A Cullman elementary school teacher has a nice surprise for some of his students when the new school year starts. Parkside Elementary 4th-grade teacher Danny Weaver teamed up with artist Aaron Sullivan to create an entrance for students resembling the north end zone of Bryant-Denny Stadium, known as the “Walk of Champions.” .@AlabamaFTBL fans will […]

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, […]

An Alabama nonprofit is revolutionizing the way charitable organizations operate, and how volunteers can help them. Serquest is the brainchild of Henry Hammond Cobb IV of Montgomery, who envisioned a web-based solution that would bring nonprofits into the 21st century. “The idea for Serquest is, how do we create a product for all nonprofits to […]

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.

1. President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen released a tape of the president discussing paying off a Playboy playmate — Cohen’s attorney, former Clinton confidant Lanny Davis, says that the tape is his client hitting the “reset button” and he is preparing to tell the truth. — Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani argues that the […]

Does a media outlet have a requirement to disclose if a writer is an employee or a contributor? This question was raised by Congressman Mo Brooks after a series of negative, and he argues inaccurate, columns by AL.com featured columnist Clete Wetli. Wetli has been a columnist for years at AL.com, but recently received a […]

In a perfect world, Alabama’s gubernatorial contest in the November election would be more than a ceremonial formality. Things would be heating up. The two nominees would be barnstorming every nook and cranny of Alabama for the next three-and-a-half months. It is not a perfect world. We don’t look to be getting that any time soon. […]

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.

Fighting corrupt politicians in Montgomery has become a trope in Alabama politics, and one committed to by members of both parties. “I believe we must continue to root out corruption in Montgomery,” Gov. Kay Ivey’s campaign page declares. Ivey’s Democrat challenger, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, just days ago said if he wins the governorship, he […]

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.

1. While Democrats continue to blast ICE and immigration detentions, Alabama’s Rep. Bradley Byrne stands by the nations’ Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents — Democrats won’t vote to abolish ICE, but they will keep talking about it every chance they get. This will not play well for Democrats in states like Alabama, who will not […]

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.

A lot of people outside south central Alabama probably know Luverne as one of the small towns you pass through on the way to the beaches in the Florida panhandle on U.S. Highway 331. For The Washington Post’s Stephanie McCrummen, also of Roy Moore sexual allegations story fame, Luverne was one of those faraway places […]

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 […]

A stunning story this morning by AL.com’s Carol Robinson lays out some pretty terrible things going on involving Mexican drug cartels in Alabama. Stories of a decapitated 13-year-old who was killed by her grandmother’s drug dealing lovers, and 2 meth dealers associated with the cartel were arrested all in the last two weeks. Earlier this […]