The leader of a group that celebrates the Confederacy is withdrawing a request to erect a monument on a courthouse lawn in north Alabama. Tim Kent, who leads a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, says his request to erect a marker at the Colbert County Courthouse for Confederate Brigadier Gen. James Deshler was […]

An Alabama mayor is backing down from an attempt to ban the media and out-of-towners from council meetings. Paint Rock Mayor Brenda Fisk tells WAAY-TV she issued the ban earlier this year without knowing it would violate the law.

Police in Alabama are investigating an illegal moonshine operation after dozens of fermentation barrels were found in some woods. Eufaula Police Sgt. Donald Brown told news outlets Tuesday the 36 fermentation barrels found Monday could produce about $7,500 in illegal liquor on each run.

An accountant has been sentenced to 20 years for stealing more than $750,000 from the government in northern Alabama. Al.com reports that former Franklin County administrator Crista Madden was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts of use of office for personal gain.

An Alabama cabinet plant has abruptly closed, laying off 445 people. The Opelika-Auburn News reports Masterbrand Cabinets announced the closure of its Auburn plant Tuesday, citing market conditions and a change in consumer tastes.

Police in Alabama have arrested the mother of a baby whose body was found inside a freezer in a hotel room. News outlets report 36-year-old Amanda Gail Oakes is charged with manslaughter and corpse abuse in the death of 6-month-old Curtis James Oakes.

A former deputy accused of choking a woman and sexually assaulting another has been arrested in Alabama. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office told WBMA-TV on Monday that 27-year-old James William Parsons is charged with domestic violence by strangulation, escape and sodomy.

An Alabama sheriff says five men have been arrested during a series of drug operations in recent weeks. Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale told news outlets Monday that cocaine, heroin, meth, opioids, marijuana, several guns and thousands in cash were seized.

The publisher of an Alabama newspaper is leaving for Missouri, to take over operations for a group of community newspapers. Rex Maynor has been publisher at the Opelika-Auburn News since 2013.

The director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama is retiring. Marshall officials say Todd May announced his retirement to employees at the Huntsville facility on Monday. It takes effect July 27.

Authorities say an Alabama man is accused of shooting into an occupied vehicle and striking the driver. Authorities tell news outlets that 25-year-old Corey Wayne Melson, of Moulton, was taken into custody Thursday.

A onetime county official accused of taking about $750,000 in public funds in north Alabama is going to prison. News outlets report that Judge Pride Tompkins sentenced former Franklin County administrator Crista Lynn Madden to 20 years in prison during a hearing Monday.

The mayor of Alabama’s most populous city has hired its first LGBTQ liaison. AL.com reports that Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced Sunday at PrideFest that Josh Coleman will serve as both a city spokesman and representative of LGBTQ interests.

Authorities say two people were shot at a park in Alabama and that a man has been charged in their killings. St. Clair County Assistant Sheriff Billy Murray tells news outlets in a statement that 20-year-olds Logan D. Lambert and Hope M. Trapp were discovered with gunshot wounds in the Cook Springs area Saturday afternoon.

An Alabama doctor has been sentenced to five years in prison in a health care fraud case. WKRG-TV reports U.S. District Judge Kristi Dubose sentenced Dr. Rassan Tarabein, of Daphne, Friday and ordered him to pay $15 million in restitution.

Justin Thomas was the nation’s top college golfer at the University of Alabama, and now he’s No. 1 in the professional rankings. Thomas won five PGA Tour titles in 2017, including the PGA Championship, to earn player of the year honors.

The chancellor of the University of Alabama System has announced his retirement. The Tuscaloosa News reports 64-year-old Ray Hayes said Friday that he will continue in his role through the end of July.

An Alabama judge has dismissed capital murder charges against two men accused of committing a 2017 fatal shooting. Al.com reports Joemarcus Fitts and Frederick Temple, both 28, were accused of shooting just after midnight Sept. 5, 2017, into a vehicle that left 35-year-old Howard Bruce dead.

A judge has scheduled an immunity hearing next month for a Montgomery police officer charged with murder in a 2016 shooting death. Circuit Judge Greg Griffin this week scheduled a July 26 hearing on the immunity request.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed an Alabama lawyer to serve as a district court judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Officials say Annemarie Axon, an attorney for Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, was confirmed Wednesday.

Houston has joined at least seven other cities seeking the 2020 Democratic National Convention with the City Council overwhelmingly backing a resolution that offers logistic services like office space and parking to the Democrats if the city is selected for the event. Toyota Center, home to pro basketball’s Houston Rockets, would be the main convention […]

An Alabama police officer accused of domestic violence has been acquitted. Al.com reported Thursday that a judge acquitted 44-year-old Albertville Police Sgt. David William Atwell on May 31.

Alabama authorities are investigating a bank robbery where sex was the weapon of choice. Al.com reports the case of a woman who allegedly presented a bank manager with a choice: Either give her $6,000 and be rewarded with a sexual favor, or turn her down and face an assault accusation.

Alabama is appealing a federal judge’s order to make the state’s lethal injection procedures public and to unseal other court records about an aborted execution in the state. Chief District Judge Karon O. Bowdre on Thursday stayed her order to make the protocol and sealed hearing transcripts public as the Department of Corrections appeals.