A federal grand jury indicted two north Alabama men in separate counterfeiting cases Friday, a U.S. Department of Justice press release announced. The indictment charges Connor Douglas Glass, 25, with making and possessing counterfeit $100 and $20 bills in Cullman and Jackson counties between January and October 2017. The indictment also charges Glass with passing […]

The city of Gulf Shores has completed another step in a facelift of its main public beach in time for summer. Leaders cut the ribbon last week on a $15 million renovation that includes a new boardwalk, green areas with a playground, shady spots and improved landscaping. The area was mainly a parking lot in […]

Second-year Colts general manager Chris Ballard has used five NFL draft picks in two days on prospects he is hoping will toughen up his rebuilding team in the trenches. Granted, the needs are numerous for a franchise that finished 4-12 last year and has missed the playoffs for three consecutive years, but Ballard bypassed skill-position […]

Alabama voters will face the choices of whether to declare the state pro-life and allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed on state property under ballot proposals for the November election. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill threw his support behind both proposed constitutional amendments passed this year at a bill signing at the Alabama […]

NASCAR has acquired the ARCA series, a launching pad for drivers looking to reach stock car racing’s top level. NASCAR vice chairman and executive vice president Jim France called the announcement Friday “a big moment for stock car racing in America.” Twelve of the 16 drivers in the Cup Series playoffs last year have logged […]

A wreck on a rural road in northwestern Alabama has left three teenagers dead and two others injured. Area media report that five people were in a vehicle that crashed Thursday night in Lauderdale County near St. Florian.

Taking a defensive lineman from Alabama in the first round for the second consecutive year, the Washington Redskins chose tackle Da’Ron Payne with the 13th overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night. The 6-foot-2, 311-pound Payne is considered a top-notch run-stopper, and he’ll line up next to former college teammate Jonathan Allen, Washington’s […]

Linebacker Rashaan Evans couldn’t be happier after the Tennessee Titans drafted him with the No. 22 pick, a selection predicted by his friend Derrick Henry. The former Alabama teammates had discussed how much they wanted to play together in the NFL. Henry, a Heisman Trophy winner at Alabama in 2015, called Evans once the pick […]

The last time the Atlanta Falcons picked an Alabama receiver in the first round of the NFL draft, it worked out pretty well. So, when Calvin Ridley was still on the board Thursday night at No. 26, they knew what to do. Roll Tide! The Falcons landed another Nick Saban receiver for their offensive arsenal, adding […]

Hundreds of people lined up in the rain to get a first look at a lynching memorial and museum that opened Thursday in Montgomery, Alabama. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice commemorates 4,400 black people who were slain in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950. Their names, where known, are engraved […]

Police say a student made a video threatening an Alabama high school and posted it on social media. Montgomery Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Martha Earnhardt told WSFA-TV that the female student was taken into custody Wednesday evening. The video posted on Facebook shows the student making a threat to cause harm at Jeff Davis […]

Authorities say a European man fell to his death while inspecting a ride at a fair in Alabama. Area media report that the fatal accident happened Wednesday afternoon at the Kiwanis Club Fair in Alexander City. Tallapoosa County Coroner Mike Knox says a 45-year-old man from the Eastern European country of Belarus fell about 30 […]

The public is getting its first look at a lynching memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday, is dedicated to 4,400 individuals who lost their lives in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950. Their names are engraved on 800 steel rectangles, one for each […]

The attorney for the ex-girlfriend of Reuben Foster said Wednesday that her client initially lied to authorities when she accused the San Francisco 49ers linebacker of hitting her leading to domestic violence charges. Attorney Stephanie Rickard issued a statement on behalf of Elissa Ennis that said her client can prove the injuries in February that […]

A lawyer for the estate of Harper Lee is trying to halt a lawsuit filed by a producer who plans to stage a Broadway production of the writer’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Court records show Lee attorney Tonja Carter on Tuesday asked a federal court in Alabama to block a federal lawsuit filed last […]

An Alabama man accused of distributing inappropriate images of an underage girl online is now charged with producing child porn. Twenty-four-year-old Andrew Benjamin Cantley of Auburn was arrested April 16 on unrelated charges. Cantley was charged with possessing child porn following an investigation into inappropriate images of a minor being posted online. Authorities served him […]

An American Legion commander in Alabama says racism is at the heart of why he’s been accused of misappropriating $10,000. The first black commander for one Phenix City post was suspended in February from his position as senior vice commander for the state American Legion. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer cites a post complaint that says 62-year-old […]

In the dark of night, three travelers advanced inexorably toward tragedy. Accompanied by her parents on her first train trip, 11-year-old Andrea Chancey couldn’t sleep despite the steady rocking of the Amtrak coach. Aboard the same train after missing a flight, Ken Ivory lounged nearby. Miles away, Willie C. Odom steered a towboat as it […]

Some people continue to question police actions at an Alabama restaurant where a black woman’s arrest, captured on video, raised questions about mistreatment. Local NAACP branch President David Smith tells WKRG-TV that he believes police accounts indicating Chikesia Clemons may have had alcohol or threatened others are “ancillary” to what happened. The Mobile County branch […]

Police say an Alabama man took money from a church’s collection plate and deposited the funds into an account he controlled. WAFF-TV reported Tuesday that witnesses told police Gary Bradley III, who goes by “Tripp,” went before Mayfair Church of Christ and announced he had been stealing from the offering plate.

An Alabama judge is dismissing criminal charges accusing a former jail warden of illegally leaking information to a blogger critical of a sheriff. The Decatur Daily reports that a judge dismissed the charge of computer tampering at the request of former Morgan County jail warden Leon Bradley after several days of testimony.

Four men accused of trafficking meth in Cullman County, Alabama, have been arrested in a raid. AL.com reports the men are each charged with trafficking methamphetamine, unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

A commission tasked with investigating government actions surrounding the Florida high school massacre and the state’s other mass shootings is set to hold its first meeting. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission is to meet Tuesday to discuss its mission and how it will conduct its investigation. The 16 members are also […]

Police say the missing 5-year-old boy who was reportedly abducted from a bus stop in Alabama has been found in Mississippi. Sylacauga Police said in a Facebook post Monday that Malachi Quintanilla was taken by a woman possibly related to the boy’s biological father.