An Alabama police chief says two of his officers were lured and ambushed by “cowards,” and that it is not the first time it’s happened. Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier tells AL.com that up to eight shots were fired at two police investigators called Monday night to a public housing complex.

A new album will throw a spotlight on the famed “Muscle Shoals sound” that made a north Alabama town one of the nation’s premier recording venues. Performers including Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and country singers Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill and Willie Nelson have tracks on the upcoming “Muscle Shoals: Small Town, Big Sound.”

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a state of emergency ahead of the expected landfall of Tropical Storm Gordon. Ivey’s office says she signed the declaration Tuesday morning.

Tropical Storm Gordon is continuing to strengthen and is expected to become a hurricane late Tuesday when it hits the central U.S. Gulf Coast, including coastal Mississippi. From there, it is forecast to move inland over the lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

A vehicle transportation company is bringing its business to Alabama and with it, 140 jobs. AL.com reports Lohr North America is converting a building in Lincoln’s 160-acre (64-hectare) industrial park into a plant where it plans to employ about 140 people.

Three Alabama men are accused of stealing around 100 bronze vases from graves and selling them as scrap metal. AL.com reports 36-year-old Johnathan Miquel Brittain, 28-year-old Colby Adam Humphries and 31-year-old Ronnie Dale Norton II are charged with conspiracy to commit theft.

United Airlines says it is adding more flights and using bigger planes this fall to carry passengers to college football games across the South and elsewhere in the U.S. The Chicago-based airline says in a statement that the added seats will bring passengers to “top college football markets.”

Three people accused of running an Alabama pill mill have been indicted. AL.com reports 85-year-old Dr. John Ladd Buckingham, 53-year-old Cindy Louise Hyche Dunn and 56-year-old Thomas Mason Dunn were indicted Wednesday.

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An Alabama appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a 19-year-old man accused of fatally beating a man with a baseball bat. AL.com reports the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the 2017 conviction and sentencing of Eric Matthew Blackerby on Wednesday.

A 13-year-old girl is in custody after someone threatened on social media to send bombs to several Alabama schools. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the girl was arrested early Wednesday following online threats that appeared Tuesday night.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has reported a string of large campaign contributions as she looks to reclaim fundraising dominance in the gubernatorial race. Campaign finance reports show the incumbent Republican has received $95,000 in large contributions over the last three weeks.

It is the last reunion for members of the famed U.S. Army jungle fighters called “Merrill’s Marauders.” Three thousand volunteered for a dangerous secret mission during World War II — a mission so secret they were not told even where they were going.

A Jefferson County Democrat said Tuesday that he has filed a complaint with national party officials arguing rules and diversity requirements were broken when the Alabama Democratic Party elected leaders. Ralph Young said he filed the complaint with the Democratic National Committee, challenging the election of state chairwoman Nancy Worley.

Airbnb will start collecting another lodging tax in an Alabama city within the next month. AL.com reports the Birmingham City Council approved an agreement Tuesday allowing the short-term rental website to collect the city’s 6.5 percent tax on rentals.

Federal regulators are canceling Alabama Power’s license for the Coosa River dams. The Montgomery Advertiser reported the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission made the decision about a license that had been issued in 2013. The decision comes after a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the license did not adequately deal with the negative effects that the […]

Filming has begun in parts of Alabama’s capital city for a movie based on a bestselling memoir. Scenes for “Just Mercy” were being shot on a downtown Montgomery street and in the city’s Garden District on Monday. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the “Just Mercy” cast includes Michael B. Jordan, who visited a nearby school. […]

Advocates of a state-supported private school scholarship program are concerned that donations could drop under proposed new Internal Revenue Service rules by reducing the tax break that donors get. The program, known as the Alabama Accountability Act, gives donors an income tax break for donations to groups that provide private school scholarships for low-income students. […]

A federal commission on improving school safety is meeting in Montgomery. The Federal Commission on School Safety meets Tuesday at the Alabama Capitol. The event begins at 1 p.m. It is the fourth and final listening session by the group formed by President Donald Trump after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School […]

An Alabama physician has been sentenced to 12 years and one month in prison for his role in a Montgomery pill mill. U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin Sr. told AL.com that 56-year-old Gilberto Sanchez was found guilty last week of prescribing unnecessary controlled substances for his patients. He was also guilty of committing health care fraud […]

Walker County Schools has named a new superintendent after its current leader resigned. The Daily Mountain Eagle reports the county’s Board of Education named Dr. Joel Hagood as interim superintendent Thursday after Dr. Jason Adkins voluntarily resigned and was moved to a position as administrative officer for the school board. Per that agreement, neither Adkins […]

A longtime attorney in Alabama who has been disbarred is accused of attempting to practice law without a license. WSFA-TV reports 71-year-old George Walthall Jr. was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted theft of property and unauthorized practice of law. The Alabama Attorney General’s office says Walthall is accused of seeking bond relief for a […]

A judge says an Alabama man is now mentally competent to stand trial on capital murder charges in the killings of his wife and seven-year-old son. WHNT-TV reports that Madison County Circuit Judge Donna Pate ruled that psychiatric treatment has restored Stephen Marc Stone’s ability to stand trial. The judge previously ruled Stone incompetent for […]

An Alabama sheriff is avoiding testifying in two lawsuits by citing her Fifth Amendment right and saying she could face prosecution for unspecified crimes. Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin cited the need to avoid self-incrimination to delay sworn testimony in two civil lawsuits.