From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Dallas County couple is behind bars -- charged with the abuse of an eleven year old girl.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says an education budget compromise will put more money into health insurance so employees will not face large increases in their premiums.

CBS 8 and ABC Montgomery are taking action against crime, just as the Montgomery Police Department is making history -- it's first female officer has joined the department's motorcycle unit. Now, she says she'll be able to respond more quickly to a scene.

The draft beer bill for Pike County passed through the Alabama House and Senate. But, that doesn't mean kegs are flowing yet.

The clock is running out for lawmakers to finish their business this session. They will be off next week for their spring break, but will only have three meeting days left when they return.

Montgomery Public School's new Chief Academic Officer is set to begin work on Monday.

The student Senate at the University of Alabama delayed considering a resolution that opposed racial segregation within the school's fraternities and sororities.

Chief Justice Roy Moore says Alabama's secretary of state should have been required to determine whether President Obama was born in the United States and qualified to be on state ballot in 2012.

Chief Justice Roy Moore says Alabama's secretary of state should have been required to determine whether President Obama was born in the United States and qualified to be on state ballot in 2012.

A lawyer for a death row inmate says Alabama is free to disclose the suppliers of its lethal injection drugs, and is wrong to cite her client's case as a reason not to do so.

An Alabama woman is seeking evidence from the grand jury that indicted her on a capital murder charge in the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter.

The University of Alabama intends to demolish a former dormitory for female graduate students that later became the College of Human and Environmental Sciences Design House.

Birmingham's airport is marking the one-year anniversary of an accident that killed a child inside the terminal.

Butler County has a new school superintendent. This comes two months after the previous superintendent quit.

Hundreds of people showed up to Thursday night's Board of Adjustments meeting to protest a new church being built at the corner of County Downs and Atlanta Highway.

The Dalai Lama will visit Birmingham this fall.

The Alabama Legislature has voted to give small businesses a tax break.

The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday balked at a proposal to prohibit people under the age of 19 from riding in the back of pickup trucks.

Alabama lawmakers have yet to compromise on a state education budget with time dwindling for this year's legislative session.

The Alabama Senate has approved a $1.8 billion General Fund budget that increases funding for Medicaid and supports a one-time bonus of $400 for state employees.

Alabama's prison commissioner is refusing to disclose the suppliers of Alabama's lethal injection drugs, citing a confidentiality order in a lawsuit filed by an inmate.

From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Two robbery suspects make their first appearance in a Dallas County Court Thursday.