The Montgomery Baptist Association has set up a fund for the family of 13-year-old Maribel Barrera to help with funeral costs and other expenses. Â Barrera was shot and killed at her home on Park Avenue in Montgomery early Thursday morning.…
Rhode Island's higher education commissioner is leaving to take a similar job in his home state of Alabama. The state Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner announced Friday that Jim Purcell will become executive director…
Republican leaders have abruptly pulled their troubled health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., withdrew the legislation…
 The Troy Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects that walked into First National Bank and cashed two counterfeit checks that appeared to be drawn on a local business on Madison Street. The two suspects,…
The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who was hurt in a car crash that ended a police chase can't sue the officers or the city where it occurred. The justices on Friday turned back an appeal filed by Bria…
A West Alabama website reports that the wife of former Alabama Republican Party Chairman, Bill Armistead was hit and killed by a vehicle Thursday, March 23. Emily Armistead was crossing Highway 43 to attend a funeral at Linden United Methodist…
Alabama's unemployment rate is down slightly as more workers find jobs. The state Department of Labor says Alabama's jobless rate for February was 6.2 percent. That's two-tenths of a percent lower than January's rate. The February jobless rate represents nearly…
Gerry Purcell with the Wetumpka Area Chamber is excited about the growth he's seeing in the city. "We're seeing businesses started," he explained, "we have an incubator and an innovation center here…
It was a big night for a local non-profit Thursday evening. "That's My Child" youth organization held its first gala to help raise support for its new youth center. Guests…
Butler County authorities arrested a man they say was running an illegal shot house in Georgiana. Shot houses are known as places where…
On Monday at approximately 2:25 p.m., the Trustmark Bank in Georgiana, Alabama was robbed. The bank is located at 412 West Street, Highway 106. The suspect in the robbery has been identified as Kelvin Golden. Golden is said to be…
Black members of Congress are calling for the Justice Department to help police investigate a large number of missing children in Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia logged 501 cases of missing juveniles, many of them black or Latino, in…
A board is seeking an investigation into the election of a new University of Alabama student government president who won with the open backing of a secretive campus society. The student government's election board asked Thursday for the Office of…
If your eyes are already starting to itch and you can't stop sneezing...you're not alone. The mild winter weather has kick-started an early allergy season. Spring is officially here, and pollen is…
April 8th and 9th the air show is making a return to Maxwell Air Force Base. On the same weekend, "All-American Weekend" is making it's debut. Thursday, Mayor Todd Strange announced a series…
House Republican leaders have postponed a vote on their health care bill in a setback for President Donald Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan. Prospects for the Republicans' showcase health care bill had looked grimmer by the minute Thursday despite Trump's…
Sportscasters rehearse calling big moments over and over in their heads, but few ever get the chance to make a call that will echo through the years. CBS Sports’ Verne Lundquist is one of the lucky ones, who, in a…
Iowa State University President Steven Leath is leaving behind achievements that landed him the top job at Auburn University, but also has a history of testing ethical boundaries. The next Auburn University president is a prolific fundraiser and charming academic…
The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says there's "no deal" on the GOP health care legislation after a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump. The assertion from Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina throws plans…
Nakia Palmer, 34, an employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA), and her husband, Nathaniel Palmer, 29, both of Montgomery, Alabama, were arrested yesterday after being charged with eight separate offenses, all related to the Palmers’ schemes to fraudulently receive…
Twenty-five tiny houses will be auctioned off online next month as their northwest Alabama builder is liquidated to pay creditors. The auctioneer's website describes them as "in various stages of completion." Al.com (http://bit.ly/2mRfSEg ) reports that the Bear Creek Company,…
A judge has recused himself from the trial of a white Montgomery police officer charged with murdering a black man. Judge James Anderson removed himself from the case Thursday because his son works for a law firm representing Officer Aaron…
Governor Bentley on Wednesday addressed a letter to President Trump thanking the President and his Administration for developing a three-pronged approach to improve health-care delivery and health insurance in our country. Governor Bentley is also looking forward to working with…
Agriculture officials say bird flu has been confirmed at another commercial chicken farm in Alabama. The low-pathogenic illness found in birds at a Cullman County farm is similar to the one found in two other commercial operations in the state.…
In this photo, Ric Rooney stands in his updated tanning salon, northeast of downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. Rooney estimates the "tan tax" cost him nearly $100,000 over the past five years. Finances had gotten so tight…
