Alabama's Austal USA on Wednesday officially delivered the future USS Mobile (LCS 26) to the United States Navy.

C Spire began connecting its first Alabama customers this month to the company's ultra-fast, fiber-based Gigabit broadband internet services.

Former University of Alabama head football coach Ray Perkins passed away at his Northport home on Wednesday morning.

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she is extending Alabama’s mask mandate until January 22, 2021, as the state deals with coronavirus numbers that have never been larger. No other changes were made to the state’s “Safer-at-home” order, which can be read in its entirety here. Ivey, in November, removed many of the […]

Newborns at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham will receive an extra blessing during December: a hand-sewn Christmas stocking to help welcome them to the world. Thanks to volunteers of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO), the St. Vincent’s Volunteer program and the Acts group at Gardendale Baptist Church, St. Vincent’s Hospital received about 200 handmade […]

A lawsuit has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Texas as a challenge to the voting procedures in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, saying that these voting procedures violated the Constitution.

Last month, the Republicans in the Alabama State Senate unanimously nominated State Sen. Greg Reed (R-Jasper) to replace State Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) as the caucus’ choice for Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore. Reed, who currently serves as the body’s majority leader, is set to have his current majority leader role filled by State Sen. […]

Back in October, a group called the Alabama New South Coalition advertised an offer to pastors of money in exchange for getting church parishioners to vote early via absentee ballot. Subsequently, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, the state’s chief election official, called it not a “best practice,” but said such an effort by the […]

Alabama is currently experiencing its worst coronavirus numbers of the pandemic as the imminent vaccines remain months away from being widely distributed. According to data from the website BamaTracker, the state has added 2,710 cases per day over the last week, the highest rate yet seen and one likely being accelerated by infections that occurred […]

Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson announced that Jalen Hurts will start at quarterback against the New Orleans Saints this Sunday.

Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report covering November. It contained some good news, some bad news and some downright ugly news. First, let’s look at the good news. The economy added 245,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.7% from a high of 14.7% in April. […]

Alabama waters will remain closed to private angler and state-licensed charter red snapper fishing until the 2021 season is established.

On the state level, the language is not explicit, meaning it is not laid out as a power of the State Health Officer, an unelected position, but it does not forbid it. On the local level, the power is more clear and Orr believes county health officials could force a vaccine.

My pastor recently quipped that it felt like we are in the fifth year of 2020. True that. But in the midst of that sentiment, the question on many minds right now is “how long will the 2020 elections go on?” Aren’t we supposed to have an “election day?” Like, just one day? The short […]

The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ (NFIB) state director in Alabama says small business owners in the state are closely watching the ongoing U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia to determine if the Senate will remain hospitable to small businesses. Rosemary Elebash, NFIB State director for Alabama said in a release Monday, “Small business owners […]

At his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn was asked about frequently being on the coaching "hot seat."

Chuck Yeager, an American hero and the first pilot to break the sound barrier, passed away on Monday at age 97. His storied life included two stints at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery. Both of Yeager’s stops in Alabama’s capital city were to advance his education, and each lasted for less than a year. […]

Alabama State Rep. Joe Faust (R-Fairhope) is in the intensive care unit at Thomas Hospital with a case of COVID-19, local TV station WKRG reported late Monday. Faust, 80, was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2004. He told WRKG he was getting good treatment from the medical staff at the hospital, […]

Shop local this holiday season with this Alabama-made gift guide. You'll find something for everyone on your list with these 30 gifts.

Officials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama System say the planned Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building at UAB will have a profound effect on the health care of residents of the state and beyond. Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced the project would receive $50 million in state funding […]

It’s likely that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to provide that people in the United States will be prioritized for receiving the coronavirus vaccine, instead of doses being sent elsewhere.

Jimmy Parnell on Monday was reelected to a fifth two-year term as president of the Alabama Farmers Federation.

U.S. Army General Lloyd J. Austin (Ret.), an Alabama native, has been selected to lead the Department of Defense under a Biden administration.

Alabama sophomore Will Reichard and Auburn junior Anders Carlson are semifinalists for the 2020 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award.