One South Alabama town has its third police department leader reprimanded within the past two years. WALA reports that Chickasaw Mayor Barry Broadhead has suspended interim Police Chief Tommie McDuffie over inappropriate social media postings. McDuffie has issued a public apology and will be suspended for three days. “This isn’t the first time controversy has […]

    More than 20,000 write-in votes were cast on Dec. 12 for Alabama’s special Senate election, along with the expected names of Luther Strange and Alabama football coach Nick Saban. Republicans Martha Roby (Montgomery), Bradley Byrne (Mobile), Mike Rogers (Tuskegee), Robert Aderholt (Gadsden) and Gary Palmer (Vestavia Hills) all received votes to be Alabama’s […]

    Rex Tidmore, 59, and Lea Meri Hearn, 31, of Geraldine have been apprehended by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office for charges related to the trafficking of a minor. The DCSO obtained a warrant for conspiracy to commit human trafficking for Tidmore. During a search, investigators found roughly 160 marijuana plants and about 50 […]

    In the last 8 years, Alabama has lost six hospitals and will soon see Lakeland Community Hospital in Haleyville close at the end of the year. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association, reports that 84 percent of Alabama’s rural hospitals operate in the red. One of the primary reasons reported for […]

    A coalition of 11 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Dec. 22 to urge the overturning of a lower court ruling and to enforce the executive order given by President Trump to oppose sanctuary cities. The West Virginia and Louisiana-led brief has been supported by Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, […]

    Birmingham’s DataPerk has acquired computer consulting business, IT Express, which allows the company to expand their services in the existing base in Birmingham and add Mobile offices in the acquisition. DataPerk reports now having more than 30 employees encompassing all locations and plans to hire about 12 more in 2018. DataPerk, founded in […]

    The little-known, yet wide-reaching super PAC that spent millions of dollars promoting Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama’s Senate race has been found to be funded heavily by the Democratic Senate Majority PAC. Highway 31, a group responsible for widespread campaign mailers, phone calls and advertisements for Jones, didn’t have to disclose donors during […]

    A $1.5 million federal grant has been made available to the AL Department of Mental Health and will help make addiction-fighting medication an option to patients lacking insurance. The addiction-fighting medication, normally costing $200 to $300, will be closer to $5-10 for those who qualify. The grant is meant to keep addiction patients […]

    Despite multiple attempts from Republican Roy Moore’s campaign to offer objections to the December special election’s results, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and Secretary of State John Merrill have officially certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner. Late Wednesday night, Moore filed a lawsuit in an attempt to delay Alabama officials from declaring Jones’ victory, […]

  As the eyes of Alabama and the nation were fixed on the special election to decide the state’s next senator, candidates in our gubernatorial election were busy doing the one thing that matters most at this stage of the race – raising money. Governor Kay Ivey has taken the greatest haul, counting slightly more […]

  The rural community of Gallant saw the mounted arrival of Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and his wife Kayla this morning at around 10:30 a.m. The couple’s polling place was much more crowded than in recent elections due to large numbers of people. Moore briefly answered questions after casting his ballot, not showing […]

    Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill reports that the projection he released of 25 percent voter turnout is on track to be an accurate prediction. If the trends continue, the Senate race today will easily exceed the final numbers for the Aug. 15 primary (reporting 18 percent) and Sept. 26 Republican runoff (reporting 15 percent). […]

    Alabama’s U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) co-sponsored a bill that passed the House last week requiring all House members, employees, staff and nonpaid personnel to complete sexual harassment and anti-discrimination training. Looking deeper: Constituents are calling into question the long-standing protocol Congressional members have been using in cases where […]