Alabama Lawmakers Advance Transgender Bathroom Bill
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would bar transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their current gender identity.
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Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would bar transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their current gender identity.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to ban a list of “divisive concepts” from being taught in K-12 classrooms and state worker training.
Severe storms on Tuesday took down trees and power lines throughout the area. The cleanup will be starting immediately in Elmore County.
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the Alabama Numeracy Act into law.
Alabama State Troopers say a Prattville man has been killed in a one-car crash. State troopers say 29-year-old Terance Whitfield was killed just before 11PM on Monday night. Investigators say the car he was driving crossed the center line, left…
The Amber Alert for a kidnapped nine-month-old Montgomery boy was canceled late Monday night after he was found.
Montgomery police say a man has been killed in a one-car wreck.
Alabama lawmakers are returning to Montgomery with a number of large issues to be decided in the closing days of the legislative session.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management says more than 400 water and sewer systems have applied for grants funded by pandemic relief money.
An Elmore County man was arrested and a woman was sent to the hospital after a boat crash on Lake Martin Saturday night.
Montgomery Police say a man was killed after a car accident early Sunday morning.
Montgomery Police say a juvenile female was shot on Saturday night.
Fewer people are being treated for COVID-19 in Alabama hospitals than at any time since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
Gov. Kay Ivey welcomed families to the Alabama Governor's Mansion for the Third Annual Magic Moments Easter Egg Roll.
Easterseals Central Alabama held its 18th Annual Autism Crawfish Boil on Saturday at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery.
The 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base has commemorated its final C-130 flights with a "4-ship" formation.
Montgomery Police say just before 1 a.m. on Friday a man was shot in the 3400 block of Lexington Rd.
Alabama State University President Dr. Quinton Ross has been appointed to a White House advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities.
Prattville police want to find the people who stole five trailers from the same location.
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that has left a woman dead.
Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey has announced a man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2015 murder of his former girlfriend.
The campaign is to help be the voice for agricultural stakeholders in Alabama to promote the sustainable practices that farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners are already doing.
The last time the Alabama report card was released was in 2015, since then there have only been a few areas of improvement in the infrastructure in Alabama. The overall rating for the state is a C minus, but leaders from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) say that the rating could be worse and they are looking towards improvement.
The Autauga County Sheriff's Office says a second arrest has been made in a shooting that left one person dead and three injured in Autaugaville.
Prattville police are investigating a shooting that left a 16-year-old boy injured.



