The Council of State Governments Southern Office elected House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) chair for 2024-2025 recently.
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson announced a meeting with Helios Alliance on Wednesday morning to consider options for millions in opioid settlement funds.
Alabama's leaders have made broadband access a top priority, and together, we have invested significant resources to achieve this goal.
The suspect in a deadly triple shooting at a Bessemer gas station is facing capital murder, but according to court documents, it’s not his first time being the center of a shooting death investigation.
Earlier this week, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch called on the Alabama Legislature to rethink its so-called constitutional carry law passed in 2022 by raising the age of those to whom the law would apply.
Rick Burgess, one of the two iconic hosts of longtime Alabama radio show "Rick & Bubba," has announced what's next as the show comes to an end this year.
The University of Alabama football team is up to No. 4 in the latest Associated Press top 25 college football poll after easily disposing of Western Kentucky in Kalen DeBoer's first game replacing Nick Saban.
While many Americans were enjoying the season’s first college football Saturday or otherwise taking time off for the holiday, the politics of the presidential race continued to rage online.
Autauga County residents will vote on an ad valorem tax increase designed to add an additional $7 million annually to the school district’s local funds.
Tom Holmes, a Democrat from Mobile, is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) for congressional district one. His son, Thomas B. Holmes, II, also known as “T-Tom,” passed away on August 29.
Given the rise of young offenders committing gang-related crimes over the past year, Sheriff Paul Burch said he wants the constitutional carry law amended to require people under 21 to purchase a permit to carry a handgun.
A 16-year-old from Theodore was killed over the weekend when a house in Louisiana exploded.
hen Kalen DeBoer took over the Alabama football program from Nick Saban we knew there would be changes, but nobody thought he would shake up the iconic Crimson Tide uniforms.
Auburn dominated Alabama A&M, and part of that was due to the play from both lines of scrimmage.
Sept. 2, 1945, marked the end of World War II. The date is now known as V-J Day, “Victory over Japan.”
Freedom is one of the greatest gifts ever given and something of which many nations and peoples only dream.
Our Constitution, revered by many, detested by some, and imitated worldwide, has stood the test of time. Even with disputes about its meaning and debates about its interpretation, its framework for government still works.
As many workers and students enjoy a day off Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey thanked those who help drive Alabama's workforce and industry innovation.
John Legend's sweeping generalization about an entire group of people based on their political beliefs is itself a form of prejudice, which is a key component of racism.
Despite administrative rule changes in Alabama Libraries regulating the purchasing and placement of possibly sexually explicit material, Libraries are still in lawmakers’ crosshairs in the 2025 legislative session.
There is no doubt that Washington has struggled to get a handle on illegal immigration. My Republican colleagues and I want to secure the border, stop the flow of illegal immigrants, put the gangs, the cartels and the human traffickers out of business, and deport those who should not be here.
Trust in the media is near an all-time low, and news without a strong liberal bent is hard to come by. The Republic Sentinel, a conservative national news outlet, is hoping to change that by reporting honestly on the news other publications don’t want you to know about.
Auburn opened up the season with a strong win over Alabama A&M. What are the biggest takeaways from the game?
The Kalen DeBoer era is officially underway and it went as well as he could have hoped for.
The weather is great. Meteorologists call it “fake fall,” when summer weather, for whatever reason, undergoes what the local weatherman called an “identity crisis.”
FM Talk 106.5’s Sean Sullivan is used to riding out the storm during hurricane season. He takes every opportunity to keep his community informed even when that means staying behind when everyone else is getting out.
Mayors and council members elected in 2020 were given an extra year in office after the Alabama Legislature extended municipal terms by one year to offset local elections from presidential or state elections. Now, the end of those extended terms are a year away.