A new website entitled "Craig Ford Exposed" launched on Thursday, attempting to show that the so-called "independent" candidate for state Senate District 10 is really a liberal Democrat.

Friday, Congressman Mike Rogers announced that fire departments across Calhoun County would be receiving more than $150,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Rogers says the grant, which will be split and distributed to Piedmont Fire Department, Weaver Fire Department and Alexandria Fire Department, will be used to purchase new operations and […]

Alabama-based chicken-finger chain Foosackly’s says the computer systems that processes credit card and debit card payments at their stores was the target of a cyberattack. Citing a letter, news outlets reported Thursday that a malicious computer program was installed on the company’s point-of-sale systems to locate and steal payment card information.

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Thursday joined nineteen other Democratic Senators in threatening to hold up the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

A judge has sentenced the former director of an Alabama child care facility to 15 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing almost $200,000. U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon imposed the sentence on 38-year-old Rikki Ross of Hoover during a hearing Thursday.

Democratic nominee for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox on Thursday proudly confirmed that he voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and implied that the Second Amendment is not important.

August fundraising reports were due by the end of the day on Wednesday for all candidates running in Alabama’s upcoming November 6 election, and the numbers showed some interesting dynamics in the most-watched state legislative races.

Thursday, the Politico Playbook reported that NBA and Auburn basketball legend Charles Barkley is headlining a fundraiser for Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on September 25.

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Thursday reaffirmed his support for confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court and called on other members of the Senate to "put aside unnecessary, partisan, political obstruction."

Alabama Power has restored electricity to all customers who lost power due to Tropical Storm Gordon. The company said as of 11 a.m. Thursday, no customers who lost power due to the storm were still without power. Throughout the course of the storm, nearly 75,000 customers were affected, though there were never more than 31,000 […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday that the Houston Economic Development Association (HEDA) has agreed to end its "illegal gambling operations" at Center Stage. The agreement stems from a lawsuit filed by Marshall against the casino and the Houston County Commission in October of 2017.

Members of the national Pro-life Court Coalition urged Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) to vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at an event in Montgomery on Thursday.

During an interview with WPMI on Wednesday, Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) expressed and expounded on the possibility of him running against Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) in 2020. “I’ve made no secret about it. I’m actively looking at running for the Senate in 2020,” Byrne said. Byrne, who said he wants to focus on national issues […]

Failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Wednesday sued comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation and emotional distress after being pranked on the actor’s television show. The lawsuit appears to be the first actually filed by one of the string of politicians who were duped and humiliated by Baron Cohen on the show “Who is […]

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks (AL-5) on Wednesday, supported by colleagues and backed by more than 50 sheriffs from across the nation, led a major news conference on the U.S. Capitol grounds urging Congress to pass stronger immigration and border security legislation.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will meet with state attorneys general later this month to discuss whether tech companies like Twitter and Facebook may be "intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas," the Justice Department said Wednesday in a statement.

Republican Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL-1) spoke Wednesday at a press conference alongside leadership from the United States House of Representatives regarding his recent “Better Off Now” Town Hall tour, praising conservative policies that have led to a booming economy in his district and across Alabama.

August fundraising reports were due by the end of the day on Wednesday for all candidates running in Alabama's upcoming November 6 election, and the numbers showed a huge advantage for Republicans running for statewide offices - except the race for Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.

Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday praised Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seeming to break with President Donald Trump in the process.

In an effort to maintain its leadership in cybersecurity, Auburn University announced it has chosen well-known cyber expert Frank Cilluffo to direct Auburn’s Charles D. McCrary Institute. Before his appointment, Cilluffo previously served as an associate vice president at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he focused on national security, cybersecurity policy and […]

As Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) faces surging pressure to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the Democratic Senator on Tuesday complained that the process is "not fair" and that the confirmation hearing should have been postponed indefinitely.

Don Shepherd, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, told the Pensacola News Journal a tornado was confirmed overnight near Whiting Naval Air Station in Milton as Tropical Storm Gordon hit the area. The tornado was spotted about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of the Pensacola mobile home park where a child […]

Tropical-force winds from fast-moving Gordon smashed into the coastline of Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle on Tuesday evening, the frontal edge of a system just offshore that forecasters warned could become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall. Tropical Storm Gordon strengthened some in the final hours as it neared the central Gulf […]

An Alabama police chief says two of his officers were lured and ambushed by “cowards,” and that it is not the first time it’s happened. Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier tells AL.com that up to eight shots were fired at two police investigators called Monday night to a public housing complex.