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Friday afternoon, Central Alabama Water announced that it will no longer add fluoride to its drinking water.

Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston (R-Scottsboro) joined Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" on Wednesday to discuss an array of topics, including supplying power for a Jackson County data center owned by Google and the facility's positive impact on the surrounding area.

Baldwin County Superintendent Eddie Tyler sent a letter to colleagues and a letter to parents and families on Friday following the announcement of his retirement.

A society can teach people how to make a living, but if it never teaches them how to live, we risk becoming soulless, one-dimensional servants to AI rather than thoughtful citizens of a free nation.  

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall spoke on Saturday morning to the Madison County Republican Men's Club at their monthly meeting.

In a wide-ranging interview with “1819 News: The Podcast,” Congressional District 1 candidate Jerry Carl condemned illegal immigration while arguing that the legal system needed fixing to allow more people into the U.S. the “proper way.”

As the Iran conflict enters its fourth week, speculation is mounting that President Donald Trump is preparing to escalate Operation Epic Fury by putting boots on the ground.

The default mode of your face, according to research, is smiling.

The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) responded to a recent report by the Reason Foundation critiquing the RSA’s “unrealistic pension assumptions.”

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) acknowledged the continued increase in gas prices caused by the war in Iran during a call with reporters on Thursday.

Rusty Brown from the Freedom Foundation outlined the groups mission to free teachers across the nation from the pervasive political agenda of progressive teachers’ unions

On a Tuesday edition of Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Public Service Commission candidate and Cullman Co. Sheriff Matt Gentry spoke about Alabama's utility rates and the need to conduct a thorough overview of the PSC.

Nuclear weapons are in a destructive category of their own. For example, if Iran targeted our State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., with a crude nuclear weapon, the fireball at the center of the blast would vaporize everything for roughly three city blocks in each direction.

It’s been nearly eight months since a teacher with Marshall County Schools was placed on administrative leave over alleged negative comments made in the classroom following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

Spanish newspaper El País revealed new details surrounding the death of University of Alabama student James “Jimmy” Gracey.

The Lee County Farmers Federation endorsed Cam Hunt for Lee County Sheriff on Friday.

The United States Navy, under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, cut the ribbon on a new defense industrial facility in Cherokee on Friday.

The Senate ETF budget chairman called it "troubling" that Pardue would use such tactics with a student.

No. 4 seed Alabama defeated No. 13 seed Hofstra 90-70 despite missing its second-leading scorer.

Until both progressives and neoconservatives are willing to confront that reality, the cycle will continue with more programs, wars and promises that the next intervention will finally succeed where all the others failed.

The House passed a bill on Thursday that would close Republican and Democratic primaries in Alabama, but it’s future in the Senate is still up in the air. 

State Rep. Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) joined Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" earlier this week to discuss his legislation requiring the Alabama Public Service Commission to hold public rate case hearings every three years.

Tuskegee University head basketball coach Benjy Taylor on Friday announced his lawsuit against Morehouse College and two campus police officers after he was escorted off the court in handcuffs following a close game in January.

A man accused of committing war crimes in Bosnia back in 1992 was captured in Mobile County.

People do not get the death penalty because they did minor crimes. They get it for brutal and depraved murders of children, friends, relatives and strangers. It is in the state’s best interest to move these executions along. It is cruel to the victims’ families to wait 20+ years to see justice.

During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Agriculture Commissioner and lieutenant governor candidate Rick Pate discussed the impact of rising gas and oil prices on agricultural costs, particularly on fertilizer.

The Wedowee Police Department is continuing undercover sex stings after receiving training from Covenant Rescue Group. The latest arrest was an illegal immigrant from Mexico.