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Strength through peace: Business Council of Alabama announces reunification

The executive committee of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) Wednesday voted to adopt new bylaws for the organization, to reabsorb the companies who...

Mobile quintuplets set to attend the University of South Alabama together

Five Mobile teens who were born together are now all going to college together. Fox 10 News’s Lee Peck reports that the Zimlich quintuplets –...

Diamondback Energy to buy Energen for $9.2 billion

Birmingham-headquartered Energen (NYSE: EGN), one of Alabama's biggest public companies, will reportedly be sold to Texas-based Diamondback Energy. The all-stock deal is valued at approximately...

Forbes: Birmingham in bid ‘to become The Southern Silicon Valley’

Once affectionately known as the "Pittsburgh of the South," Birmingham might finally be getting a modern moniker after Forbes on Monday published a deep-dive...

Bama football legend fighting ALS shares message – ‘I’d like to say thank you now, in the event I can’t verbally say it later’

WBRC's Rick Karle on Monday shared a moving video from University of Alabama football great Kerry Goode, who is battling ALS. Also known as Lou...

Mobile judge orders video released of pepper-sprayed students

An Alabama city's police department will be required to release body camera video of when high school students were pepper-sprayed in 2016 by an...

Koch Foods announces $80M expansion at Gadsden plant

Koch Foods has announced an $80 million expansion at an Alabama plant that is expected to bring around 200 jobs to the area. The Gadsden...

Alabama native and former Marshall quarterback Reggie Oliver dead at 66

The Marshall University quarterback who was part of the team's return after the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 players has died. Reggie Oliver was...

Gov. Ivey appoints interim finance chief — ‘Thorough search’ underway for permanent appointee

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday named longtime state employee Kelly Butler as acting Director of the Alabama Department of Finance to replace outgoing...

Alabama’s state climatologist John Christy rebuts claims of recent fires, heat waves being caused by human activity in in-depth interview

There is one particular word that Dr. John Christy turns to frequently for describing climate science: murky. It’s a point of view foundational to his...

Alabama state Rep. Standridge on ‘In God We Trust’ legislation: ‘It’s a simple message, but I believe it’s a powerful message’

Alabama state Rep. David Standridge (R-Hayden) was interviewed Tuesday on "Fox and Friends First," where he discussed the state's new law that allows “In God We Trust”...

WATCH: University of Alabama Police Department completes lip sync battle featuring ‘Sweet Home Alabama’

Monday, The University of Alabama posted a video of their campus police department participating in a lip sync battle against Clemson University. UAPD chose "Sweet...

Rep. Byrne: Illegal immigrants will not be housed in Baldwin County

Tuesday, Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) announced that illegal immigrants would not be housed at Navy airfields in Baldwin County. Congressman Byrne opposed the housing of...

Liberal heckler hurls object, expletives at Doug Jones — Jones says ‘there’s just as many people passionate on the other side’

After a liberal heckler hurled an object and expletives at Sen. Doug Jones at a town hall Monday, Alabama's junior senator compared the incident, which...

Arab High School to dump ‘Dixie’ tradition at football games

A rural Alabama high school is ending its tradition of playing "Dixie" at football games. John Mullins, superintendent of city schools in Arab, said he...

Decatur High School teacher accused of having sex with students resigns

An Alabama high school teacher who was paid nearly $130,000 while on leave fighting charges that she had sex with students has resigned. The Decatur...

How an incoming freshman overcame inner-city Chicago to get to Alabama State University – ‘This is the start of a new life’

Ivry Hall has a tale to tell - one that is too unbelievable and too tragic to be anything but real. But it is...

Former Prattville police officer gets 10 years for fraud, theft

A former police officer in Alabama who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and burglary has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Montgomery Advertiser...

GATR Technologies Inc. of Huntsville gets $522M Army contract for inflatable antennas

An Alabama company has a five-year, $522 million extension to an Army contract for inflatable satellite antenna systems. GATR Technologies Inc. of Huntsville first won...

Alabama AG Steve Marshall challenges reporting on new ‘In God We Trust’ law

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday pushed back on a recent report by the Associated Press that asserted the state's new law allowing...

Alabama leaders react after Trump gives troops largest pay raise in years

President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019, which gives American military personnel their largest pay...

Alabama Department of Revenue changes rules to comply with 2013 red tape law

Five years after the Alabama Legislature passed a law to cut red tape, state agencies are still culling their regulations. Tuesday, the Alabama Department of...

Alabama Department of Public Health: Zika virus has not been confirmed in Pelham

The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a press release on Monday to clarify that it is merely investigating potential cases of the Zika...

Paddlefish fishing indefinitely suspended on Alabama River

Last week, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) indefinitely suspended future commercial paddlefish fishing seasons on the Alabama River. In the state’s...