The two main misconceptions about skin cancer diagnoses are: too much summer sun and the disease is not deadly. Wrong and wrong, according to Connie Abbott,

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry has been awarded a seven-year, $22.4 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and...

Last year, electric scooters rolled in – and then quickly out – of some Alabama cities after it became clear they were not street-legal under state law. But a bill approved by the Alabama legislature, and signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, may clear the way for a scooter comeback.

Secretary of State John Merrill submitted a letter to the Trump administration expressing his support of the president's push to include a citizenship...

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration for its efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census. The president insists he is still exploring options to have the question included on the Census, including done through an executive order. On Huntsville’s radio’s WVNN earlier this week, U.S. […]

The federal government is offering assistance to businesses in southeast Alabama that were affected by Hurricane Michael last October. A statement by the Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available to small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, aquaculture businesses and nonprofits that were hit by the Category 5 storm.

An attorney for a teenager charged in the traffic deaths of Auburn University’s sports announcer and his wife denied that any crime occurred, calling the crash a “terrible tragedy” instead. Tommy Spina, a lawyer for 16-year-old Johnston Edward Taylor, told AL.com his client simply fell asleep at the wheel and was not impaired before the […]

Alabama education officials are trying to combat what they say is a growing problem of sexual relationships between teachers and students. The state Department of Education has released a training program that officials in Montgomery are urging local school systems to use in teaching educators about avoiding inappropriate encounters.

An Alabama district attorney said Wednesday she is dropping the manslaughter charge against a woman who lost her fetus when she was shot during a fight. Marshae Jones was arrested last week after a grand jury concluded she intentionally caused the death of her fetus by initiating a fight, knowing she was pregnant.

Would you be more willing to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, basket of peaches or a jar of honey if you knew from the label that it was grown in Alabama? A recent survey conducted by researchers at Auburn University shows that the state’s specialty crop farmers and leaders of Alabama’s major agricultural organizations […]

Harry Stewart, a Tuskegee Airman who served in WWII, was born on Independence Day 95-years ago. As he celebrates the birth of both...

After last week’s announcement from Secretary of State John Merrill that he was getting into the 2020 U.S. Senate contest, many assumed the field was set. Other than Merrill, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian […]

There are more fatal crashes during the days surrounding Independence Day than the rest of the year, according to an analysis of state traffic records by researchers at the University of Alabama. During the past five years, the five days around the Fourth of July averaged three fatal crashes a day, 29% higher than the […]

In a wide-ranging interview on a Washington, D.C. radio show, Sen. Doug Jones said he was "very proud" of his record in the U.S. Senate and blasted...

As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, those in north Alabama can experience a special exhibit at the Huntsville Museum of Art.

Alabama police said the parents of a two-year-old boy were under the influence of marijuana when the toddler left the house, got trapped inside a hot vehicle and died. News outlets report Melinda and Robert King were arrested Tuesday on charges of manslaughter and first-degree marijuana possession.

Lawyers for former Auburn University assistant basketball coach Chuck Person said Tuesday the 13-year NBA veteran was broke and financially desperate when he joined a bribery conspiracy that cheated young athletes by steering them toward bribe-paying advisers and managers. They asked a judge in papers filed in Manhattan federal court to spare him from prison […]

Governor Kay Ivey has given non-essential state employees July 4 and 5 off this year, making their Independence Day holiday a long weekend.

Jalen Drummond, who was born and raised in Randolph County and previously interned for Rep. Mike Rogers, the BCA and then-Senator Luther Strange...

The Alabama Farmers Federation has named Russell Durrance as the Poultry, Pork, and Dairy divisions director on Tuesday. Durrance, a 24-year-old native of Newnan, Georgia, will also be responsible for policy related to those areas. “After working with a poultry integrator for two years, I am excited to help Alabama’s farmers through the Federation,” said […]

A pair of Alabama Republicans spent some quality time with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) last week and, in the process, gained some insight into the native Alabamian’s view of the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Paul Wellborn, chairman, president and CEO of Wellborn Cabinet, Inc., and Trump Finance Committee member Perry O. Hooper, […]

Hugh F. Culverhouse, Jr. ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal continuing his calls for a complete boycott of the state of Alabama and...

According to a new study, three of the top four and four of the top seven American-made automobiles were assembled in Alabama...

Last week, King’s Property Solutions LLC, a Huntsville-based real estate investment company, agreed to stop sending out robocalls and reform its business practices after Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office threatened to sue the company. According to the AG’s office, King’s Property Solutions violated the Alabama Telemarketing Act, the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act and […]