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According to the Red Cross, although about 38 percent of people can donate blood, less than 10 percent do.
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According to the Red Cross, although about 38 percent of people can donate blood, less than 10 percent do.
Despite reports that gas prices could be rising, they are continuing to drop in the river region.
The Montgomery County Commission approved the expansion of the town's volunteer fire department board from three to five members.
They have fun playing with legos and have normal kid interests. But their lives are far from normal. Both Matthew and Jackson, along with their mother, Lisa, have osteogenesis imperfecta.  "Well, my bone disease affects the way I play. So…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has appointed nearly 30 people to a council that will advise state officials and education leaders on tailoring the state's educational programs to the workforce needs of new and existing businesses.
It only comes once every four years. But when it does, Americans of all backgrounds and interests seem to have World Cup fever-- this year maybe more than ever.
It's a controversial issue that won't soon go away... Hobby Lobby is now exempt from having to pay for contraceptives like "the morning after pill."
Montgomery police say it happened at Garden Street and Don Juan court near Lower Wetumpka road.
It's the first time Murphy has said this since he announced his forced retirement.
Gov. Robert Bentley says Alabama state waters will be open to fishing for red snapper and gray triggerfish every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in July.
The state attorney general's office says its prosecution of former state Senate leader Lowell Barron will be over if an appellate court upholds all three rulings issued by the judge in Barron's case.
A unanimous Supreme Court says police may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without first acquiring search warrants.
He overdosed on a drug used to treat his insomnia.
James had two years and over 42 million dollars remaining on his deal with the Heat.
The Creekwalk concert series kicks off in Prattville at seven.
U.S. Rep. Martha Roby says the latest report on the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System is consistent with what she's been hearing about phony medical practices and the Veterans Administration inspectors not being aggressive about complaints.
Authorities said thunderstorms that rolled across Alabama Monday evening knocked out power to more hundreds of customers in the Auburn area.
We caught up with Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd to ask her about a lawsuit recently filed against the school as well the state of the university.
The director of a Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System says a whistleblower complaint about a VA physician cutting and pasting notes in patient files was correct, but records are being reviewed to make sure that doesn't happen again.
An accrediting agency has issued a warning to Alabama State University for failing to comply with several accreditation standards.
Attorney General Luther Strange wants an appeals court to reconsider its ruling striking down Alabama's sexual misconduct law.
The attorney general's staff has told a Montgomery judge that he should step aside from the trial of a major ethics case because the attorney general's office is prosecuting his son on an attempted murder charge.
J-D Power awarded three Hyundai vehicles their highest award for initial quality.
Residents say this could spell trouble.
That's the word according to the Montgomery Advertiser.