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Former President George Herbert Walker Bush passed away on Friday, and Alabama leaders took to social media to mourn and pay tribute to the nation's...
Film has the Oscar, music has the Grammy, science has the Nobel and education has the Milken Educator Award. Samford University 2013 graduate Heather Honeycutt Hurt was recently honored with the award. She is this year’s only recipient in Alabama and the third Orlean Beeson School of Education alumna to receive the national recognition.
The Honorary Inaugural Committee will assist Randall, Rane and the committee staff in planning the festivities surrounding the January 14 inauguration.
Late Friday, TVA issued a statement announcing Nuclear Development LLC, the prospective buyer of Jackson County’s long-dormant Bellefonte nuclear power plant, was unable to meet “its legal obligations” required to complete a $111 million sale. The sale was due to be completed by Nuclear Development on Friday and is viewed by many to be a significant setback […]
The groundbreaking for the new Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA auto assembly plant in Huntsville took place just days ago, but the $1.6 billion, 4,000-worker project is already making a big impact across North Alabama. Business recruiters in the 13-county region have been working for months to lure suppliers for the facility. Their efforts include readying […]
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"Today’s decision is a victory for fairness and common sense and a loss for overreaching federal bureaucrats,” Marshall said.
According to a new WalletHub study, a handful of Alabama’s most vital cities are also some of the “most sinful” ones. In the study, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 37 “key indicators of evil deeds.”
Earlier this week, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) was chosen by his Republican colleagues to serve as the ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee once the new Congress convenes early next year. Given the political climate and a Democratic-controlled Congress poised to oppose President Donald Trump, Rogers said this committee would be […]
“On the night before Jesus died, he prayed a prayer... He prayed a prayer that simply said, ‘I pray that you will be one.’ He prayed...for unity.”
The Alabama judge who originally set aside a guilty verdict in one of the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" trials will be posthumously honored with a post...
Former Congressman Jo Bonner was named as Ivey's senior adviser and Acting Finance Director Kelly Butler's position was made permanent.
The FBI will bring hundreds of jobs to an Army base in Alabama as part of an expansion including the agency’s first large-scale operations support building. News outlets report the FBI announced the expansion Thursday at Redstone Arsenal just outside Huntsville.
An Alabama attorney and his son are accused of defrauding investors and a bank out of millions of dollars. An indictment was handed down Thursday against Donald V. Watkins Sr., 70, of Atlanta, and Donald V. Watkins Jr., 46, of Birmingham, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Jay Town.
While speaking about the Riverchase Galleria shooting and the death of Emantic "E.J." Bradford, Jr., Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin also challenged...
Congressmen Bradley Byrne (AL-1) and Drew Ferguson (GA-3) on Thursday announced a "friendly wager" on the SEC Championship Game between the University...
Hoover officials met with Emantic "E.J." Bradford, Jr.'s family on Tuesday evening and then on Thursday morning publicly requested that ALEA release...
Cygnal was recognized on Wednesday by The New York Times' in-house polling guru as the most accurate in the nation leading up to the midterms.
The United States Marshals Service has executed an arrest warrant on the alleged Riverchase Galleria shooter, taking him into custody in the metro...
An Alabama mental health provider is marking two years since it merged with a regional mental health provider, and it says the new organization is now able to provide more services. AltaPointe Health merged with the former Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center in 2016.
On Tuesday, Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson passionately urged Birmingham residents to organize and commit to boycotting the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover during a community town and prayer meeting in the wake of Emantic “EJ” Bradford Jr.’s death at the mall on Thanksgiving. “When we organize, we can address issues like this that come up,” Tyson […]
A small Alabama town is getting $23 million to upgrade a sewer system that has been overflowing for years. The Montgomery Advertiser reported the money is coming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reconfigure the city’s wastewater treatment system.
A former Alabama sheriff has pleaded guilty to giving an inmate a gun and the keys needed to escape jail. AL.com reports former Sumter County Sheriff Tyrone Clark also pleaded guilty Monday to promoting prison contraband, including allowing an inmate to run a drug operation.

