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Tuesday night, the University of Alabama Faculty Senate indicated that recent media coverage of higher education is playing a significant role in public perception and state legislation.

Rick Pate, Pat Bishop, Stewart Tankersley, Nicole Wadsworth and John Wahl were in attendance at the forum event hosted by the College Republican chapter at the University of Alabama.

The Office of the Attorney General has issued a cease-and-desist order to businesses selling or possessing Kratom, or products that contain mitragynine and/or hydroxymitragynine.

In the first-ever meeting between the two programs, top-seeded Auburn led for nearly 40 minutes en route to a 75-69 victory over No. 2 Nevada in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday night at Neville Arena. 

During a call with reporters on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called for private contractors to take over airport security across the country.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall responded Wednesday to newly released ads against him in his run for U.S. Senate.

Former Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) chairman John Wahl launched his first television ad on Tuesday.

Spanish Fort Fire Rescue is asking for public support following a serious crash involving one of its own.

The contractor must submit a recovery schedule showing the amount of overtime and manpower needed to make up for lost time and get back on track.

An Athens man is accused of using online gaming platform Roblox to sexually extort a child.

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) holds a 31%-26% lead over Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. 

The SAVE Act does not disenfranchise those legally entitled to vote. It only requires voter registrants to present proof that they are legally entitled to register. The Act makes it much more difficult to cancel out a person’s vote with the vote of an illegal voter, and therefore it preserves rather than violates the right to vote.  

The State Department of Education released its updated collegiate scorecard on Monday, compiling a range of measures and indices on admissions, student success outcomes and associated costs of attendance.

A family with a loved one buried at Pine Rest Cemetery in Foley is looking for answers after they say they haven’t received a headstone more than two years after they paid for it.

When I was coaching, the players in my locker rooms were brothers. If someone needed help moving, they knew their teammates would show up to help. If someone had a death in the family, they could count on their brothers to be there for them. That type of bond between student-athletes requires time, trust and consistency. That kind of trust is hard to build if you’re worried that the person you share a locker room with isn’t going to show up the next day.

Multiple agencies responded Tuesday to a brush fire that closed Highway 59 for hours.

Woodfin criticized the decision of Central Alabama Water to end adding fluoride to water. The issue: two of the system’s three plants were already offline before the new board was created.

The Alabama Freedom Fund began running ads on Wednesday touting President Donald Trump’s endorsement of U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) and reminding voters about Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s past as a Democrat.

The City of Saraland celebrated the opening of the new Municipal Complex and Saraland Event Center with a ribbon-cutting.

Mobile Airport Authority executive director Andy Wilson is stepping down. The Authority announced the leadership change Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Birmingham) introduced a resolution honoring the sacrifice of the six Americans killed in Iraq on March 12.

The Montgomery City Council is considering terminating a $1.45 million contract with a private Louisiana company to handle some accident investigations.

Traffic was stopped for hours Tuesday evening after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 59/20, west of Birmingham.

Late Tuesday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced they had endorsed U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) in Alabama's contested open U.S. Senate Race.

No. 23 Alabama took advantage of Austin Peay’s mistakes to take a 6-2 win over the Governors.

Auburn pitcher Andreas Alvarez turned in a career-high seven scoreless innings, and Chris Rembert blasted a solo-shot over the wall in left field to enforce the mercy-rule in a 10-0 midweek win for the sixth-ranked Tigers over South Alabama at DABOS Stadium on Tuesday. 

The City of Fort Payne is currently in a legal battle with former Rainsville Mayor Nick Jones over two business murals that allegedly violate the city zoning ordinances.