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Longtime journalist, Tuscaloosa native and Pulitzer Prize winner Les Payne dies
Longtime New York journalist and Tuscaloosa native Les Payne has died at age 76.
Payne's family confirmed his death to Newsday, where he worked for nearly...
Auburn takes part in urban tree canopy study
Auburn will take part in an urban tree canopy study.
The Opelika-Auburn News reports the city of Auburn and the Green Infrastructure Center entered an...
Alabama Sheriff’s Association director: Jail food allowance reform ‘should have been done 50 years ago’
Reforming what county sheriffs do with unspent jail food allowances should have been accomplished a long time ago, Robert Timmons, Executive Director of the...
Alabama civil asset forfeiture reform calls for transparency
When Opelika police officer Benjamin Carswell pulled over Daryl Gray for following too closely in August 2014, Carswell found $32,660 in the vehicle. Gray...
Severe storms spawn tornadoes, damage homes in Southeast US
Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night.
Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten...
Ivey signs health care contract for prisons
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a contract to provide health care in state prisons.
Ivey's office confirmed Monday that she signed the $360 million contract with...
Storms strike college, leave trail of damage across South
Daybreak Tuesday revealed widespread damage after a night of violent weather in the Deep South, with a college campus shattered by an apparent tornado and thousands...
Sen. Shelby’s ascent to Appropriations chair has Georgians worried over decades-long water war with Alabama, Florida
With Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) departure from the U.S. Senate on April 1, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) is set to become the next chairman...
10 million southerners remain under storm threat
The Latest on storms and damage across the Southeast (all times local):
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Forecasters say a storm system that battered Alabama and Georgia will threaten...
Karrie Webb gets US Women’s Open spot at Alabama
Two-time champion Karrie Webb has received a special exemption to the U.S. Women's Open at Shoal Creek in Alabama.
Webb won consecutive U.S. Women's Open...
Prosecutors: Alabama man made plan to kidnap woman, daughter
Prosecutors say an Alabama man who planned to hire someone to kidnap a woman and her 14-year-old daughter has pleaded guilty to child sex-trafficking...
Alabama governor: Significant damage in areas
The governor of Alabama says there has been significant damage in parts of Alabama.
Gov. Kay Ivey said state resources were being sent to the...
VIDEO: Attacked from right in Alabama, Rep. Martha Roby called conservative in D.C.
At home, Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) is preparing for a primary in which she faces allegations that she is insufficiently conservative. In Washington last...
Severe storms spawn tornadoes, damage homes in Southeast US
Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night.
Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more...
Students: 1 million expected at anti-gun-violence marches
Students from the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot last month expect more than 1 million participants in upcoming marches in...
‘Sex in the City’ star Cynthia Nixon running for governor
Former "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon said on Twitter Monday that she'll challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York's Democratic primary in September.
Her announcement...
Alabama lawmaker introduces bill preventing Etowah County sheriff from profiting off excess prisoner food money
State Rep. Mack Butler, who represents Etowah and St. Clair Counties, introduced a bill on Monday creating a local constitutional amendment providing that the...
Lawmakers head into final days of legislative session
Alabama lawmakers are headed into the final days of the 2018 session with key votes looming on proposals to allow some teachers to carry...
Volunteers needed for cleanup of Alabama Civil War sites
An organization that preserves Civil War battlefields is looking for volunteers to clean up historical sites in Alabama including Fort Morgan on the coast.
The...
Alabama tourism promoting April walking tours
Alabama's tourism agency is promoting a series of walking tours that will start next month in cities both large and small.
About 30 communities statewide...
German auto supplier opens $46.3 million plant in Alabama
MöllerTech, a German auto supplier, has opened a $46.3 million plant in central Alabama.
Company officials said 222 employees will be hired at the new...
DeVoe, Clemson rout cold-shooting Auburn to reach Sweet 16
Clemson isn't all about football.
The Tigers are pretty good at basketball, too, and are going to the Sweet 16 for the first time in...
Alabama man charged in connection with 91-year-old woman’s death
Police in Alabama say a man has been charged in connection with the death of a 91-year-old woman.
Dothan police said in a news release Sunday that...
Alabama man who was found with stab wound has died
Police say a 41-year-old Alabama man who was found with a stab wound has died.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports that police responded to the 2600...