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Purple Heart Day recognizes American heroes
Today, Alabama, along with the entire nation, observes Purple Heart Day.
This day, August 7, annually commemorates the moment in 1782 when then-General George Washington...
Read the Fair Ballot Commission’s plain language explanations of each proposed ballot measure
The office of Secretary of State published on Monday four plain language summaries of each statewide constitutional amendment to be presented before voters in...
Tow truck driver pulls baby from burning car in Tuscaloosa, gives God the credit
The last Friday in July started like just any other day on the job for Tuscaloosa's André Harris.
Harris, a tow truck driver for Bambarger...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions set on ending DACA despite court hurdles
Despite a federal judge's recent decision that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) must be fully restored, Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to press forward with the...
Judge issues gag order in Huntsville police shooting case
A judge has issued a gag order in the case of an Alabama police officer facing murder charges in the shooting of an armed...
Alabama sides with Nevada in fight for execution drugs
Fifteen states are siding with Nevada as it fights drug companies battling the use of their products in an inmate's execution.
Republican attorneys general from...
Study forecasts job gains from tax cuts — but proportionately less in Alabama than elsewhere
The federal tax cuts passed last year created 2,941 jobs in Alabama this year and will create 16,633 over a decade, but that employment...
Rick Burgess to undergo surgery Tuesday morning
Monday afternoon, radio host Rick Burgess of the Birmingham-based and nationally syndicated Rick & Bubba Show announced he suffered a gallbladder attack during his morning...
Alabama’s health care system struggles to perform, ranking 46th in the country
A new analysis by the personal finance publication WalletHub ranks Alabama’s health care system as the nation’s sixth worst.
To make their determinations, researchers examined...
Warrior Met Coal and Bevill State provide roadmap for public-private workforce development partnerships
Alabama's Warrior Met Coal (NYSE: HCC) has partnered with Bevill State Community College to offer a new four-week miner training class for prospective employees.
The...
Gov. Ivey awards grant to create 65 jobs in northwest Alabama
Governor Kay Ivey announced a Community Development Block Grant Monday to provide the infrastructure necessary for Tiffin Motor Homes’ new RV Center in Winfield,...
Continental Motors embarks on $75 million Alabama project
A $75 million project is underway to transform Continental Motors' operations in south Alabama.
AL.com reports that Continental officials last year announced that its "Blue...
Alabama Sens. Shelby, Jones will have a key voice in bipartisan financial reform effort
Following the May passage of a bill rolling back parts of the Obama-era Dodd-Frank banking regulations, Congress has a chance to install more bipartisan...
Alabama legislator predicts sports betting bill will be considered in 2019
Sports betting is legal in just a handful of states, but as of last week, Alabama’s eastern neighbor has joined that select club. Mississippi’s first...
Alabama prep school sued over teachers’ sex with students
An Alabama private school that employed two teachers who pleaded guilty to sexual relationships with students is being sued by one of the ex-students.
The...
AT&T Alabama invests more than $1.2 billion for wireless and wired networks
Fiber infrastructure is a key tool in attracting new and expanding existing businesses across Alabama, and local providers are actively working to install innovative...
State of Alabama now taking comments on Medicaid work requirement
Alabama is accepting comments on its proposal to put a work requirement on 74,000 Medicaid recipients.
The Alabama Medicaid Agency opened a new public comment...
Two Alabama men killed in small plane crash near coast
Authorities say two men were killed after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff near the Alabama coast.
WALA-TV reports the plane's pilot and lone...
Whooping cough outbreak in Jefferson, Shelby counties
The Alabama Department of Public Health has identified an outbreak of whooping cough in Shelby and Jefferson counties.
Health officials said Friday that nine children...
Good-paying jobs spur growth in Alabama’s Jefferson County
More than 3,500 jobs have been recruited to Jefferson County in the past 12 months and officials expect that number to increase by year’s...
Deno Posey: Banker by day, comedian by night
Denorrise “Deno” Posey may be one of the few comedians in Birmingham whose day job pays as much as, if not more than, his...
Birmingham Mayor Woodfin at left-wing confab Netroots Nation: ‘Proud to have shared the stage’ with socialist Dem Ocasio-Cortez
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin attended Netroots Nation in New Orleans over the weekend and met up with socialist Democrat candidate for Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
This...
Alabama music maker Tyler Findlater pursues his muse after life-changing health scare
As Tyler Findlater sat in the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology at Auburn University, he felt the classroom enclose him before blacking out. When...
80-year-old Birmingham woman crowned Ms. Alabama Nursing Home
Birmingham’s Annie Avery, 80 years old, was crowned Ms. Alabama Nursing Home 2018 in the 35th annual pageant held July 30 at the Hyatt...