An Alabama district attorney says 13 people have been arrested in connection to an undercover investigation that led to the seizure of 128 gambling machines. Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly tells AL.com that each person pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing illegal gambling machines. Connolly says an undercover investigation by the county drug task force […]

An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman found dead in a car two months ago. News outlets report Mobile police arrested 51-year-old Kenneth Lee Campbell on a murder charge Wednesday. He’s accused in the death of 27-year-old Lelia Smith, who was found dead March 3.

An industrial accident at a lime plant in Alabama has seriously injured one worker. Alabaster Fire Executive Officer Rowdy Tidwell tells AL.com that a worker was badly burned in an explosion at Lhoist North America on Wednesday evening. He’s been airlifted to a hospital.

A coral snake bite has left an Alabama man paralyzed in an intensive care unit. News outlets report Jeffrey Phillips was bitten last week when he mistook the snake his children discovered in their yard for a king snake. He was rushed to Anderson Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, where antivenin was flown in to save […]

Responding to her primary challengers and questions about her physical condition, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released a letter from her doctor on Wednesday saying the 73-year-old is in “excellent health.” In the brief letter, Dr. Brian Elrod wrote that he sees “no medical issues that would prevent (Ivey) from fulfilling her obligations as governor.” Elrod […]

Alabama should remove a statue from its Capitol grounds honoring a 19th century doctor who operated on slaves without anesthesia as he sought new ways to treat childbirth complications, a group led by a state lawmaker said Wednesday. The statue, erected in 1939, lauds Dr. J. Marion Sims as the “father of modern gynecology.” However, […]

Failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is endorsing his former campaign manager in an Alabama congressional race. Moore on Wednesday announced support for longtime ally Rich Hobson in the GOP primary for the 2nd District congressional seat now held by Republican Rep. Martha Roby. In a statement released by Hobson’s campaign, Moore said Hobson’s, “reputation […]

Three police officers in Alabama have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who said he was suicidal. News outlets report a Huntsville police incident review board announced Tuesday that the Huntsville officers followed proper procedures in the April 3 encounter. Police spokesman Lt. Michael Johnson says 49-year-old Jeffery Louis Parker reported he […]

An Alabama man is accused of raping an underage girl. Dothan Police Lt. Lynn Watkins tells The Dothan Eagle that 40-year-old Emiliano Rodriguez was arrested Monday night, after police received a complaint from the victim’s mother. Watkins says information is limited because the victim is a juvenile. The case is still under investigation.

Christine Cameron will meet someone at the office and they’ll talk shop and eventually they’ll ask which New York design school she went to. Parson’s? Pratt? “I’ll be like, ‘no, I went to Auburn”’–as in Auburn University in Alabama, as in home to what in recent years has quietly become one of the top fashion […]

An Alabama teen wanted in a weekend shooting has been arrested on an attempted murder charge. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that Prattville police told Central Alabama CrimeStoppers that 19-year-old Dashaun Jones was arrested by Marshall County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday. He’ll be turned over to Prattville police. Prattville Police Chief Mark Thompson says a juvenile […]

A Hawaii woman is working to put a face with the name of every fallen serviceman on the Vietnam Wall, and she is searching for photos of four men who lived in Lee County. Janna Hoehn, of Maui, said she took an interest in the project when she and her husband visited Washington, D.C., for […]

Police say human remains found in Alabama have been identified as those of a man reported missing more than a year ago. Decatur police tell news outlets in a statement the remains found in Jackson County on Feb. 10 were confirmed on Friday through DNA analysis as belonging to James Robert Elliott. The Decatur man […]

A lawyer for an Alabama man charged with killing one of his girlfriend’s children and wounding another says the man plans to plead not guilty. AL.com reports that 25-year-old Markeise Kardel Caldwell is charged with capital murder in the beating of 4-month-old Kendrick Cole. He’s also charged with aggravated child abuse in the beating of […]

Authorities say a 9-year-old boy in Alabama has drowned, possibly after wandering into a neighbor’s pool. WSFA-TV reports Dale County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a drowning Sunday evening. They found the boy and conducted CPR until Ozark Emergency Medical Services arrived. Dale County Chief Deputy Mason Bynum says the boy was […]

Gov. Kay Ivey says Alabama is “stronger” than it was a year ago. In a campaign stop in south Alabama, she stressed improvements in the state’s economy and named companies that have announced projects in the state over the last year. Ivey became governor last year when her predecessor resigned in a scandal and is […]

Authorities say an Alabama teen died from injuries suffered during a drive-by shooting last month. WALA-TV reports that 18-year-old Jay’Marcus Jefferson was hit by two bullets while inside a house April 24, and died four days later in the hospital. Jefferson’s dad, Reginald Jefferson, says a bullet also scraped Jefferson’s infant sister.

Two men have been charged with murder in the death of an Alabama man whose body was found along a road. AL.com reports that 54-year-old David Earl Davis and 41-year-old Michael Scott Matthews were arrested Saturday, a day after the body of 56-year-old Tony Wayne Duncan was found. Walker County Sheriff Jim Underwood says Duncan knew […]

More than a week after a locker room assault was captured on camera, four Alabama high school football players are charged and the school district faces a $12 million demand. News outlets cite a Monday statement from Mobile police that says three of the four students suspended by Davidson High School have been taken into […]

A woman is suing the owners of an Alabama zoo where her 9-year-old daughter was bitten by a kangaroo. News outlets report a lawsuit filed Friday by Jennifer White accuses Harmony Park Safari owners William Keith Allen and Shannon Allen of negligence and wantonness in connection with the May 2017 attack. According to video footage, […]

All six judges in an Alabama county have recused themselves from presiding over the lawsuit filed by failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore against some of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct. News outlets report Etowah County’s four circuit judges and two district judges filed recusals with interim Alabama Chief Justice Lyn Stuart […]

Chef and owner Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune restaurant in New York City took home the outstanding chef award Monday night at the James Beard Awards , and Alabama’s Highlands Bar and Grill won the outstanding restaurant honor. Highlands Bar and Grill received the top award after multiple nominations in the category over the years. The […]

Workers who build and launch rockets have gone on strike in Alabama, Florida and California. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted Sunday to reject a three-year contract offer from United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colorado. The strike, which began Monday, involves about 300 workers who assemble rockets in Decatur, Alabama, […]

Authorities are charging two north Alabama men with murder, saying they killed a third man and dumped his body off a rural road. Walker County Sheriff Jim Underwood tells WBRC-TV that deputies on Saturday arrested 54-year-old David Earl Davis and 41-year-old Michael Scott Mathews, both of Nauvoo. They’re charged with killing Tony Wayne Duncan and […]