An Alabama judge threw out the state's system for imposing the death penalty the same day Florida lawmakers passed a bill to revamp a similar sentencing mechanism. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tracie Todd sided Thursday with defense attorneys who had…
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center officials will travel to Montgomery, Alabama, March 8-10 to spread the word about the importance of the state's role in NASA’s journey to Mars and to inspire the next generations of engineers, scientists and explorers…
A huge tractor trailer will be parked outside Jackson Hospital for two days. What’s inside? An innovative, cutting edge mobile training facility, the Stryker Mobile Lab, designed for surgeons and clinical staff to learn new technology and procedures, right here at home.…
University of Alabama students have elected a new president of the Student Government Association. The Tuscaloosa News reports that Lillian Roth, a junior political science major from Montgomery, this week was elected president for 2016-17. Roth received nearly 54 percent of…
Wetumpka’s annual Arbor Day celebration will be held March 8, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Gold Star Park. This year’s event will feature a memorial tree planting, presentation of the Tree City award, and distribution of free tree seedlings to attendees. The…
Gov. Robert Bentley's plan to build four new state prisons with an $800 million bond issue has attracted scrutiny in a public hearing. Media outlets report that during Wednesday's public hearing, contractors, architects and engineers voiced concern about one aspect…
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - A prosecutor's conversations with a political operative are taking center stage in House Speaker Mike Hubbard's ethics case. A hearing is being held Thursday on Hubbard's request to dismiss the case because of what he called…
The Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to open driver's license offices in every county at least two days a week. The Decatur Daily (http://bit.ly/1QmKt7g ) reports that the Senate General Fund…
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Volunteers with Troy Animal Rescue Project are speaking up about animal abuse. One volunteer has recently fostered a dog found wandering the streets of Pike County. When found, she says the dog-now named hope was malnourished and leary of interaction…
Marengo County Sheriff's deputies are asking for your help in finding a missing man. They say 48-year-old Woodie Thompson hasn't been seen since Saturday, February 20. Investigators say Thompson was last seen in the Dixon Mills area. They think he…
A 17 year-old is charged in the murder of 29-year-old Danny Parker after a shooting in Union Springs Saturday, February 27th around 10:30 a.m. The 17-year-old's name has not been released yet but his bond was set at $75,000. He…
The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies is awarding a record $22,552 in new, free books to elementary-, middle- and high-school libraries in the Black Belt region of the state. It does so via the SLIS Book…
A House committee has approved an education budget that would give most teachers a four percent pay raise. The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday gave a unanimous approval to the $6.3 billion spending plan for 2017. The four…
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Protesters lead by civil rights activists, Jamel Brown, gathered in front of the Montgomery Police Department on Ripley St, protesting for the shooting death of Greg Gunn by a Montgomery police officer. They vow to have protests and demonstrations in different spots in…
March 2 has been deemed National Read Across America Day. Not only is it National Read Across America Day but its world famous children's book writer, Dr. Seuss's, birthday. Today, and in fact every day, is a day to celebrate…
Authorities say an Alabama prison inmate has escpaed. Inmate Jeremy McCormick left from his assigned job location at approximately 9:49am on Tuesday morning. His assigned job location is located in Sylacauga, AL in Talladega County. McCormick was last seen wearing a…
A jury has found an east Alabama man guilty of capital murder in the death of his 20-month-old daughter. The Gadsden Times reports that jurors deliberated Stephon Lindsay's fate for less than two hours Tuesday before reaching the decision. During the…
Alabama State Troopers say a Jones man was killed when the pickup truck he was driving overturned in Autauga County. Troopers say 51-year-old Larry Earl Blue was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Autauga County Road 88 near Autauga County…
A partnership between the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and Jacksonville State University’s Center for Applied Sciences is providing valuable training and tools for smaller law enforcement agencies across Alabama. The center is hosting multiple training events to…
(From ABC News) Nine House Republicans----including Alabama's Mo Brooks---- voted against naming a North Carolina post office after poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou Tuesday afternoon, the latest example of the polarization surrounding even the most mundane proceedings…
