An Alabama police chief has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for actions at a Florida beach. News outlets reported 44-year-old Billy Maurice Driggers was arrested Thursday at his office in Level Plains, Alabama. Panama City Beach, Florida, police said Driggers is accused of fondling himself while watching women at a condominium.

The Southeastern Conference has extended Commissioner Greg Sankey’s contract through 2023. The league announced the agreement Thursday for Sankey, who took over on June 1, 2015. South Carolina President Harris Pastides says Sankey “has led the SEC through an important period of growth and change.”

The government says 38 people in seven states have gotten sick from eggs produced by an Alabama poultry farm. The Food and Drug Administration says the illnesses are linked to salmonella-tainted eggs from Gravel Ridge Farms, which is north of Birmingham in Cullman.

NASCAR will use two primary rules packages next season and race at Daytona and Talladega without restrictor plates for the first time since 1987. The rules packages revealed Tuesday will be tailored to specific tracks and designed to slow Cup Series cars to create more passing for the lead.

Federal authorities say the commercial king mackerel season in the Gulf of Mexico will end at noon local time Friday. The National Marine Fisheries Service says landings data indicate that commercial boats will have reached their 1.1 million-pound (0.5 million kilogram) quota by then.

Amazon is marking the start of work on a distribution center that will employ about 1,500 people near Birmingham. A groundbreaking ceremony is set for Tuesday afternoon at the site of Amazon’s new facility in Bessemer.

The president of Birmingham-Southern College, Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith, is stepping down from the post. A statement issued by the small, liberal arts school says Flaherty-Goldsmith cited health reasons in resigning effective Monday.

A former Alabama head football coach has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself. Covington County Sheriff’s Lt. Alan Syler says Mike DuBose accidentally shot himself once in the abdomen Monday while working on his farm north of Opp.

The principal of an Alabama high school is apologizing after a song with racial slurs and demeaning language about women was played at a high school football game. News outlets report that Fairhope High School Principal Jon Cardwell sent a mass email to parents following Friday night’s game against Daphne High School.

The state of Alabama is getting $2 million from a nationwide settlement involving Uber. Attorney General Steve Marshall says the money is the state’s portion of a $148 million agreement with the ridesharing company.

A new Air Force training jet will not be built in eastern Alabama. Developers proposed Tuskegee’s Moton Field as a site for an Italian manufacturer to assemble the T-100 trainer, but the Pentagon chose Boeing for the project.

Federal prosecutors are seeking nearly three years in prison for a former legislator who admitted taking bribes to fight environmental cleanup efforts in Birmingham and then became a key witness against a coal company executive and lawyer who participated in the alleged scheme. Former state Rep. Oliver Robinson will be sentenced Thursday in federal court […]

Flash floods trapped people in homes and vehicles in north Alabama on Wednesday, and forecasters said the threat could last another day. Torrents of rain from a cold front moving through the state caused water to quickly cover roads and low-lying areas near Birmingham. Video and photos showed homes surrounded by water, submerged mailboxes and […]

An Alabama city plans to install nearly 100 cameras in its high-crime areas over the next three months. AL.com reports the Birmingham City Council passed legislation Tuesday allowing Mayor Randall L. Woodfin to enter a contract with Alabama Power for a surveillance camera pilot program.

A man accused of taking over the pulpit during a church service in Alabama and trying to pull out a gun has been indicted on several charges. The News Courier of Athens reports 35-year-old Thomas Lewter of Elkmont is charged with attempted assault, domestic violence and menacing.

An Alabama city is asking a judge to deny a subpoena from county prosecutors for records related to a fatal police shooting. AL.com reports Huntsville’s city attorney filed a motion Monday asking a judge to reject the Madison County prosecutor’s record request, or allow Huntsville to provide sealed records.

Officials say an Alabama lumber company will add dozens of new jobs following the approval of a tax abatement package. The Tuscaloosa News reports the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority approved the tax abatement package as part of a $28.2 million capital investment at KyKenKee Inc. during its Thursday meeting.

The Pentagon says the remains of three U.S. Marines killed when their helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War will be buried this week at Arlington National Cemetery. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that the remains of the three men will be buried as a group with full military honors next Thursday.

The St. Louis-based coal company Peabody Energy has agreed to purchase Shoal Creek metallurgical coal mine from Drummond Co. Inc. for $400 million. Peabody said Friday that the transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

As U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces mounting criticism from the man who appointed him, he is planning to speak in his home state next week. The Justice Department says Sessions and other Justice Department officials will speak Monday in Birmingham at the department’s National Public Safety Partnership Symposium.

With one in every 10 patients walking into state hospitals without insurance, the Alabama Hospital Association on Thursday launched a campaign to push for expansion of the state’s Medicaid program. Politicians in the Deep South have often opposed expansion, but the Alabama Hospital Association is urging citizens and policy makers to think of expansion as […]

Alabama’s unemployment rate is holding steady at 4.1 percent. Figures released by the state on Friday show Alabama’s jobless rate for August is unchanged from the July rate.

Get ready for the Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Orlando Apollos and Atlanta Legends. Those are four of the eight franchise names for the Alliance of American Football, which begins play the weekend after the Super Bowl with a 10-game spring schedule.

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