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Members of the Montgomery County Commission failed to pass a new $7.5 million spending package for Jackson Hospital at their Tuesday meeting.

The Archdiocese of Mobile released a statement from Archbishop Mark S. Rivituso, responding to the death of Ella Cook, a Mountain Brook woman killed while in a shooting at Brown University this weekend.

The Hoover Police Department is investigating a tragic scene after a toddler was found inside a home where her parents were deceased.

We are too trusting of our suspicions, too swift in our accusations, too flippant and too proud in our judgments – and much too distracted and bewildered by the churn of the digital deluge to connect it to something real or enduring. In this way, we have failed to find rest, day after restless day. 

Governor Kay Ivey ordered flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in memory of Brown University shooting victim Ella Cook.

A former Missile Defense Agency employee has pleaded guilty to one count of Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Documents after transferring top-secret materials from a Huntsville MDA facility to their personal residence and vehicle.

State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) announced on Monday the creation of the Charlie Kirk Memorial Endowed Scholarship at the University of Alabama.

Sheriff Phil Sims said 12 of the subjects had criminal histories beyond illegal immigration, including DUI, fraud, domestic violence and distribution and possession of drug charges. Three had felony re-entry charges after having been previously deported. Thirteen of the individuals were Guatemalan nationals, and one was a Mexican national, he said.

Within hours of being named chief executive officer of Central Alabama Water, Jeff Thompson placed the management team on leave. On Monday night, that team was replaced, and Thompson was approved to make the interim team permanent.

The Alabama Law Enforcement is investigating after a child was struck and killed Monday afternoon.

Auburn head football coach Alex Golesh has finalized his inaugural staff on the Plains.

The Petroleum and Convenience Marketers of Alabama (P&CMA) endorsed Secretary of State Wes Allen on Monday in his campaign to become Alabama’s next lieutenant governor.

He has done what he said he would do in his two terms and that’s why every mayor in Baldwin County is standing behind State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) for a third term, according to the campaign.

This past August, many Alabama cities elected mayors to four-year terms in colorful and expensive contests. Interestingly, many state police chiefs ran for this coveted center seat in their cities and won, a fact not widely discussed.

In recent months, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has introduced legislation working to limit the influence of Islam within the United States, while also warning of the dangers posed by the religion.

Joran Van der Sloot doesn’t want to live anymore, according to officials inside the Challapalca maximum security prison in the Tacna region of Peru.

Members of the Montgomery City Council and Montgomery County Commission will vote on Tuesday to approve another $15 million for Jackson Hospital.

On Monday, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth sounded off about the Ivey administration's decision to borrow $730 million against future tax receipts to finance the West Alabama Highway project, also known as the West Alabama Corridor.

Another major head-coaching job became available, and once again, Kalen DeBoer had to address rumors about his interest in leaving the University of Alabama. A few weeks ago, it was the Penn State job opening; now it's the Michigan job after Sherrone Moore was fired for cause on Wednesday.

Of this much I’m certain: Legislative oversight of the textbook process has become not merely advisable but necessary. Gov. Tommy Tuberville, when his apparent time comes, will surely bring a much-needed housecleaning to such affairs.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of HHS, said, "When President Trump and I asked Brian Christine to serve, we weren't just checking a box. We were both convinced that we had found the leader who would be most able to revive and strengthen the uniform service."

The Mountain Brook woman who was killed in the Brown University shooting was the vice president of the school’s Republican club and was likely targeted, according to multiple sources. Ella Cook was one of two shot and killed on Saturday while studying with a group of students.

News of a horrific shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island hit close to home in Alabama on Sunday after it was revealed that Mountain Brook native Ella Cook was one of the two victims killed.

Arkansas became the first state in the nation to drop PBS programming recently.

A Birmingham church confirmed one of the two people killed in the Brown University shooting on Saturday was from Alabama.

FAIRHOPE – She has a faith story full of surprises and miracles, and 1819 News vice president of finance and events, Ashley Carter, is telling it all in hopes of inspiring young people to chase their dreams in the face of adversity.

During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) expressed a positive outlook on the current environment for school choice while criticizing the Alabama Education Association (AEA), the state’s teachers’ union and republican candidates taking their money.