An audit report from Opelika shows that the city’s municipal broadband network is a big money loser, dragging down the city’s otherwise healthy finances. John Boles, a local accountant who completed the audit for the City of Opelika, told the Opelika-Auburn News that the telecommunications fund, OPS One, has a negative balance of $13.4 million and “is the only […]

Former Chambers County commissioner Debbie Wood has won state House District 38’s Republican primary runoff, beating Todd Rauch by a margin of seven votes. County officials certified Wood as the victor on Tuesday after all provisional ballots were tallied, seven of which made the difference. Wood told reporters that she had predicted the exact margin, […]

A south Alabama sheriff wants the state to close a prison facility where three inmates escaped in 24 hours. Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack tells WPMI-TV prisoners are just walking away from the work release center at Loxley.

A man has died after he was electrocuted while working on an Alabama high school. Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans told news outlets that 35-year-old Ladarius Williams of Birmingham was on a ladder at Thompson High School in Alabaster working on an electrical line in the ceiling around 3 p.m. Tuesday.

A Mobile street will be named in honor of a victim of a racially motivated Jim Crow-era murder. Al.com reports the agenda item calling for Tennessee Street to also be named in honor of Rayfield Davis was initially listed under resolutions being introduced, which means it would have been held over for a week for […]

As promised, Democrat candidate for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox sent Gov. Kay Ivey a letter on Tuesday, challenging her to a series of debates between now and November’s general election. Maddox foreshadowed the letter in a speech to the Alabama Press Association last Saturday. “With our state being in its most corrupt period […]

The Senate is debating a key funding bill today, as leading appropriators hope to keep on schedule and fund the government fully by October 1, the beginning of fiscal year 2019. The bill houses funding measures for the Interior Department, EPA, Financial Services and numerous programs operated by the Department of Agriculture and Health and […]

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in October over whether Alabama can execute an inmate diagnosed with stroke-related dementia who lawyers contend can no longer remember killing a police officer in 1985. The court set oral arguments for Oct. 2 in the case of Vernon Madison.

An Alabama woman has made history as the first black female pilot in the state National Guard’s history. News outlets report that 2nd Lt. Kayla Freeman of Huntsville graduated from Fort Rucker’s Army Aviation School last month, following her 2016 graduation from Tuskegee University where she was enrolled in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

The federal government says up to $250,000 is available for grants to promote U.S. mine safety. The Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration said the deadline for the Brookwood-Sago grant program is Aug. 23, with grants to be awarded by Sept. 28.

An Alabama gas station clerk suffered life-threatening injuries while being dragged by a car as she tried to stop a theft. Alabama news outlets report that it happened Sunday in Tuscaloosa.

Another guard at a county jail in Alabama has been arrested and charged with having sex with an inmate. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade told news outlets Monday that Justin Avery Stamps is charged with custodial sexual misconduct.

Most Alabama voters want President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court to be confirmed, according to a poll commissioned by an organization spending millions of dollars on his behalf. The Judicial Crisis Network on Monday released results of the poll, conducted by North Star Opinion Research in four states testing support for Brett Kavanaugh. […]

Competing in a contested runoff campaign for Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp did not see it coming: the single-most prized endorsement in Republican politics. When President Donald Trump tweeted his support last week of Kemp over his Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the Georgia secretary of state was holding a news conference announcing an endorsement […]

Red Land Cotton, an Alabama linen producer, represented the Yellowhammer State in the Made in America Product Showcase at the White House Monday, says an AL.com report. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, along with several members of the administration and White House officials, took a look at the products crafted from states […]

Over the weekend, Democrat candidate for governor Walt Maddox announced a number of ethics measures he will seek to impose if elected, saying the state is at its “most corrupt period in history.” “As governor, I’m going to declare war on the culture of corruption in Montgomery,” Maddox told those at a meeting of the […]

The Alabama Department of Public Health has closed shellfish growing waters in an area of Mobile Bay. The order by State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris closed Area II to harvesting as of 3 p.m. on Friday.

Google says it will offer free digital skills workshops in Alabama. AL.com reports Google announced Monday it’s bringing its “Grow with Google” tour to three cities starting with Birmingham on Aug. 6. The other two workshops are Aug. 8 in Opelika and Aug. 10 in Scottsboro.

The National Weather Service says a tornado toppled trees and damaged homes in Opelika in eastern Alabama. AL.com reports it was an EF-0 tornado with winds of 85 miles per hour that touched down on Saturday evening.

Birmingham is offering amnesty for those facing traffic tickets or misdemeanor court cases. Mayor Randall Woodfin says anyone with traffic or parking tickets or misdemeanor cases through Municipal Court can now get a “fresh start.”

A company will be building an air compressor plant in southern Alabama. Al.com reports that Kaishan Group is making an $11 million capital investment in the facility to open an estimated 62 jobs at the company.

Alabama’s recreational fishing season for red snapper will close in territorial waters six weeks earlier than usual. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division said the season officially closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The planned closing date was Sept. 3.

As children grow they learn to communicate at first through sound and body movements before advancing to words and language. But for children with nonverbal autism, communicating needs or wants can be more difficult. A nonprofit in Alabama is working to help these children by developing a mobile app to assist with communication. Based in […]

It don’t matter whether you’re on your way to the Gulf, or you’re a native Crenshaw Countian who loves a meat-and-three. The restaurant with the eye-catching name is sure to make you want to pull in. The “It Don’t Matter” family restaurant in Highland Home, 27 miles south of Montgomery, has the best thing an […]