Animal welfare groups are calling on Alabama Governor Kay Ivy to push for harsher laws against cockfighting in the state. Leaders said the illegal activity is contributing to the spread of bird flu and putting the comercial poultry industry at risk.
A law will go into effect Tuesday that will release 408 Alabama Department of Corrections inmates on parole supervision. The inmates will be released up to a year before their custodial sentence is scheduled to end with an electronic monitoring device.
In March, state lawmakers could debate a bill that would significantly cut the amount of "good time" inmates can serve. It comes after the shooting death of a Bibb County deputy. The pre-filed bill (SB1) now named the “Deputy Brad Johnson Act”.
It is a concept growing in popularity with Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina all passing some form of paid parental leave over the last few years, and the City of Birmingham is the latest to do it.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report into the deadly New Year’s Eve incident at Montgomery Regional Airport in which a member of ground crew personnel was “ingested into the engine” of a parked airplane.
Wyndy is an app that started in Birmingham as a way for families to connect directly with professional and vetted babysitters, but leaders said that after the pandemic, they are seeing a huge need for more flexible childcare.
Officials at the National Weather Service office spent Friday surveying storm damage in Alabama and have issued preliminary reports on the level of damage seen from those storms.
Funeral arrangements have been finalized for Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger, who died after a brief battle with cancer over the Christmas holidays.
Blount County Circuit Judge Steven D. King was suspended Tuesday after he was charged with violating the canons of judicial ethics with an anonymous letter criticizing two Blount County commissioners and a Warrior police officer.
The $5.6 million in grants will help 17 agencies across the state provide services to people who are victims of violent acts, abuse, robbery and assault, domestic violence and sexual assault.
‘Prisoner of Love’ details the relationship between Casey White and Vicky White inside Lauderdale County Jail and how it materialized into a failed scheme to run away together.
According to newly released court documents, Bryan Shawn Smith was seen at the Capitol wearing an army green jacket, a camouflage baseball hat and sunglasses at times.
There was a brief pause Tuesday at the Alabama Capitol as Gov. Kay Ivey and others gathered to mark the state’s participation on one of many Wreaths Across America ceremonies that honor America’s Armed Forces.
The storms moved eastward, bringing with them tornado warnings for several counties. Sunrise brough visual confirmation of the damage, and news of two deaths.
An inmate free on a work release holiday pass was fatally shot early Friday, apparently by the estranged husband of a woman with whom the victim kept company.
Sgt. Jeremy Burkett says alerts come through ALEA’s Fusion Center. He describes the group as people who take information and turn it into intelligence that police and the public can use.
The old rivalries between the towns of Ashland and Lineville always revolved around The Clay Bowl, the annual football clash between the two schools, but the rivalry ran much deeper. Yet, Karen Caldwell, a Lineville girl, felt herself being embraced by the town of Ashland. It was all because of a little girl named Ryleigh.
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