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Alabama’s Roy Moore cracking door on future run for office
Defeated Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is opening the door to a possible return to politics.
Moore told reporters at a news conference Monday that...
Trump signs faith-based initiative giving religious voices more influence in federal government
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to create a new faith-based initiative ensuring the government’s cooperation with religious communities.
Trump unveiled the Establishment...
Mobile gets a visit from the Trump Administration
A member of President Trump’s cabinet was in Mobile this week, meeting with city officials and local business owners.
Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal...
Author Matt Walsh slams Boy Scouts for dropping ‘boy’ from title: ‘It’s very sad’
Conservative author Matt Walsh slammed the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word “boy” from its name and accused the organization of selling...
Kay Ivey widens fundraising lead in Alabama gubernatorial race
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey continues to outpace her GOP challengers in fundraising ahead of the June primary.
In fundraising reports filed Wednesday, Ivey has raised...
2 still sought in fatal shooting at Alabama gas station
Police in Alabama have arrested two men following a shooting at a Selma gas station that left one dead and two wounded, and are...
Alabama county schools consider nonlethal weapons in schools
One Alabama county's schools may be getting stashes of nonlethal weapons and first-aid supplies for their classrooms.
Autauga County Schools Superintendent Spence Agee says the...
Alabama’s Dawson stresses evangelist background, outsider status
Evangelist turned Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson said if people are surprised to see him running for governor, they are not alone. In a...
WestRock plant in Lanett primed for growth with expansion
The Chambers County Development Authority announced that WestRock Co. plans an investment in its manufacturing operation in Lanett that will increase the facility’s competitiveness...
Pro-life groups, Congressmen ask HHS Secretary to stop Title X funds from going to abortion providers
More than 85 state and national pro-life groups as well as 41 senators and 153 congressmen and women are calling on Health and Human...
Though Alabama has few DACA recipients, state joined legal challenge
Alabama has only a small number of illegal immigrants enrolled in a quasi-amnesty program created by former President Barack Obama’s administration, but that did...
Alabama officers investigating inmate’s death in county jail
Alabama law officers are investigating the death of an inmate at the Walker County Jail.
Al.com reports that 37-year-old Bryan Michael Freeman died at the jail Tuesday...
Pharma Kaleo donates overdose-reversing drugs to Alabama
A major pharmaceutical company is donating 1,744 devices that contain an overdose-reversing drug to Alabama's volunteer rescue squads to combat the opioid crisis.
Kaleo Inc....
Alabama authorities: Slaying possibly linked to killing of ex-Packer
Alabama authorities say they've found the body of a man believed to have been killed in retaliation for the slaying of a former Green...
Ceremony marks opening of Alabama computer forensics lab
A new lab specializing in digital forensics is operating in Huntsville, Alabama.
The FBI and local leaders held a ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening...
Suspended NASCAR driver Gallagher agrees to recovery program
Spencer Gallagher has been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating its substance-abuse policy, less than a week after winning his first career Xfinity Series...
Alabamian, drummer John “Jab’o” Starks of James Brown’s band dies
John "Jab'o" Starks, one of the drummers who gave funk singer James Brown his driving beat, has died in his native Alabama.
Starks died Tuesday...
Killer waives parole hearing in Alabama teen’s 1982 rape, murder
A woman originally sentenced to die for the 1982 rape and slaying of a 13-year-old Georgia girl in Alabama has waived her parole hearing.
Fifty-three-year-old...
Decomposed body in Alabama found in car trunk identified as missing man
A decomposed body found in a car trunk in Alabama has been identified as a man who has been missing for weeks.
Birmingham Police say...
Sharpton holds town hall on Alabama Waffle House arrest
Rev. Al Sharpton attended a town hall in Alabama to show support for a black woman whose contentious arrest at a Waffle House sparked...
Texas suing to end ‘Dreamers’ program once and for all
Texas and six other states are suing to end once and for all a program that would protect some young immigrants from deportation.
The lawsuit...
Montgomery school board announces superintendent finalists
The Montgomery County School Board has announced the four finalists for its superintendent position.
Current interim-superintendent since January, Ann Roy Moore, is in the running...
NC State adds C Wyatt Walker, a grad transfer from Samford
North Carolina State has added center Wyatt Walker as a graduate transfer from Samford.
Coach Kevin Keatts announced Walker's signing on Tuesday, saying he will...
Rebranding begins as 2 names become 1 for Gulf Coast bank
Two bank names are becoming one along the Gulf Coast, as Hancock and Whitney are becoming Hancock Whitney.
What's becoming Hancock Whitney Corp. has a...