An Alabama city council is considering limiting the number of dogs allowed in a residential home to three. Northport City Attorney Ron Davis tells The Tuscaloosa News that city code already bans keeping more than three dogs in an enclosure that’s less than 50 feet (15 meters) from another residence. But he says residents have […]

Authorities in Alabama are investigating after a dead man was found in a vehicle in a police department’s parking lot. A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office news release says deputies were called to the Midfield Police Department to investigate the report of a deceased person in the car in the parking lot Friday. News outlets report […]

Flood warnings are posted across Alabama following a weekend of heavy rains. The National Weather Service has issued warnings for waterways including the Paint Rock River in north Alabama; the Tombigbee River in west Alabama; the Black Warrior River near Eutaw and Big Nance Creek at Courtland. No major flooding is predicted. But forecasters say […]

A post office in Alabama has reopened after a fire that damaged part of the building. The fire was reported early Monday at the post office in Prattville. U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman Debbie Fetterly tells the Montgomery Advertiser that it started in the lobby mail drop chute. She says no employees were in the building […]

Calling all planets that orbit around bright, nearby stars: NASA’s new Tess spacecraft is looking to do a head count. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — Tess for short — is embarking Monday on a two-year quest to find and identify mystery worlds thought to be lurking in our cosmic backyard. The spacecraft aims to […]

Two men were killed in a shooting in Alabama’s capital. The Montgomery Advertiser cites a Montgomery police press release that says authorities found the 23-year-old and 30-year-old each with a gunshot wound on Saturday night. They were taken to a hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. Police are conducting a death investigation. Further details […]

Obscene images have been found spray-painted on more than 20 stop signs in the Alabama city of Arab. WAAY-TV reports the city must now find money and manpower to replace the 22 signs found defaced this week. Officials did not describe the images found on the signs.

An inmate who fled a Mississippi work crew earlier this week is back in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says 37-year-old Kevin G. Rush was arrested Friday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and is being held in the county jail. He faces an escape charge and authorities say more charges are likely. Rush had been sought […]

A 44-year-old Blount County fire chief has been convicted for cashing checks from the Summit Fire Department and depositing the money into her personal bank account. Al.com reports a jury found Paula Robertson guilty of first-degree theft. Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey said Robertson was arrested in 2016 and charged with converting more than […]

A man faces charges in the shotgun shooting death of his friend. Al.com reports Bessemer Police identified the shooter as 29-year-old Joseph Burston, of Bessemer. Investigators say he faces a murder charge in the slaying of his friend and co-worker, 24-year-old Allen Wilson, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The search for Alabama’s next education superintendent was narrowed Friday to four finalists, as Alabama State Board of Education members looked mostly within the state for the next public schools chief. Jefferson County Superintendent Craig Pouncey, Hoover City Schools Superintendent Kathy Murphy, Superintendent Association of Alabama Executive Director Eric Mackey and former Texas Education Commissioner […]

Gov. Kay Ivey said Alabama lawmakers have set aside $11 million in the recently passed budgets for behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children. The funding is aimed at expanding community and home-based services, Al.com reported . It’s being offered by the Alabama Department of Mental Health for children and youth with severe emotional disturbance and […]

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels are bringing their meticulously choreographed flying to Alabama this weekend. Lt. Brandon Hempler tells The Tuscaloosa News that the precision flight demonstration squadron hopes “to inspire a culture of excellence” during their performance this Saturday and Sunday at the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show. This weekend’s performance will be the Blue […]

Forecasters say Alabama is at risk for a weekend of severe weather. The National Weather Service says storms beginning over north Alabama early Saturday will create a threat of winds up to 60 mph and tornadoes through Sunday. The Storm Prediction Center says there’s an enhanced risk of bad weather in an area that includes […]

All hail the newest entry in Alabama’s weather record books. AL.com cites a release from state climatologist Dr. John Christy that says a hailstone that fell March 19 in Cullman County is the largest on record in the state. Weighing in at nearly 10 ounces (283.5 grams), the superlative chunk of ice measured 5.38 inches […]

The chief executive of Backpage.com pleaded guilty to state and federal charges including conspiracy and money laundering, and agreed to testify in ongoing prosecutions against others at the website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel,” authorities said. “For far too long, Backpage.com existed as the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex, a […]

A gun rights advocate won’t be allowed to speak on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus where a teenager with an assault rifle killed 17 people. Broward Schools spokeswoman Cathleen Brennan announced late Thursday that “non-school sponsored, student-initiated guest speaker assemblies/meetings are not permitted to take place on campus.” Charlie Kirk had tweeted that […]

Pennsylvania authorities say a man wanted for gunning down a Florida trombone player as she left orchestra practice has been killed after he pulled a gun on officers trying to make a traffic stop. State police say troopers tried to stop Steven Brooks late Thursday for erratic driving in South Strabane, about 30 miles (48 […]

The Montgomery Public Art Commission wants to put local artists’ talent on display on Montgomery City Buses. The Commission is looking for artists or artist teams to design two bus wraps — one to commemorate Montgomery’s 200th anniversary and the other to celebrate what the next 200 years might hold. The wraps will remain on […]

An Alabama woman accused of stealing more than $4,000 in merchandise last year has been arrested. The Dothan Eagle reports 47-year-old Tracy Carlino, of Ashford, was arrested Tuesday on a first-degree theft charge. She was released after posting $5,000 bond.

An Albertville lawyer and former part-time municipal judge was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for child pornography. A statement from the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday said a federal judge sentenced 54-year-old Steven Vincent Smith a day earlier to 17½ years in jail and 10 years of supervised release after he serves his […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s Republican primary challengers took aim Thursday night at her decision to skip a televised debate. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, state Sen. Bill Hightower and evangelist Scott Dawson criticized Ivey’s decision to not attend the Thursday debate hosted by WVTM-13 in Birmingham. Ivey was also in Birmingham Thursday night but was throwing […]

Alabama high school officials are implementing instant replay for football games next season. The Alabama High School Athletic Association said Thursday it will partner with Pittsburgh-based DVSport and be the first to allow replay statewide for the entire season. Minnesota used replay reviews in semifinal and championship games last season and New Jersey plans to […]

Look up at the sky tonight. Every star you see — plus hundreds of thousands, even millions more — will come under the intense stare of NASA’s newest planet hunter. Set to lift off early next week, the Tess spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars. These newfound worlds eventually will become […]