.

Piedmont Elementary School is offering grief counselors to students after the news that a student was the victim of a homicide.

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney performed an intimate show at Flora-Bama over the weekend, celebrating 10 years of No Shoes Radio.

The stadium went wild, and social media was flooded with videos when Nick Saban joined Morgan Wallen, a Tennessee fan, during his walkout for the first concert at Bryant-Denny in more than 30 years.

A race for the Republican nomination for Alabama’s House District 85 (HD85) recently took a negative turn when a challenger accused the incumbent seat holder of being "bought and paid for by an out-of-state gambling interest.”

“Pro Tem Pringle has been tremendous. From a government efficiency standpoint, I don’t think anyone has fought harder than him," Ledbetter told 1819 News in a written statement. 

No. 11 Alabama baseball dropped a second straight weekend series with a series loss against No. 4 Texas.

The Alabama chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently celebrated the passage of three bills related to the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles in the recently concluded legislative session, two of which had Republican sponsors.

The National Education Association (NEA) is advertising May Day protests and marches across Alabama, with the aim of a one-day economic boycott, opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and calling for “tax the rich.”

April 14, 2024, is a day Lea Harmon will never forget. While visiting her daughter in Florida, Harmon received the news no parent ever wants to hear. Her son, 34-year-old Timothy “TimTim” Harmon, was dead.

We’re finding places where the state can ease the burden on working people and doing so in a responsible, sustainable way.

SB155 is built on a simple principle: when Alabama receives revenue from coal produced on federal lands, those dollars should go back to the hardworking people and communities that made that production possible.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a double fatal crash that occurred Saturday on Interstate 85.