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 […]

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.