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The Spiro Cheriogotis campaign announced Monday it has hired Candace Cooksey, Mobile's Senior Political Advisor, to lead the campaign.

Since November, the Alabama Department of Public Health has been warning about higher numbers of the highly contagious whooping cough, also known as Pertussis.

Legislation that would require social media platforms to prevent individuals under 16 from creating accounts has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.

If we want to ensure that our leaders remain good, pursuing righteous policies for our nation, then one of the simplest things we can do is get on our knees every day and pray for them.

Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in demanding answers from the world’s top asset managers to determine if they are misrepresenting and omitting essential disclosures regarding Chinese investments.

The recently released Club For Growth Foundation scorecard showed an underwhelming performance for Alabama’s Republicans in implementing CFG’s “pro-growth” and limited government policies.

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen met with U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) to discuss voter integrity during the National Association of Secretaries of State Conference.

When Alabama’s House Republican delegation had the chance to cut funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development during the last federal legislative session, the majority voted with Democrats to keep the agency afloat.

State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) said the Alabama Legislature is ablaze with a “new conservative fire” this session as it wasted no time tackling big issues during its first week, like the What is a Woman Act.

After a relatively brief hiatus, Gene Smith is looking to reclaim his spot on the Hoover City Council. He said he's focused on keeping promises and building on the work he started when he previously served.

It’s not quite a Valentine’s moon, but it will still be close to full and quite bright on Friday for Valentine’s evening. The actual full moon this month is on Wednesday, two days before Valentine’s.

Stories are not told in reverent tones of those who sat idly by. History will look back on this time and take note if we squander this victory by staying comfortable.

Former Alabama star quarterback Jalen Hurts praised God immediately after winning his first Super Bowl on Sunday.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) will be in New Orleans on Sunday with President Donald Trump to watch Super Bowl LIX.

Just because someone points out the problems with a school doesn't mean that person hates the students and teachers.

1819 News editor-in-chief Jeff Poor said to expect a "relatively quiet session" compared to last year as lawmakers wait to see how things shake out at the federal level.

In the past, while people may have been living harder lives, they often were far more content. So what changed in our times to bring about a near universal state of anxiety?

Rather than reveal that some third-grade students had “fallen through the cracks,” State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Mackey euphemistically portrayed these students’ situation as “on the bubble.” 

JD Vance's recent resurrection of Robert E. Lee brings this national hero's virtues to the forefront once again.

An unusual Super Bowl treat was prepared on ABC's Good Morning America by Dothan's Kelsey Barnard Clark -- ‘Fried shrimp po-boy nachos.’

At the 2023 Alabama Republican Party summer dinner, Donald Trump pledged that if he won his third bid for the White House, one of his first orders of business would be to widen Interstate 65 from Huntsville to Mobile.

No. 3 Alabama went into a hostile arena and held off a late surge by Arkansas to secure an 85-81 victory to improve to 9-1 in the SEC and a share of first place in the SEC standings with No. 1 Auburn.

4 takeaways from No. 1 Auburn’s 90-81 loss to No. 6 Florida

A major project has synchronized 682 stoplights in the Mobile area.

Maria von Braun has died at age 96, the widow of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Her life reads like a historical novel and has become one.

I wonder if we Americans couldn’t put aside our disagreements for a moment, and agree on a few things we love. 

Country music, at its best, is a form of cultural memory – a way of preserving stories and struggles, a testament to the places and people often overlooked by the mainstream. But memory is fragile, and once lost, it is difficult to recover.