Alabama health officials announced Wednesday that a study did not find evidence of an eye cancer cluster at Auburn University, despite a rash of reported cases of the rare and deadly cancer that drew national attention earlier this year. The Alabama Department of Public Health said the study “based on the best available information” did […]

An Alabama mayor has fired 10 employees who staged a “sick out” over working conditions. WALA-TV reports that Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson fired the workers Wednesday.

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overpowered wizards and time travelers to be voted America’s best-loved novel by readers nationwide. The 1960 book by Harper Lee emerged as No. 1 in PBS’ “The Great American Read” survey, whose results were announced Tuesday on the show’s finale. More than 4 million […]

Alabama voters next month will decide a constitutional amendment regarding the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools and government buildings. The proposed amendment to the Alabama Constitution says schools and public buildings can display the Ten Commandments as long as it is done in a way that “complies with constitutional requirements” such as […]

TV viewers longing for a reality show featuring housewives who shoot guns and love the outdoors are in luck. “Redneck Housewives of Alabama” is set to make its premiere next month in Huntsville.

A University of Alabama football player has been charged with driving under the influence. News outlets report reserve offensive lineman Hunter Ray Brannon was arrested Sunday morning.

Monday is the final day to register to vote in next month’s election. People can register online to vote until 11:59 p.m. Monday.

An Alabama woman says a man broke into her house and made himself breakfast, took a bath, and washed his clothes. Mary Royster tells WAAY-TV she came home Tuesday and found a strange man who wouldn’t leave — he told her he was waiting for his clothes to dry. Thirty-one-year-old Tyler Love is now back […]

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Tennessee Valley Authority has begun a scheduled outage at its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 in Alabama to prepare it to generate additional electricity. The utility said in a news release it will install 332 new nuclear fuel assemblies and perform a final round of modifications.

One person has been hurt when a single-engine plane crashed into some woods in Alabama. News outlets reported three people were on the plane when it came down near Interstate 85 near Opelika around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Inspectors will revisit a north Alabama dam that sprang a leak in 2017. The Times Daily reports the Tennessee Valley Authority will inspect the dam at Little Bear Creek Reservoir in Lawrence County later this month.

The Southeastern Conference has fined fifth-ranked LSU $100,000 for fans rushing the field after the Tigers topped then-No. 2 Georgia 36-16 over the weekend. The league announced the fine Monday.

Negotiators for US Steel Corp. and the United Steelworkers have announced an agreement on four-year contracts covering thousands of employees around the country. Details weren’t announced Monday pending ratification meetings, which the union said would take place in coming weeks.

A central Alabama city says it will lay off 68 employees because it lacks money. Local news outlets report Mayor Darrio Melton met with employees Monday to notify them of layoffs, which take effect Nov. 5.

The mayor of Selma has filed a lawsuit against the city council over an effort to take away his appointment powers. The Selma Times-Journal reports that Selma City Council Attorney Jimmy Nunn and Council President Corey Bowie said the lawsuit stems from a dispute over appointment powers. The newspaper said council members on Sept. 25 […]

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FEMA Director Brock Long says his agency has nearly 3,000 people in the field ready to assist with Hurricane Michael. He says teams and aircraft are ready to support any search and rescue missions in Florida or elsewhere, and that staging areas with commodities needed after storms have been set up in Atlanta and at […]

Charges have been dropped against protesters who police said splashed ketchup and colored powder on statues honoring Confederate figures at the Alabama Capitol. Jon Broadway was arrested in April after smearing ketchup at the base of the statue honoring a 19th century doctor who did surgery without anesthesia on enslaved African-American women.

Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey is criticizing Alabama’s parole board, saying violent offenders are being released at an “alarming rate.” WSFA -TV reports that Bailey sent a letter to Gov. Kay Ivey urging her to investigate the parole board’s actions.

The bus will be free this week in one west Alabama city. The Tuscaloosa News reports the city’s transit authority is offering free rides across the city as it unveils an entirely new bus route.

North Alabama’s largest county is spending $3 million to buy land where a former supermarket stood with plans to build a county service center. Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong tells WHNT-TV the decision was sparked by a lack of parking spaces around the current Madison County Courthouse in downtown Huntsville.

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Police in Alabama say around a dozen dogs that had been abandoned when their owner moved out of state have been rescued. News outlets report officers carried out a search Wednesday after receiving a complaint about several dogs being abandoned at a home in Homewood. Sgt. John Carr says six dogs were found in the […]