BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a 7-year-old boy has been killed when a fire engulfed his mobile home near Birmingham. The child was pronounced dead on Wednesday at the scene of the blaze at the Jefferson County residence. Sgt. Joni Money said a call to 911 reported that the boy was trapped inside a bedroom in the home. Palmerdale…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has raised $1.2 million in her bid for reelection, her campaign announced Thursday. The Republican incumbent’s fundraising could deter challengers from either side of the aisle in the 2022 election. In a bit of saber-rattling, her campaign made the sizable figure known ahead of mandatory election filings. “The people of Alabama are…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A jury on Thursday found a north Alabama man guilty of killing his pregnant wife and her family in 2015. Jurors deliberated for nearly two days before finding Christopher Henderson guilty of multiple counts of capital murder, news outlets reported. Kristin Smallwood Henderson was nine months pregnant with Henderson’s child at the time of the killings….
FRONT TODAY: A surface front will drop into Alabama today, increasing our rain chances and today looks to be a rather wet day for the state. It will be cloudy with periods of rain and storms, with rain amounts over an inch in most locations. Due to the clouds and rain, highs today will only be in the 80s. TROPICAL…
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Authorities in Fort Deposit say the man accused of opening fire at a funeral and killing one person is in custody.
WELCOME TO JULY: Today is muggy as tropical moisture remains in place across the state. We are seeing a mix of sun and clouds, but heading into the afternoon, clouds are increasing and these will become those randomly scattered, showers and thunderstorms. Pretty routine for summertime in Alabama, before the storms get going, temperature are heading into the upper 80s…
FILE – This March 19, 2020, file photo, shows a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident. Alabama on Wednesday became the second state to challenge the U.S. Census Bureau’s decision to delay by six months the release of data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, as it took aim at the accuracy of a privacy protection system…
An Alabama man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the Oath Keepers extremist group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and is cooperating with prosecutors in another major boost for the Justice Department in its sweeping Jan. 6 investigation. Mark Grods appeared in federal court in Washington on Wednesday. He is the second member of the far-right Oath…
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — A Scottsboro dentist was killed Tuesday when he was hit by a car while riding his bike, police said. Dr. Wayne Augustus Patterson III, 65, died in a bicycle accident. Bart Buchanan, who was a close friend to Patterson, told the station that Patterson loved riding. “He loved riding his bike, he loved running, was a…
