Alabama loaded up on big men and defensive backs and also pulled off a signing day coup.

Alabama lawmakers took a step toward effectively legalizing a marijuana extract that doesn't get people high, but can be used to treat certain medical conditions.

An Alabama House committee has agreed with the governor's recommendation of a cost-of-living raise of up to 4 percent for state employees.

Montgomery police say a suspect is in custody after they say he stabbed an employee at a grocery store on the Eastern Boulevard this morning.

Two men accused in a home invasion that injured the in-laws of former State Representative Jay Love have been sentenced.

A Robert E. Lee High School student is dead and another student injured when the two boys were hit by a truck as they walked on a highway near Birmingham last night.

Authorities say a student struck and killed by a pickup truck outside Birmingham was part of a group of Montgomery high school students on field trip to northern Alabama.

A new study ranks Alabama 44th among the states in long-range budgeting.

The Alabama Senate has passed a bill to toughen the state ethics law, but it went far beyond what the Senate's Republican leader had proposed.

A state Senate committee is slated to consider legislation giving a one-time pension bonus to retired state employees.

Alabama is trying to liven up its state parks with adventure sports.

Montgomery County school board members get into a heated argument after a vote to purchase land didn't go the way some board members wanted.

The former chairman of the Elmore County Republican Executive Committee, Mike Holmes, has won the Republican runoff in Alabama House District 31 and will be joining the Legislature.

After recent shootings at nightclubs, the city of Montgomery's public safety committee is considering allowing off-duty police officers to provide nightclub security -- but some city leaders say that's not a good idea.

Payday and title loan shops are some of the fastest growing businesses in the nation. But some lawmakers are worried that these loans are keeping Alabamians in poverty.

From the West Alabama newsroom-- Alabama State President Gwendolyn Boyd spent part of her second day on the job in Marion at the place where the university got its start.

It's been a topic of discussion for years- a new recreation and wellness center for Troy University.

The LPGA Classic is returning to Prattville with a new title sponsor.

Alabama House Republicans are pushing for the expansion of a program that lets high school students take job training classes at two-year colleges.