Two individuals were arrested on Tuesday after an agent with the Attorney General’s office was threatened with firearms while serving a bond revocation warrant in Montgomery. The threat forced the agent to call for assistance, resulting in a large-scale response from multiple law enforcement agencies. The suspects, a man and woman, were reportedly confronted by […]

Eddie Smith was elected Opelika’s next mayor on Tuesday, defeating challenger Raven Harvis and Herman G. Barnes III to succeed longtime Mayor Gary Fuller, who is retiring after 21 years in office.  Unofficial returns show Smith with 4,154 votes (about 56%) to Harvis’s 3,155 (about 43%) and Barnes’s 115.  “Thank you to everyone who came […]

Hoover voters decisively chose longtime police chief Nick Derzis as their next mayor Tuesday, ending Frank Brocato’s two-term tenure. Unofficial returns posted by the city show Derzis taking 9,172 votes to Brocato’s 7,322 – 55.6% to 44.4%. With a clear majority, no runoff is required. Brocato conceded Tuesday night, congratulating his “friend” and successor as […]

Former district judge Spiro Cheriogotis and State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) have advanced to a September 23 runoff for Mayor of Mobile after neither candidate cleared a majority in Tuesday’s four-way, nonpartisan election. The field also included County Commissioner Connie Hudson and former Mobile Chief of Police Paul Prine. Unofficial returns with 97% of precincts […]

A Montgomery resident and former employee of the Alabama Medicaid Agency has pleaded guilty to aggravated theft of property in Montgomery County Circuit Court. According to Attorney General Steve Marshall, Natalie Colette Lewis, 60, stole over $100,000 in public funds and now faces up to 30 years imprisonment, a $60,000 fine, and forfeiture of her […]

Six men have been arrested in Albertville following a sting operation targeting local offenders engaging in acts of online child exploitation. The Albertville Police Department and Covenant Rescue Group, a nonprofit fighting human trafficking, conducted the investigation. The suspects were taken into custody at pre-arranged locations after interacting with law enforcement officials posing as minors. […]

International Paper is making a major investment in Alabama with plans to spend $250 million at its Riverdale Mill in Selma. The company will convert the #16 paper machine to produce containerboard, a key material used in corrugated packaging. The upgrade is part of a broader series of strategic changes announced this week as the […]

U.S. Department of Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy on Tuesday threatened to pull tens of millions in federal highway safety dollars from several states unless they start enforcing the Trump administration’s English-language proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers.  Sec. Duffy, as well as the Alabama Trucking Association, believe this hard line enforcement is an overdue next […]

With the allocation of a grant worth more than $369,000, Brush Creek Park in Lauderdale County will soon receive upgrades to improve its recreational vehicle campground, along with other various features of the 89-acre area. The capital, which will be utilized by the Lauderdale County Commission for the project, was provided through the Land and […]

James Clements, CEO of Cullman Regional Medical Center, has been appointed by Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to serve on the Alabama Rural Roadmap Initiative. The initiative, formed during the 2025 legislative session under Gudger’s leadership, is designed to develop strategies that support growth and development in Alabama’s rural communities. “Healthcare services in […]

Master Boat Builders Inc., a vessel and workboat manufacturer, today announced that it has invested $7.8 million to modernize and expand its shipbuilding operations in Mobile County by adding a new fabrication shop and floating drydock. The Mobile Chamber said today that the expansion project creates 85 new jobs, adding to Master Boat’s skilled workforce of more than […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who is also a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2026, is assisting in the effort to stop California’s looming electric vehicle mandate. “California and Gavin Newsom do not get to decide what cars and trucks Alabamians drive,” Marshall said. “This radical mandate is nothing more than an attempt to force […]

City leaders are calling for answers after a Deshler High School student was seriously injured last week in an incident that remains under investigation. Freshman football player August Borden, 15, was airlifted to Birmingham on Aug. 19 after what was initially reported as a fall at the school. His parents say he sustained skull fractures […]

With voters set to head to the polls on Tuesday, State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) is facing a new controversy: a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit filed by Birmingham attorney and developer Eric Guster, who says Givan and two co-conspirators smeared him with false claims on social media. The complaint, filed last week in the Jefferson […]

State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) has pre-filed three bills aimed at growing Alabama’s commercial seafood industry while shoring up the coastal habitats that sustain it. Among them include a state sales-tax exemption on direct seafood sales (HB3), a refundable income-tax credit to spur oyster-shell recycling by restaurants (HB28), and the creation of an Alabama […]

Loftis Steel & Aluminum, a family-owned steel fabrication company based in Nashville, Tennessee, is expanding its footprint with the launch of a new high-tech operation in Decatur with a $6.5 million investment. The growth project will create 20 new jobs in Limestone County, reinforcing Alabama’s strong position in advanced manufacturing. Loftis Steel & Aluminum produces […]

When Buddy Watson was in eighth grade in rural Slapout, Alabama, a coding instructor overheard him talking about his passion for engineering and mentioned something that would change his life: a new cyber and engineering school opening in Huntsville. That school, the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE), is the nation’s first public […]

According to a monthly analysis released last week by the Alabama Association of Realtors, July brought a decrease in statewide home sales, with numbers dropping 8.6% from June and 2.2% compared to the same period in 2024. The July report also indicated that total home sales for 2025 are collectively 7.1% higher than the same […]

FALL PATTERN: We all know we can have scorching heat in Alabama in late August, but that won’t be the case this year thanks to a fall-like upper air pattern over North America. A long wave upper trough is over the eastern part of the continent … this pushed a cold front through late yesterday, and […]

Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger named State Sen. Keith Kelley (R-Anniston) the new co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Sunset Committee, a panel that decides whether dozens of state boards and commissions should be continued, consolidated, or shut down. The appointment came as the committee begins requiring people who testify to do so under […]

Two Army civilian professionals and a contractor who provide information technology support at Fort Rucker found themselves at the right place at the right time to help save a life in the local community Aug. 15. David E. Gardner II and John. J. Perez, both Army civilian IT specialists, and Michael V. Henderson, a contractor who works as a […]

Stoking renewed pressure on Alabama’s redistricting process, a federal court judge ruled on Friday that Alabama’s 2021 State Senate map violates the Voting Rights Act in the Montgomery area – but not in Huntsville.  The ruling bars the state from using the current plan in future elections. As it did in 2023, the court said […]

Is there anything Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) can’t win?. Has the peace deal that President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were working on already fallen apart? Is Tuscaloosa really dangerous? Is former U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) a lock for his old seat? Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign […]

Mike Jordan was recently elected as vice president of the Mobile Division at Alabama Power. As vice president of the Mobile Division, Jordan will oversee community and economic development initiatives and external affairs in the southwest region of the state. He brings his experience and an external focus from the Southern Division, where he has […]