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.

An Alabama company that produces ergonomic furniture for workplaces says its $2 million expansion will create at least eight new jobs. AL.com reports The Corona Group announced its plans to expand Tuesday.

A judge has issued a gag order in the case of an Alabama police officer facing murder charges in the shooting of an armed and suicidal man. Madison County Circuit Judge Donna Pate on Monday ordered attorneys and law enforcement to refrain from making statements about the case to reporters.

Fifteen states are siding with Nevada as it fights drug companies battling the use of their products in an inmate’s execution. Republican attorneys general from 15 states filed documents Monday with the Nevada Supreme Court arguing that drug company Alvogen’s claims are a part of a “guerrilla war against the death penalty.”

A $75 million project is underway to transform Continental Motors’ operations in south Alabama. AL.com reports that Continental officials last year announced that its “Blue Marlin Project” would involve building a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Brookley.

An Alabama private school that employed two teachers who pleaded guilty to sexual relationships with students is being sued by one of the ex-students. The Tuscaloosa News reports a lawsuit filed Friday against Pickens Academy says the school was aware of the relationship between the then-teenage plaintiff and teacher Charli Parker, and did nothing to […]

Alabama is accepting comments on its proposal to put a work requirement on 74,000 Medicaid recipients. The Alabama Medicaid Agency opened a new public comment period on the proposal.

Authorities say two men were killed after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff near the Alabama coast. WALA-TV reports the plane’s pilot and lone passenger died Saturday when the aircraft crashed in a field and caught fire near Foley, roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers)southeast of Mobile.

The Alabama Department of Public Health has identified an outbreak of whooping cough in Shelby and Jefferson counties. Health officials said Friday that nine children testified positive for pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Another 22 people have developed symptoms.

Authorities in Alabama say a wandering toddler led police to two dead bodies. Birmingham police Sgt. Johnny Williams tells AL.com that police responding to a report of a child alone on the street found a toddler wearing bloodstained clothes Thursday.

The nation’s first memorial to victims of lynching has drawn more than 100,000 visitors in its first three months — far exceeding some earlier estimates. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery shares stories about some of the 4,400 black people slain in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950.

A former substitute teacher in Alabama has been indicted on charges of having sex with a student. News outlets reported that 24-year-old Kayla Safford was booked in the Lauderdale County jail Wednesday.

A real estate research firm has picked a neighborhood in southwest Florida as the “best neighborhood” in the United States based on schools, crime and other factors. ATTOM Data Solutions said Thursday that the Pine Ridge neighborhood in Naples, Florida, was the nation’s best based on six criteria.

The body of a 17-year-old boy has been found after he disappeared while swimming off the coast of Alabama with his father. News outlets reported Thursday evening that authorities are still searching for the teen’s 47-year-old father.

A 1966 letter from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is up for auction for the second time in two weeks. The one-page typed letter— never before seen by the general public — contains King’s thoughts on the Vietnam War a year before he publicly spoke out against it.

Defending national champion Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason coaches’ poll, with Clemson No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3. The Crimson Tide received 61 one first-place votes from a panel of major-college coaches in the poll released Thursday. The Associated Press media poll will be released Aug. 20. Alabama won its […]

An Alabama police chief is on leave after authorities reported finding marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his patrol car and home. AL.com reports court records made public Wednesday show the search of Lipscomb Police Chief Brian “Scott” Martin’s house and patrol car turned up marijuana and two bongs.

The Alabama Ethics Commission says a former mayor violated an ethics law. AL.com reported the ethics panel said Wednesday evidence shows former Birmingham Mayor William Bell committed a minor violation that should be handled administratively.