An Alabama couple has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. A U.S. Department of Justice release says 35-year-old Kenneth Earl Hooks and 28-year-old Sarah Pauline Morris were indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on two counts: producing child pornography and enticing a child to engage in sexual activity to create obscene images.

Alabama didn’t look poised to win a third national title in six years. Once match play began, the Crimson Tide found another gear. Tide freshmen Wilson Furr and Davis Shore won both their matches Tuesday, and Alabama swept Duke in the semifinal to reach the final against Oklahoma State in the NCAA men’s golf championship. […]

Alabama is sending a National Guard helicopter and guardsmen to help patrol the Mexican border at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday that the helicopter and five guard members will support the Texas National Guard in partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Roger Clark, a drummer who contributed to the legendary Muscle Shoals sound, has died. The Times Daily reports that guitarist Travis Wammack says Clark died of a heart attack Thursday at home, at the age of 67. Clark worked at FAME Recording Studios and Wishbone Recording Studio in the 1970s and ’80s, playing on albums […]

Authorities say an Alabama man has been indicted on more than 6,500 child pornography charges. News outlets report that 50-year-old Jeffery Dale Hunt of Cherokee is being held with bail set at $10 million following his arrest Thursday. Police say an indictment returned this week includes 4,378 counts of possession of child pornography and 2,169 […]

Forecasters say a tropical weather system moving toward the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening. The National Hurricane Center said Friday that a low pressure system in the northwestern Caribbean Sea has become better defined overnight and could be a tropical depression or storm by Saturday. They put chances of formation at 90 percent over the […]

Alabama prison officials say a state inmate is on the loose after escaping in central Alabama. A statement from the Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Anthony Scott Marler fled a work-release center in Childersburg early Friday. Marler was last seen wearing a white prison uniform.

John Doxakis carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Texas A&M beat Auburn 4-2 on Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Aggies (39-19) move into the semifinals while Auburn (39-20) faces Mississippi on Friday in an elimination game. Doxakis (7-5) didn’t allow a hit until Jay Estes’ infield single to lead off […]

A school district in Alabama is investigating after a video surfaced that reportedly shows a Jefferson Davis High School teacher making fun of a student. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the video captures a student alone in a classroom with a teacher while a woman narrates and taunts the student. The woman taunts the student for […]

A judge won’t lower the bail set for a former University of North Alabama football player charged with murder. The Times Daily reports that Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self denied the request Wednesday of Khadedryck Devonte Todd. Todd is charged with beating 21-year-old Anthony Coleman of Florence on April 2 in a convenience store […]

A northeast Alabama school district is closing a rural school instead of paying for repairs. Thursday is the last day for Paint Rock Valley High School in Jackson County, after board members voted 3-2 to close the K-12 school last week. The move was unexpected after Jackson County leaders kept open the 74-student school last […]

Officials in one of Alabama’s largest cities stand by their refusals to release recordings from police body cameras. WHNT-TV reports the city has once again refused a request to release a recording. The latest request came after a bystander’s video appeared to show a Huntsville police officer punching a suspect while trying to make an arrest. […]

Police are searching for a driver they say tried to run over a woman and her daughter in a fast food parking lot. Birmingham police tell news outlets an unnamed 40-year-old woman was hospitalized Wednesday with serious injuries after she and her 21-year-old daughter were struck at a McDonald’s. Witnesses say one of the victims […]

Edouard Julien hit a grand slam Wednesday as No. 7 seed Auburn defeated No. 2 seed Mississippi 9-3 in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Auburn (39-19) remains in the winners’ bracket in the double-elimination portion of the tournament and faces No. 11 seed Texas A&M (38-19) on Thursday. Ole Miss (42-15) meets No. 3 seed Georgia […]

A statement from police says 54-year-old Meta Lovely of Duncanville surrendered Wednesday. She is being held on $30,000 bond on a charge of having sex with a student less than 19 years old. Lovely worked as a substitute teacher at Bryant High School. Police say they were told about a possible improper relationship between a […]

Heavy rains from the Gulf of Mexico are causing flooding in the Southeastern United States ahead of what could become the season’s first tropical storm. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday a disturbance has a 60 percent chance of becoming a subtropical or tropical system by Memorial Day. The rain is forecast to continue even […]

Alabama’s parole board is refusing to free a woman convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl who was abducted from a north Georgia shopping mall. The board refused parole for 53-year-old Judith Ann Neelley on Wednesday following emotional testimony from relatives of the victim, Lisa Ann Millican.

The former director of an Alabama animal shelter will avoid jail time after being convicted of animal cruelty. Lawrence County Circuit Judge Mark Craig sentenced 84-year-old Bobbie Taylor to two years of probation and fined her $11,100 during a hearing Tuesday. The Decatur Daily reports he also ordered her to undergo mental health treatment and […]

A University of Georgia tennis player has been arrested in Alabama on drug charges. Georgia coach Manny Diaz told the Athens Banner-Herald in a statement Monday that 20-year-old sophomore Nathan Ponwith was arrested Saturday in Baldwin County. Diaz says Ponwith has been dismissed from the team. The county sheriff’s office website says Ponwith was charged with […]

Edouard Julien singled home the winning run in the 11th inning Tuesday as No. 7 seed Auburn beat Kentucky 4-3 to eliminate the 10th-seeded Wildcats from the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Auburn (38-19) advances to the double-elimination portion of the tournament and faces No. 2 seed Mississippi (42-14) on Wednesday. Julien’s one-out single to center field […]

Police say a rabid fox bit a golfer and a groundskeeper at an Alabama golf club. AL.com cites a release from Fairhope police that says the male golfer reported being bitten as he stepped out of his golf cart at Rock Creek Golf Club on Sunday afternoon. A groundskeeper was then bitten while trying to […]

Jurors acquitted an Alabama physician accused of prescribing drugs that killed a former guitarist for rock band 3 Doors Down. The not guilty verdict was returned Monday in the case of Dr. Richard Snellgrove, court documents show. Snellgrove had been indicted on 13 counts of unlawful distribution of drugs and health care fraud tied to […]

Police in Alabama have identified man whose body was found in a pickup truck that plunged into a river after driving off a bridge. Authorities say 56-year-old Bobby Lee Benefield of the Ball Play community in Etowah County was identified after the truck was removed from the Coosa River at Gadsden on Monday.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is opposing parole for a woman convicted of killing a Georgia teenager more than 35 years ago. Ivey is urging the state’s parole board to reject an early release for Judith Ann Neelley. Members are scheduled to consider her case on Wednesday. Neelley was convicted with her husband of killing 13-year-old […]