An Alabama county has settled a lawsuit with a former inmate who was paralyzed during a fight with a corrections officer in 2015. Jay Ross, an attorney for Mobile County, tells WKRG-TV that the county settled with Brandon Jefferies for $800,000 on behalf of the county commission and sheriff’s office.

Gunfire in the vicinity of Alabama State University’s stadium brought a high school football game to an early close. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the shots rang out Thursday night as G.W. Carver led Jeff Davis 19-3 early in the fourth quarter, near the walkway on Carver’s fans’ stadium side.

Authorities say a two-year-old Alabama girl died in south Huntsville after being left in a hot car. AL.com reports the child died Thursday after being left in a car for what police say was a “lengthy time during the day.”

Lowndes County has a new superintendent of the school system. WSFA-TV reports the Lowndes County Board of Education announced Thursday that Jason Burroughs has signed a three-year contract with the school system. Burroughs was previously serving as the interim superintendent and former assistant superintendent. He also has served in various other positions during his 23 […]

A federal commission on improving school safety will hold a listening session next week in Montgomery. The Federal Commission on School Safety will meet Tuesday at the Alabama Capitol. It is the fourth and final listening session organized by the group formed by President Donald Trump after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High […]

Authorities in Mobile are trying to find the owner of an old briefcase that was filled with what appears to be ancient fossils, teeth and crystals. Photos released by police Wednesday show what appears to be fossilized fish, animal teeth, geodes, a large shell and a small human mask carved from clay or something similar. […]

Hundreds of dead fish have been found on top of a pond in Alabama and officials say it appears low oxygen levels are to blame. Southern Pond Management said shad were the only fish impacted by low oxygen levels in the Lake Crest Pond in Hoover on Tuesday. Oxygen levels can be reduced when the […]

Fire crews are investigating after a church in northern Alabama caught fire. Cullman County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bradley Williams tells WIAT-TV the fire broke out at the Warrior Creek Baptist Church in Arab Tuesday evening. He says crews were on scene late that night working to control the flames. The extent of damage to the […]

An Alabama police officer is on administrative duty after being charged with assaulting a minor. The Decatur Daily reports that Decatur police Lt. Archie Hoyt Letson is set for trial on the misdemeanor trial on Sept. 13. The 40-year-old Letson has pleaded not guilty and is free on bond.

Alabaster police say a 43-year-old woman has been arrested in the death of her 4-year-old daughter. WBRC-TV reports Amy Reeves Silver was arrested Tuesday by U.S. Marshals, and charged with reckless murder in the death of her daughter, Sharon Smith. The little girl was in the car with her mother when a train hit them.

An art museum at a decades-old Alabama company is closing. The Tuscaloosa News reports The Westervelt Co.’s Tuscaloosa Museum of Art will close Aug. 31. Some of the museum’s collection of American and Asian art and furniture will remain. But corporate communications manager Susan Poole says other pieces will be “prepared for shipment” and not […]

An Alabama police chief has been fired after being arrested on marijuana possession and other drug charges. News outlets report 37-year-old Brian “Scott” Martin was terminated as Lipscomb police chief ahead of an Aug. 28 trial on misdemeanor charges of second-degree marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

More than 400 students are missing class this week after a fire damaged their high school in Alabama. News outlets report that Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery caught fire early Saturday.

Saying the stakes are high, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday created a group to encourage participation in the 2020 Census as the state faces the possible loss of a congressional seat because of low population growth. Ivey announced the creation of Alabama Counts! Census Committee during a Capitol news conference. The push comes as […]

The Moon Possums, Comet Jockeys and Space Chimps are among the five possible names for the minor league baseball team moving to Madison. Team owner Ballcorps, LLC on Friday announced the proposed names. Thunder Sharks and Trash Pandas round out the final five names. Most of the proposed names gave a nod to the region’s […]

Alabama is getting what state wildlife officials say is its 15th community archery park. An archery facility located in the Elmore County city of Wetumpka has its grand opening on Tuesday in the municipal sports complex. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says it will be open year-round for recreational archery, tournaments and […]

Alabama’s most popular county for tourism is facing a problem with attacks by rabid foxes. Officials say they have confirmed eight attacks by foxes infected with rabies in coastal Baldwin County since May.

The Auburn University Regional Airport is still on schedule to be completed before the end of the year. Airport director William Hutto told the Opelika-Auburn News that the new $4.3 million runway is scheduled for December completion.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state comptroller has updated an agreement with county sheriffs to end a practice that let some of them pocket state money left over from inmate food programs. Al.com reports the affidavit that county sheriffs must sign effective Sept. 1 contains new language clarifying the use of jail food funds.

An Alabama kindergarten teacher jailed on child pornography charges had been approved by the state to provide therapeutic foster care, authorities said Thursday. Daniel Prentice Donaldson, 26, of Montevallo, received the foster care certification in June through the United Methodist Children’s Home, which acts as a contractor to provide care for the state, said Barry […]

A hospital in northern Alabama plans a $150 million expansion. Huntsville Hospital said in a news release Wednesday that work on the expansion will start next year and is expected to take about two years. The project will add 72 beds and 24 operating rooms. There will also be space for future expansion.

Authorities say 12 people have been hospitalized, including three who were seriously injured, after a tent collapsed at a shareholder’s event in Hayden. WBMA-TV says about 400 people were under the tent Thursday night when it came crashing down, some ducking under tables for cover.

A sheriff’s department in Alabama is investigating a report of hazing at a high school earlier this year. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is working with the county school system on an incident involving students at Brewer High School in February.

Former Gov. Robert Bentley provided new details of his view of the scandal that helped topple his administration, according to a deposition filed this week in circuit court. Bentley resigned last year as he faced an ethics investigation and impeachment proceedings in the wake of an alleged affair with a top aide, Rebekah Caldwell Mason.