A kindergarten teacher in Alabama has been charged with 40 counts of child porn possession. News outlets report 26-year-old Daniel Prentice “Danny” Donaldson was arrested Wednesday. Calera Elementary School officials say the teacher has been placed on administrative leave as the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation. Sheriff’s Maj. Ken Burchfield says the investigation […]

Alabama authorities say a police officer used a stun gun on a 13-year-old boy who reached into a pocket containing a handgun. News outlets report charges are pending against the 13-year-old, who was walking with a 15-year-old boy near a middle school when he was stopped Wednesday. Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams says officers responding […]

An Alabama city’s police department will be required to release body camera video of when high school students were pepper-sprayed in 2016 by an officer while painting a cannon after a football game. WALA-TV reports a Mobile County Circuit Court judge signed an order Monday that says the city of Mobile has 14 days to […]

Koch Foods has announced an $80 million expansion at an Alabama plant that is expected to bring around 200 jobs to the area. The Gadsden Times reports that company announced the move Tuesday.

The Marshall University quarterback who was part of the team’s return after the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 players has died. Reggie Oliver was 66.

A rural Alabama high school is ending its tradition of playing “Dixie” at football games. John Mullins, superintendent of city schools in Arab, said he made the decision to quit playing the song at Arab (AY-rab) High School, but not because of any “external pressure.”

An Alabama high school teacher who was paid nearly $130,000 while on leave fighting charges that she had sex with students has resigned. The Decatur city school board accepted the resignation of Carrie Cabri Witt on Monday.

A former police officer in Alabama who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and burglary has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Montgomery Advertiser reports 51-year-old Leon Todd Townson was sentenced Monday.

An Alabama company has a five-year, $522 million extension to an Army contract for inflatable satellite antenna systems. GATR Technologies Inc. of Huntsville first won the contract in 2013.

Months after getting legislative approval, some public schools in Alabama are considering putting up “In God We Trust” displays. The motto could soon become more common in Alabama schools, AL.com reported.

A candidate for a judgeship in Alabama has won a legal round in her battle to be on the ballot. AL.com reports that Montgomery County Circuit Judge Johnny Hardwick ruled Friday against disqualifying Pamela Cousins from the ballot for district judge in Jefferson County.

Kristen Gillman won the U.S. Women’s Amateur for the second time Sunday, beating Alabama teammate Jiwon Jeon 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final at The Golf Club of Tennessee. “It’s really cool to be able to have it on there again,” Gillman said about her name on the Robert Cox Trophy.

Union members say they and an Alabama soft drink distributor are supposed to meet Monday with a federal mediator in hopes of resolving a strike. Employees of Coca-Cola Bottling Company United in Mobile, Robertsdale and Leroy, as well as in Vancleave, Mississippi, went on strike Thursday.

An Alabama city has approved taxpayer funds to pay legal expenses for a police officer charged in the death of an armed man police say was suicidal. AL.com reports the Huntsville City Council voted 4-0 Thursday to cover the defense of 25-year-old Huntsville Police Officer William Darby.

An Alabama school system has named its interim superintendent to the position permanently while also dealing with financial struggles. News outlets report the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education voted Thursday night to appoint Christie Finley as superintendent.

A man wanted in Alabama in connection to a child’s death has been captured in Georgia. News outlets report 24-year-old Noe Mateo was arrested Wednesday. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris says in a release that Mateo was indicted on a capital murder charge this week for the February 2017 death of a young relative of […]

A school system in Alabama will no longer allow students to use cellphones in its high school and middle school classrooms. Local news outlets quote Decatur City Schools Superintendent Michael Douglas as saying cellphones will not be allowed in those classrooms when school starts next week.

The founder of an Alabama Christian ministry shelter that fights sex trafficking has been arrested in a drug raid. AL.com reports 47-year-old Tajuan McCarty was arrested Wednesday on charges including trafficking cocaine. Tarrant police say the raid uncovered guns, stolen property and drugs including cocaine, heroin and marijuana. The WellHouse founder often shares her story […]

An Alabama school system has placed a prep football coach on leave after players were videotaped beating a teammate in a locker room. Mobile County schools spokeswoman Rena Phillips tells news outlets the action against Davidson High School coach Fred Riley is effective immediately.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial of a Montgomery police officer facing murder charges related to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2016. Justices delayed the trial that was scheduled to begin Monday to consider defense appeals, including that the officer should be immune from prosecution because he was acting […]

An Alabama lawmaker, a lobbyist and a medical company executive on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in federal court to conspiracy and other charges related to 2016 health care legislation. State Rep. Randy Davis of Daphne, former Alabama Republican Party Chairman Marty Connors and G. Ford Gilbert of California entered not guilty pleas Wednesday morning in […]

The University of Alabama is set to finish several renovations before classes start this month. The Tuscaloosa News reports renovations to a dining hall, residence hall and engineering building will be finished by Aug. 22.

A Tennessee man’s plan to propose to his girlfriend on a Florida beach almost failed when he lost the ring in the Gulf of Mexico. For 45 minutes last Friday, Taylor Farrar of Sevierville, Tennessee, and his friends frantically searched for the plastic bag that held the ring, a bank card and a driver’s license.

Authorities say a man is charged with capital murder in the death of a woman missing in Alabama since 2006. Police in Auburn, Alabama, say 38-year-old Derrill Richard Ennis was arrested Monday in the disappearance of 24-year-old Lori Ann Slesinski.