Michael Travis Head, now 36, was only 16 years old when he shot and killed his father and stepmother in their Rock Stand home in east Alabama in August 2002. It was the most gruesome death scene the sheriff at the time said he ever saw in his 35-year career in law enforcement. However, for Head, he said it was the ending of an even more tragic life he said he had been living for years.
Thirty-five states — including Alabama — currently employ Certificate of Need (CON) laws in health care, which require approval for new facilities in an industry.
Brock Heasley grew up loving movies. Now, he's taking his first crack at directing a full-length film, and he’s doing it right here in Alabama. Earlier this month, Brock and his team occupied a street in Birmingham to film scenes of “The Shift,” a retelling of the book of Job set in a science fiction dystopia.
According to U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile), federal resources are being allocated to the so-called woke agenda, some of which runs counter to the beliefs of many Americans. Carl hopes to soon put an end to it.
The editorial board for Auburn University’s primary campus newspaper, The Auburn Plainsman, released an opinion piece in response to the list of white racial slurs leaked from a group message titled “AU Connect.”
Friday, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced that Alabama’s men's basketball coach Nate Oats was named to the late-season watch list for the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year, a prestigious honor awarded to the most outstanding coach in college basketball.
Most of us have much less to lose than Margaret Court. So why don’t we speak the truth as boldly?
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) has joined in a number of additional legislative efforts to combat illegal immigration and trafficking at the southern border.
Samford has a one-game lead over Furman and UNC Greensboro with three Southern Conference games left to play.
Corizon Health Services, a former prison health care provider to the state of Alabama, declared bankruptcy this week.
Anna Syrova traveled from Ukraine to Jacksonville, Alabama to play college tennis and attend school at Jacksonville State.
While some community health departments continue to deal with the lingering effects of COVID-19, the Mobile County Health Department has moved on to tackle other so-called threats.
State rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger's Island) has pre-filed the second legislative step in Alabama’s 2021 sexual assault survivors bill of rights.
South Alabama, Troy and UNA stay hot in conference play. West Alabama and UAH remain at the top of the Gulf South Conference.
The Mobile County District Attorney's Office is thankful for a conviction after what the DA called a difficult case to present.
Two Republican members of the Alabama congressional delegation are battling an abortion policy recently adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense which makes it easier for female soldiers in pro-life states to get abortions where they are legal.
State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) is apparently reconsidering his 2021 "yes" vote on legislation that retroactively applied a 2015 mandatory release law to all inmates before 2015.
Last week, students at Asbury University, a private Christian school in Kentucky, assembled for their biweekly chapel service in the school’s auditorium. But when the chapel service was scheduled to end, the worship kept going.
The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) is pushing for Birmingham Southern College (BSC) to receive a bailout from the State Legislature, according to its new list of legislative priorities for 2023.
NCAA Division I baseball teams throughout the state get their first games in this weekend.
Visit Dothan President and CEO Aaron McCreight was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for his role in defrauding a bank while employed in a similar position in 2018 in Iowa.
Occupational taxes are local taxes businesses and service providers pay to operate within a municipality. For Gadsden, they account for nearly 30% of the annual budget — roughly $15 million.
“The world is on the brink of a major conflict, and America’s military must be ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Now is not the time to socially experiment with our armed forces at the expense of readiness, morale, and our national defense.”
UAB had five players reach double figures to help the Blazers win for the sixth time in the past seven games.
Thursday No.12 Alabama began their first of five tough matchups this weekend at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational, fighting off a late comeback by No.16 Duke to secure a 5-4 win.
Alabama has the fourth-highest state and local combined sales tax rate in the nation in 2023, according to a recent analysis by the Tax Foundation.
State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) has prefiled a bill to create criminal punishments for failing to declare the presence of a weapon to law enforcement.