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If Reed wants the state to stay out of his city’s business, then he should immediately admit he has a problem and publicly embrace a pro-law enforcement, pro-law-and-order philosophy.

State Rep. Bob Fincher (R-Woodland) is in the middle of his last session as an Alabama lawmaker. For three terms, Fincher has represented the people of Alabama’s 37th House District, and as he approaches his 77th birthday, he says it is time to go home and enjoy his family.

Alabama Senate District 32 candidate Mike Vandenhuevel, better known as Mike Van, said he is 100% against the Stockton solar farm project. Van had to revise his original statement on the controversial project after receiving feedback online.

It all started in third grade. My teacher read to the class from a book. A mass-market paperback. A book about angels. They were stories of impossible rescues, and unlikely redemptions. Then, she told a story of her own.

The Enterprise Police Department continues the search for two-year-old Genesis Reid, the toddler reported missing on February 16.

The Mobile Police Department confirmed two people were killed early Saturday after a vehicle was struck by a train.

The Alabama Association of Chief of Police (AACOP) met this week in Montgomery for a winter conference.

State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) joined Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" this week to discuss his recently introduced amendment expediting the process of identifying a new lieutenant governor if the office becomes vacant.

Trump remains overwhelmingly popular with Alabama Republicans. His approval rating sits at 88% in our survey. But popularity doesn't automatically transfer. Voters can love Trump and still make their own judgments about individual candidates.

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, a Public Service Commission (PSC) Place 1 candidate, called on Friday for the PSC to hold public rate hearings.

Looking to snap a five-game skid in its annual AUTLIVE game, Auburn aims for a resume-boosting win as it hosts Kentucky at Neville Arena. 

For too long, oversight of our corrections system has been fragmented, informal, or housed too close to the very institutions it is meant to examine. That is not a criticism of individual employees; it is a recognition of a structural weakness.

The Alabama Port Authority Police Department opened a criminal investigation into possible theft at the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

A federal judge in Alabama approved a $2.67 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association in 2020, but customers are now expected to start receiving the payout.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the global tariffs President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution gives Congress, not the Executive Branch, the power to impose tariffs.

Secretary of Workforce Greg Reed and local officials joined business leaders on Friday to celebrate the groundbreaking of The Grove at South Jefferson in Athens.

According to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, an illegal alien has been arrested and charged with aggravated criminal surveillance after placing a hidden camera in the bathroom of a local business.

After embezzling more than $400,000, a former Huntsville pastor has been sentenced to 60 months in prison.

Next time you hear someone say Trump is Hitler running an authoritarian regime, that ICE is the Gestapo, and that Trump’s followers are Nazis, just walk away. The person is either given over to the delusion served by the media … or they know they already lost.

Following the latest mass shooting committed by a "transgender" individual, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) issued a blunt assessment regarding the growing trend of violence.

Energy Alabama recently hired former Democratic Governor Jim Folsom, Jr. to lobby against legislation that would transition the Public Service Commission from an elected to an appointed body.

Doug and Marinella Davis are sharing their homeschool story as part of an ongoing series from Governor Kay Ivey’s office spotlighting those using the CHOOSE Act.

Mobile Baykeeper responded to a bill signed into law that restricts an agency from adopting environmental protection rules more stringent than federal regulations.

Jesse Battles, a former Republican candidate for Senate District 10, asked the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) Steering Committee to restore his ballot access in the upcoming May primary.

Cason Williams, a six-year-old from Bay Minette, has made the big time.

Members of the Alabama Senate passed legislation on Thursday creating a new extracurricular religious instruction program in public schools.

Southern Company on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $416 million, or $0.38 per share, in 2025 compared with earnings of $534 million, or $0.49 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2024.