An inmate serving a life sentence has been captured after escaping earlier this week from an Alabama prison. A statement by the Alabama Department of Corrections said Corey Aris Davis, 30, surrendered early Saturday in Kentucky.

The fire department of Eclectic, Alabama, says two men rescued their neighbor from a burning house. AL.com reports the neighbor suffered severe injuries in the Saturday fire and was flown to a hospital in critical condition.

A north Alabama city has voted to ban the smoking of electronic cigarettes, also known as vaping, in public places such as restaurants and bars. The Decatur Daily reports that the Decatur City Council voted 4-1 to add e-cigarettes to the city’s smoking ordinance.

An Alabama civil rights museum has reversed course after a public outcry and has decided to give political activist Angela Davis an award that it offered then rescinded. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said in a statement Friday that its board has voted to reaffirm Davis as the recipient of the human rights award.

Two North Alabama school systems are closing as the number of flu cases in both systems increase. AL.com reports Albertville City Schools will be closed Friday and Monday, while Fayetteville City Schools will close Friday.

Alabama-based Protective Life Insurance Co. is purchasing the Colorado-based Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. in a deal worth $1.2 billion. Protective Life says the buyout announced Thursday is the largest acquisition in company history. The deal is the fourth completed since Protective became a subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. in 2015.

Frontier Airlines will offer direct flights from coastal Alabama to Chicago and Denver later this year. News outlets reported Frontier will offer the service from a new passenger terminal using the Downtown Mobile Airport.

Alabama education officials have released the 2019 list of schools labeled as “failing” because of low test scores. Seventy-six schools were labeled as failing on the list released last week by the Alabama Department of Education.

The funeral for an Alabama police officer who was slain in the line of duty is being planned in Mobile. Officials say Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder will be remembered during a ceremony set for 11 a.m. Friday.

The state of Alabama has issued its first licenses to out-of-hospital midwives since 1976. AL.com reports the newly-formed Alabama State Board of Midwifery on Friday approved the licensing of five certified professional midwives.

Traffic through Alabama’s largest city will not be normal for months as the state’s busiest road closes for a construction project beginning Monday. Crews building a replacement for Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham close the highway Monday night. Some ramps closed last week.

As Gov. Kay Ivey looks to replace Alabama’s troubled state prisons, one option would be to lease facilities built by private developers — a strategy that may allow her to bypass the state Legislature where past construction proposals have faltered. In her inaugural address Monday, Ivey said that she would announce a prison plan in […]

Rock the South is moving this year, but fans of the country music festival in Cullman should not worry. AL.com reports the festival is leaving its usual home in Heritage Park for a larger location about two miles (3.21 kilometers) away.

When the red snapper season begins this summer in the Gulf of Mexico, some fish will carry $250 and even $500 worth of tags, as part of a study to estimate just how many of the popular sport and table fish live in the Gulf. The fish can be released as long as the tags […]

The mayor of Gordon, Alabama, has been convicted of voter fraud and removed from office. News outlets report Elbert Melton was convicted Wednesday of unlawfully falsifying ballots when he was elected in 2016. He defeated challenger Priscilla Wilson by a 16-vote margin.

Alabama’s chief justice on Wednesday announced that Rich Hobson will serve as his administrative director of courts, a position he held twice under former Chief Justice Roy Moore. Hobson last year unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. Martha Roby in the Republican congressional primary.

An Alabama-based company that creates dental implant products has announced a $2 million expansion that is expected to create 60 jobs. AL.com reports BioHorizons, headquartered in Hoover, currently employs 190 people and says the new jobs will cover manufacturing, quality, distribution and research and product development openings, with the average salary projected at $50,000.

A former Alabama lawmaker best known for leading the 2017 impeachment push against then-Gov. Robert Bentley, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a health care fraud case. Former state Rep. Ed Henry entered his plea on a charge of government property theft in a federal court in Montgomery.

A judge in Alabama has scheduled a hearing for a man charged in gunfire that sparked a fatal police shooting which set off weeks of protests near Birmingham. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday morning for Erron Brown, who is charged with attempted murder in a shooting that severely injured a man in a […]

A federal judge says an Alabama police department violated the Constitution by routinely impounding and searching the vehicle of every driver it arrests. The decision by U.S. District Judge Madeline Haikala came in a lawsuit against the Tuscaloosa Police Department stemming from a traffic stop in 2017.

A judge has overturned an Alabama law meant to prevent the removal of Confederate monuments from public property, ruling the act infringed on the rights of citizens in a mostly black city who are “repulsed” by the memorial. The 10-page ruling issued late Monday by Jefferson County Circuit Judge Michael Graffeo said a 2017 state […]

A Catholic priest who served prison time for vandalizing abortion clinics in Alabama has died at 79. AL.com reports that Rev. Edward Markley died Monday morning at St. Bernard Abbey, where he was a Benedictine monk.

The search for two missing boaters is continuing on Mobile Bay. The Coast Guard says 85-year-old Floyd Nelson and 40-year-old David Stadman have not been seen since they left to go fishing on Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities say a 13-year-old boy has been caught with a loaded gun at an Alabama school and taken into custody. Police Chief Mike Roper says the student was arrested at Bessemer City Middle School on Thursday around 12:30 p.m.