The Alabama Senate has voted to allow a church to form its own police force. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 24-4 to allow Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham to establish a law enforcement department. The church says it needs its own…
Alabama's new governor has fired the husband of the woman alleged to have had a romantic affair with former Gov. Robert Bentley. A spokeswoman says Gov. Kay Ivey dismissed Jon Mason…
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers posted more open positions in February, but the number of people getting hired and the number quitting jobs fell. The overall figures suggest that the job market remains healthy, although it has yet to take…
Federal regulators aim to maintain the ban on in-flight cellular calls. The Federal Communications Commission is looking to kill an effort it started in 2013 to give airlines the option of installing on-board cellular equipment for calls and other services.…
The U.S. government says the average price of retail gasoline will rise to $2.46 a gallon this summer as oil prices bounce back. But prices at the pump will still remain below levels of just a few years ago. The…
There is unfinished business involving former Gov. Robert Bentley. Â He has to move his belongings out of the Governor's office, the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's beach house in Fort Morgan. State Auditor Jim Zeigler says his office will do…
The Council on Substance Abuse- NCADD has launched "It's My Time" Underage Drinking Campaign at Alabama State University. According to NIAAA, in 2013, 59.4 percent of full-time college students ages 18–22 drank alcohol in the past month compared with 50.6…
A former communications adviser to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is now working for Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Garrett Murch worked for Sessions while he represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate. The Maine native most recently worked as a…
When Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey took the oath of office to become Alabama's 54th governor, most Alabamians hoped that would bring the end to years of scandals involving state…
Authorities in Alabama say a sheriff's deputy has died in a single-vehicle crash while on duty. State troopers say Lowndes County Sheriff's Office deputy Levy Pettway was killed in the wreck Monday morning in Hayneville. Officials say the vehicle Pettway…
Governor Ivey was born and raised in the town of Camden over in Wilcox County. People in her hometown seem optimistic about the prospect of having one of their own…
With Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigning ahead of an impeachment hearing, his successor will become the state's second female governor and the first to rise through the political ranks on her own. Kay…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he has decided it's time for him to step down, professing his love for the state and telling the people that he has sometimes let them down.…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has pleaded guilty after being booked on two campaign and ethics charges in Montgomery. Bentley appeared sullen and looked down at the floor during the Monday afternoon session. Attorneys went over the charges as a plea…
A person who has spoken to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he plans to resign over allegations he covered up an affair with an aide. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were…
On Friday, April 7 around 2 p.m., MPD patrol conducted a traffic stop in the area of Rexford Road at Vaughn Road in reference to identifying the suspect in an incident of criminal mischief that had just occurred. While MPD was…
Gov. Robert Bentley is only the latest Alabama high-ranking politician caught up in controversy in recent years. Dating back to the inauguration of its first Republican governor of modern times, the state has a history of its highest-ranking politicians being…
The top lawyer in an impeachment investigation says Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley did not cooperate with the probe. Special counsel Jack Sharman said Monday there was a question of the governor's "candor." Bentley is accused of misusing state resources to…
Alabama lawmakers are starting hearings that could lead to the impeachment of Republican Gov. Robert Bentley. A legislative report accuses Bentley of stonewalling investigators in a bid to hide details of…
This morning, a spokeswoman for Gov. Robert Bentley says he is "not personally involved" in any negotiations to resign. Yasamie August made the statement as the House Judiciary Committee was set to begin impeachment hearings at 10 a.m. Asked if…
The Alabama GOP joins other Republican leadership across the state in calling for Gov. Robert Bentley to resign ahead of impeachment hearings this week. They join Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, Sen. President Pro Tem Del Marsh, and many…
The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline rose 9 cents nationally over the past two weeks, to $2.43. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that increased oil prices and the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions favors decades-old drug and crime-fighting strategies - even as some involved in criminal justice during that time have come to believe those approaches went too far, and for too long. Sessions was a federal prosecutor in…
The Alabama Supreme Court says impeachment hearings can proceed against Gov. Robert Bentley, who is fighting to stay in office amid fallout from an affair with a top aide. The justices issued their ruling Saturday. A circuit judge had blocked…
