Alabama Man Appeals Manslaughter Conviction
An Alabama man sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for manslaughter in a 2008 shooting death at a Mississippi bar has appealed his conviction to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
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An Alabama man sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for manslaughter in a 2008 shooting death at a Mississippi bar has appealed his conviction to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and attorneys general from 21 other states have filed a friend of the court brief in opposition to a New York law banning certain kinds of semi-automatic weapons.
The Alabama Scenic River Trail has added 200 miles of waterway.
A judge in northwest Alabama has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a sexual abuse case dating to the 1990s.
Authorities say a Gadsden man is charged in an alleged sexual assault at a campground outside the Talladega Superspeedway.
Slapout native and American Idol finalist Jess Meuse has a big fan base in Elmore County. On Wednesday, about 200 people gathered in downtown Wetumpka for a watch party as Meuse tried to sing her way into the final three.
A new statewide initiative could help pave the way for good paying high tech jobs for thousands of Alabama high school students.
St. Jude Education Institute, a private school that's been in Montgomery for almost 80 years is closing for good at the end of the school year.
A Union Springs store owner is shot multiple times and lives to tell the tale.
In Butler County, 10 candidates are running in the democratic primary for the school board. We talked to parents and community members about what they want to see happen for the school system.
Maxwell Air Force Base is the home to the Air War College, where the top airmen from across the globe learn strategy. Once a year the base allows civilians in for a behind the scenes look at that strategy, as well as to hear about the biggest concerns of the Air Force.
Women volunteer to give back to the community in the Women Build Day with Habitat for Humanity.
Getting sick can be a stressful time for someone who doesn't have health insurance.
The CDC says adults with disabilities who get no aerobic physical activity are 50% more likely to have a chronic disease, like cancer, diabetes, stroke or heart disease.
A death investigation is underway in Selma after a body is found behind a building in downtown Selma.
The Nigerian government is asking the public for help in finding more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped on April 15th.
It's your last chance to vote for this year's Golden Apple Teacher of the Year.
Slapout's Jess Meuse will be taking to the American Idol stage tonight looking to make it into the top three.
Women across the country or picking up power tools, hammers, and paint brushes this week to help build houses.
Buffalo Bills and former Crimson Tide defensive lineman Marcell Dareus has been arrested in Alabama on drug charges.
A Selma man has been arrested for giving his younger brother a gun he used to shoot a 12-year-old boy.
Dutch researchers say pregnant women who had the H1N1 vaccine during the 2009 flu pandemic have children who are growing and developing normally in their first year of life.
Women about to give birth show an increase of activity in the right side of their brain, according to British researchers.
A county sheriff's office says Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl defensive lineman Marcell Dareus has been arrested in Alabama on drug charges.
Sheriff John Williams say it happened just after 6:00pm last night in the 6 thousand block of State Highway 97 south in Letohatchee.



