Forecasters say winds gusting to 45 mph are possible in parts of the Deep South as a weather system brings the threat of strong storms to the region. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory that includes the northern sections of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama through Tuesday night. Other advisories or watches are […]

An unidentified suspect has been shot by police in Alabama and airlifted to a local hospital. Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson tells WSFA-TV that the suspect was shot multiple times. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Special Agent Jason Ward says Alabama State Troopers began chasing a driver who was traveling west on U.S. Route 80. […]

A former Alabama prison officer is charged in an alleged sexual assault near Atlanta. The Alabama Department of Corrections says 48-year-old Matthew Lee Moore is charged with aggravated sodomy, assault with the intent to commit rape and false imprisonment in Fulton County, Georgia. Moore worked at St. Clair prison east of Birmingham since 2001. A […]

Police say a man has been charged with attempted murder after attempting to shoot a man, but shooting his own dog instead. AL.com reports that Trussville police were responding to a report of shots fired on Saturday and found 38-year-old Michael Jeremy Downs trying to leave the scene.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is being honored by a civil rights group in his home state of Alabama. Cook will receive the 2018 Human Rights Award from the Birmingham Metro Southern Christian Leadership Conference for his advocacy for equality and safety in the workplace. The organization will present the award at a banquet on Wednesday […]

The National Weather Service says much of the Deep South is at risk for strong storms on Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center says northwestern Mississippi is part of an area that faces an enhanced risk of severe weather starting Tuesday afternoon. The threat of storms extends as far north as central Ohio.

When it comes to the Barber Motorsports Park and Museum, Birmingham has few rivals. “We can do this or that and we’ll have to compete with Atlanta or Nashville or Memphis because they have the same sort of thing,” Don Erwin said, recalling the words of founder George Barber. “’I want to do something for Birmingham […]

A tuberculosis case has been confirmed at an Alabama school but there is no longer a risk of others being exposed to the disease. News outlets report the Jefferson County health department notified Birmingham schools last week about the case at Green Acres Middle School. Students return to classrooms Tuesday after school officials had alerted […]

The small, tired house with peeling white paint once served as a refuge for Rosa Parks in Detroit. It has traveled across the world and back in an odyssey conceived by an artist and a Parks family member determined to preserve the civil rights activist’s legacy. It was rescued for $500 off a demolition list, […]

An Alabama lawmaker and a lobbyist charged in a corruption case have attended federal court in shackles. Republican state Rep. Jack D. Williams of Vestavia Hills and lobbyist Marty Connors appeared in federal court in Montgomery on Monday facing charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and mail fraud. Each was shackled around his waist and […]

A North Texas company has recalled nearly 4 tons (3.63 metric tons) of raw beef wrongly produced and packaged without federal inspection. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the recall involves PFP Enterprises, operating as Texas Meat Packers of Fort Worth.

Downtown Montevallo will soon have free public WiFi for all to use, thanks to a partnership between the city and the University of Montevallo. “The University is excited to support the downtown life,” University of Montevallo Chief Information Officer, Craig Gray, said in a press release. “We want students on Main Street and we want […]

Police say five teenagers were shot and two others were trampled at what was advertised as a concert for high school students on Easter night in Mobile, Alabama. Police Chief Lawrence Battiste told a news conference Monday that all seven victims are teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18. Six people were treated and […]

An Alabama legislator and a lobbyist who once chaired the Alabama Republican Party were arrested Monday on conspiracy charges related to payments made to another lawmaker to advance an insurance bill, prosecutors announced. State Republican Rep. Jack D. Williams of Vestavia Hills and lobbyist Marty Connors were charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and mail […]

Alabama authorities say a plane crash has killed a pilot from Los Angeles. WVTM-TV reports that he was identified late Friday as 52-year-old Brett James Leistyna. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office identified him after the wreckage of his plane was found Friday evening near Ashville.

An Alabama city has committed $90 million to renovate a downtown stadium and arena over the next 30 years. The Birmingham City Council will contribute $3 million annually toward the expansion of Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, which includes the 19,000-seat Legacy Arena, Al.com reported . The council approved the funding and project cooperation agreements between the […]

The federal government will offer 77.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration and development on Aug. 15. An Interior Department statement Friday said the lease sale will include all 14,474 unleased tracts. They’re in water 3 to 231 miles (5 to 370 kilometers) offshore, and in water from 9 […]

An Alabama prosecutor says he’s asking state courts to allow more time for a grand jury that is investigating the disappearance and death of an 11-year-old girl more than 16 years ago. District Attorney Randall Houston told the Montgomery Advertiser that grand jury secrecy keeps him from giving any specifics, but he doesn’t think there […]

A proposed high-tech industrial park and residential community near Barber Motorsports in Alabama could receive $6 million in federal grants. The funds could help push forward development of the project that could create more than 1,200 jobs, Al.com reported. The Alabama Department of Labor says the project could generate an economic impact of more than […]

An Alabama building has won a national award as the best historical renovation under $25 million. Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade group, announced the award to the Kress Building in Montgomery during its March convention in Long Beach, California. AL.com says developer Montgomery BUILDS turned a dilapidated three-story building into a five-story mixed-use […]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the owner of an Alabama fast food restaurant over allegations of sexual harassment, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The federal lawsuit alleges that a team leader at an Arby’s in Atmore, Alabama, pressured several young female employees to have sex with him, used crass language while […]

GREENVILLE — Although many Alabamians seem to welcome President Donald Trump’s pushback against the shift to a global economy, there could be consequences for some of Alabama’s small towns. In an interview with Yellowhammer News recently, Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon said Trump’s proposed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel would have consequences for Butler County’s economy. […]

On Friday, two days before Easter, an academic journal published a study claiming that chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs are harmful to the environment. The study, published in Food Research International, finds offense in everything about the Easter treats, from the amount of water it takes to produce them to the foil they’re wrapped in. […]

It took a show from Hollywood to make Alabama appreciate one of its own. But since Ruben Studdard won “American Idol” in 2003, Birmingham and Alabama have embraced the soulful singer nicknamed “the Velvet Teddy Bear.” Studdard said that affection is appreciated and returned. “I’m so grateful that I get an opportunity to be an ambassador for the […]