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Final arrangements have been finalized for 19-year-old Ella Cook, the Mountain Brook woman who was killed in a tragic shooting on the campus of Brown University.

Montgomery County Commission chairman Doug Singleton will propose a change at the commission’s next meeting in January to the 1% county sales tax that goes to public schools.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026. The legislation reportedly includes a pay increase for service members, drastic reductions in funding for DEI-related policies and increased protections for women in sports at service academies.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has arrested the president of the Irondale Youth Mounties Football and Cheerleading League. 

No. 16 Alabama bounced back from Saturday’s loss with a 104-93 win over South Florida.

State Rep. Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery) filed on Monday to run for lieutenant governor in 2026.

Eric Hall, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Birmingham, was arrested Tuesday by the Birmingham Police Department.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined Newsmax's "National Report," on Wednesday for a wide-ranging discussion focused largely on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and the ongoing "war against drugs" in Latin America.

The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office announced a jury found a murder suspect guilty of horrifying crimes.

The Heritage Foundation recently withdrew its shareholder proposal filed with Salesforce, Inc. after the employer software company agreed to end its reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a diagnostic tool for corporate partnerships and charitable giving. 

Much has been done economically in the first 10 months of Trump’s second tenure, and it has to do with tariffs. For it appears that the slowing of the current economy is nothing other than the decline of the old system – the pre-tariff one – before the new, post-tariff regime ramps up.

On Wednesday, State Sen. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) prefiled legislation aimed at increasing transparency in cases of child sexual abuse.

Running on conservative values and small government, one Alabama Congressional District 1 candidate says he want to ensure tax dollars are being used wisely and leaders are held accountable.

Alabama farmers, manufacturers, and energy producers rely on rail to move everything from grain and soy to steel and petrochemicals. If one operator gains outsized control over the routes feeding the Gulf Coast, our producers will be left with no leverage and no alternatives.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) spoke about U.S. Space Command's imminent relocation to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville during a discussion on Alabama's Morning News with JT.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office released the identities of two people found dead in a Hoover home Tuesday morning.

The Cullman Police Department arrested the Superintendent of Wastewater Treatment for the City of Cullman after cameras were reportedly found in the men’s restroom.

In the wake of the recent Bondi Beach, Australia, ISIS-inspired mass shooting that left 15 dead and more than 20 more injured, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) decried the rise in radical Islam across the world.

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) endorsed Danielle Duggar for Alabama House District 96.

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) endorsed Jared Hudson for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, praising Hudson’s “record of service as a Navy SEAL, his leadership in the fight against human trafficking, and his experience as a small-business owner who understands the challenges facing working families.”

Were it not for Christmas, Good Friday could never have happened. But were it not for Good Friday, Christmas would be nothing more than a sweet story about a nice baby.

Former NFL quarterback AJ McCarron is pulling out of Alabama’s Lieutenant Governor race to go back to his roots. McCarron will be the Birmingham Stallions' new head football coach.

In June 2025, Ronald Bland, 32, allegedly shot and killed 27-year-old Akera Harris outside of a club on W. Moulton Street in Decatur.

The family of Ella Cobbs Cook published a powerful and heartbreaking tribute to the young woman who inspired the masses.

Atlas Van Lines recently released its annual migration patterns study, revealing where people are moving. 

Jeanne Marrazzo, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), filed suit in federal court on Tuesday alleging that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, Principal Deputy Director of NIAID Matthew Memoli, and the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally terminated her employment after she “blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.”

Just a little over two weeks have passed since Alex Golesh arrived on the Plains, and he’s already filled out his on-field staff.