Alabama News

Westbound traffic is being routed off Interstate 20 in eastern Alabama because of a sinkhole that's formed in the highway in Calhoun County.

U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus said Thursday night that he is cooperating with an investigation into his financial dealings by the Office of Congressional Ethics.

The developers of the unfinished 32-story Phoenix West II told the City Council on Tuesday they don't have the money to build a pedestrian bridge over Perdido Beach Boulevard or pay for other amenities promised six years ago in better economic times.

Don Leo of Pleasant Grove survived a close call with the April 27th tornado that ravaged Pleasant Grove.

A group of Republican lawmakers ended the first week of the Alabama legislature by announcing they have introduced bills to lower legislative pay.

Alabama's presidential primary could be in store for a barnburner with new numbers showing a virtual tie among three Republican contenders.

Farmers in Alabama have been among the most vocal opponents to the state's new immigration law.

House approved a bill changing the name of the Alabama Development Office to the Alabama Department of Commerce.

Defense lawyers for three current or former state senators told jurors this afternoon that the trio did not sell their votes on a gambling bill.

In opening statements in Alabama's gambling corruption trial, a federal prosecutor told jurors casino owner Milton McGregor corrupted the Legislature by paying bribes to pass legislation to protect his casino.

18, including Charles E "Buddy" Davis, who worked on the Apollo spacecraft and other space programs and donated $4 million to Auburn University's College of Engineering.

Pictured are the members of the Turkey Heaven Volunteer Fire Department Firefighters and Ladies Auxiliary along with Ms.

Authorities say an autopsy report shows that a north Alabama woman who died after cosmetic surgery on her lips suffered from a painkiller overdose.

Shelby County Schools spokesperson Cindy Warner tells Alabama's 13 News the fire started in a wall HVAC unit about 12:00 p.m. CT.

The Birmingham News reported that Belle Foods LLC will take over stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.

Charter schools are coming to Alabama. Governor Robert Bentley said the schools could be a solution to the high dropout rate in urban areas of the state.

Merchants & Farmers Bank in Roanoke, Alabama, built in 1921, is one of the state's entries in Dwell magazine's Rethinking Preservation contest.

It's been pointed out before that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley looks an awful lot like Simpsons character C. Montgomery Burns.

Nick Saban thinks UGA QB commit Brice Ramsey is "the best QB he's seen so far" for 2013.

The jury handed down guilty verdicts against Fayad Bassam Azzam and Julia Beatriz Castro on charges of conspiracy and lying to immigration officials.