Authorities have arrested the man wanted in the disappearance of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris’ stepdaughter. Jail records show Ibraheem Yazeed was arrested in Florida and booked into the Escambia County Jail early Friday.

The South Alabama courthouse linked to Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is receiving a preservation grant. The program Partners in Preservation says the old Monroe County Courthouse in Monroeville is receiving $125,000 to repair serious structural problems in a wall.

An event that bills itself as the world’s largest celebration of the peanut is under way in Alabama. The National Peanut Festival opened Friday in Dothan and continues through next Saturday with rides, exhibits, music and agricultural competitions.

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Insurgents seeking new leadership for Alabama Democrats argued with the party’s old-line officers in court Thursday over a lawsuit to block a potential revamping of the party in a deeply Republican state. Circuit Judge Greg Griffin gave lawyers time to submit additional documents, but issued no immediate decision on the suit, filed Wednesday by longtime […]

Replicas of Christopher Columbus’ ships are coming back to northern Alabama. WAAY-TV reports the Nina and Pinta will open to the public at Joe Wheeler State Park Marina on Thursday.

Flounder fishing in state waters will be halted in November to protect migrating fish. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is reminding anglers that commercial and recreational fishing for flounder is prohibited from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30.

A new facility in Northwest Alabama has opened with the aim of reducing poverty and its effects on families. The Shoals Dream Center is envisioned as a hub for an array of services to aid the area’s families, The TimesDaily reported.

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A funeral service is set for this weekend for a 3-year-old Alabama girl who was abducted from a birthday party and killed, and officials said Friday they are establishing a permanent reward fund in her memory. The service for Kamille McKinney was scheduled for Sunday afternoon, with burial to follow at Elmwood Cemetery.

The National Hurricane Center expects a weather disturbance to become a tropical storm Friday as it moves toward the northern U.S. Gulf Coast. The disturbance, which would be named Nestor, should bring a wet weekend across much of the U.S. South.

A $2.5 million federal grant will help develop new workers with a goal of expanding economic development in rural west Alabama. The money is going to the University of West Alabama for work in a 10-county region.

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Voters in Montgomery, Alabama, are about to elect a new mayor. Probate Judge Steven Reed and businessman David Woods face each other in the Tuesday runoff.

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An animal rights group wants Mississippi State to retire its live bulldog mascot named Jak after he was crashed into by an Auburn University player making a mad dash for the end zone. News outlets report People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has sent a letter to the Mississippi college, saying it was sheer […]

The Alabama Ethics Commission has voted to refer a complaint against Montgomery Sen. David Burkette to the Montgomery County District Attorney for review. It was not immediately clear Wednesday what the complaint entailed, or when the alleged offense occurred, The Montgomery Advertiser reported.

An Alabama state lawmaker and dozens of pastors are calling for the city of Birmingham to be declared “a sanctuary for preborn children.” AL.com reports Republican Rep. Arnold Mooney and five pastors presented the Birmingham Proclamation to the State House on Wednesday.

Yellowhammer Multimedia on Thursday announced it will present this year’s Power of Service Award to Horace Horn of PowerSouth Energy Cooperative. Yellowhammer will present the award at its annual Power of Service event set to take place on October 17 in Montgomery. Horn currently serves as vice president for external affairs at PowerSouth. Yellowhammer is […]

Forecasters say the first day of October brought more record high temperatures across Alabama. The National Weather Service says Muscle Shoals in northwestern Alabama had its hottest October temperature ever recorded when the mercury hit 99 degrees (37 Celsius) on Tuesday.

Regulators say catch limits for red grouper in the Gulf of Mexico will stay at this year’s levels indefinitely. This year’s catch limits and targets were about 60% lower than 2018 levels.

Former state legislator Pete Turnham, who was a force in the Alabama House of Representatives for decades, died Monday. He was 99.

Some Alabama Democrats are trying to call a state meeting amid a looming deadline from Democratic National Committee officials and an ongoing power struggle over the direction of the state party. U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) is among those seeking an Oct. 5 meeting of the Alabama Democratic Party’s executive committee.

Alabama Power says it’s reducing water releases from its hydroelectric dams because of a drought affecting the state. The move is intended to prevent lakes from shrinking too much.