An Alabama fugitive who was shot in the neck after an hours-long police chase in southwest Louisiana has been released from a hospital and booked into jail. Records show Cody Light of Arab (AY-rab), Alabama, has been booked into the Calcasieu (KAL’-kuh-soo) Parish Jail. The 35-year-old Light is accused in Alabama of shooting at a […]

The body of an Alabama woman has been found in Gulf of Mexico waters off Florida’s coast. The Pensacola News Journal reports that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission identified the woman as 56-year-old Carolyn Blankenfeld of Lillian, Alabama. Coast Guard crews found her body Monday in Perdido Bay.

U.S. military officials have sought to ward off congressional efforts to address child-on-child sexual assaults on bases, even as they disclose that the problem is larger than previously acknowledged. Members of Congress expressed alarm and demanded answers after an Associated Press investigation revealed that reports of sexual violence among kids on U.S. military bases and […]

An Alabama woman is accused of stealing items from multiple victims at nursing homes. Mobile police spokeswoman Charlette Solis tells WALA-TV that Sherrita Sawyer is accused of taking wallets, a phone and jewelry from at least four nursing homes. She was arrested Saturday.

An east Alabama school system is shutting down for the day as a precaution because of a threat. WSFA-TV reports that officials closed schools in Macon County on Monday because of a threat posted on social media. Sheriff Andre Brunson says the decision was made to close the county’s school in consultant with the superintendent, […]

Army officials are now acknowledging they’ve investigated reports of child-on-child sexual assaults at Fort Rucker. The disclosure comes amid an Associated Press investigation that found many sexual assault reports among children at U.S. military bases where service member families live have languished in a dead zone of justice, in which victims and offenders go without help. […]

The body of an Alabama woman missing for nearly a month has been found in a forest. News outlets cite a Winston County Sheriff’s Office release that says a private search party found the body of 55-year-old Jennifer Marshell White inside her vehicle in the Bankhead National Forest area Sunday. She was last seen on […]

Teachers in the Huntsville City School District will start seeing more money starting next year thanks to a vote by the board of education. Thursday’s move will dedicate over $10 million in increases over the next three years for teachers, which is on top of the 2.5 percent state mandated pay increase. District officials say […]

The city of Auburn is looking to take part in a $40 million project to upgrade recreation facilities and new parks. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that the 13 projects could see new parks and athletic fields along with enhancements to the Auburn Public Library. The projects will be included for approval on the May 15 […]

The Coast Guard says a barge carrying scrap metal caught fire on a river near southwest Alabama. A news release says the barge caught fire on the Mobile River around 10 a.m. Sunday. No crewmembers were reported to be aboard the barge when it caught fire. There have been no reports of pollution or injuries. […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s challengers are indirectly trying to raise questions about the 73-year-old frontrunner’s health ahead of the primary, releasing their own medical information and saying the public should have confidence in the next governor’s health. State Sen. Bill Hightower, who is 58, released a copy of his medical records and urged other candidates […]

Public Service Commission president Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has outpaced her Republican opponents in fundraising for the lieutenant governor’s June primary. Cavanaugh raised nearly $150,000 in April to reach $1.1 million in total contributions. She came into the campaign with more than $500,000 from past runs. Her closest contender, state Rep. Will Ainsworth, has received just […]

Four men are charged with murder and kidnapping in a slaying that police in Alabama say is linked to the killing of a former Green Bay Packers player. Former Packers defensive lineman Carlos Gray was shot to death Monday in a killing sheriff’s officials believe was linked to the drug trade. They say 21-year-old Darryl […]

Fire crews have recovered the body of a hiker who fell to his death in a quarry area near Ruffner Mountain in Birmingham. Authorities say he fell 60 to 80 feet.

Communications company Tombigbee has received a $3 million federal grant to expand broadband internet access to a rural community in northwest Alabama, the company’s president announced Thursday. Tombigbee Communications CEO and President Steve Foshee announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service at a news conference in Marion County alongside Alabama […]

Defeated Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is opening the door to a possible return to politics. Moore told reporters at a news conference Monday that he doesn’t plan to run for anything, including governor at this time. But Moore issued a statement Thursday saying plans change. It quotes Moore as saying he won’t be reluctant […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey continues to outpace her GOP challengers in fundraising ahead of the June primary. In fundraising reports filed Wednesday, Ivey has raised a total of $3.6 million. Ivey became governor last year when her predecessor resigned. While she has begun spending on television ads, she has $1.7 million remaining going into the […]

Police in Alabama have arrested two men following a shooting at a Selma gas station that left one dead and two wounded, and are searching for two more. The Selma Police Department says 30-year-old Jimmie Lee Tyus and Darryl Davuntay Kennedy are wanted on charges including murder. Twenty-year-old Jeffery James Bennett Jr. and 21-year-old Vincent […]

One Alabama county’s schools may be getting stashes of nonlethal weapons and first-aid supplies for their classrooms. Autauga County Schools Superintendent Spence Agee says the stashes would enhance security in case of a shooter. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the weapons and supplies would be kept in secure lockboxes with fingerprint scanners. The lockbox would automatically […]

Evangelist turned Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Dawson said if people are surprised to see him running for governor, they are not alone. In a way, he is too. Dawson said in an interview that he got in the race because he was tired of the state being embarrassed by scandals and corruption.

Alabama law officers are investigating the death of an inmate at the Walker County Jail. Al.com reports that 37-year-old Bryan Michael Freeman died at the jail Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said he’d been booked into the jail April 23, after Jasper police arrested him on two warrants for failing to appear in court.

A major pharmaceutical company is donating 1,744 devices that contain an overdose-reversing drug to Alabama’s volunteer rescue squads to combat the opioid crisis. Kaleo Inc. announced the donation of 872 boxes, which include two devices, to the state’s rescue vehicles at a press conference at the Alabama State Capitol Wednesday. The Evzio device auto-injects the […]

Alabama authorities say they’ve found the body of a man believed to have been killed in retaliation for the slaying of a former Green Bay Packers player. Sheriff’s officials tell area media 21-year-old Darryl Thomas appears to have been killed in retribution for the shooting death of former Packers defensive lineman Carlos Gray.

A new lab specializing in digital forensics is operating in Huntsville, Alabama. The FBI and local leaders held a ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of the Tennessee Valley Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. The center is one of 17 such facilities in nationwide specializing in training and the analysis of digital evidence.