Alabama News

A possible tornado as it crossed U.S. 31 near Athens this afternoon, May 17, 2013.

April's rate represents 150,503 unemployed persons, compared to 155,011 last month and 158,749 in April 2012.

New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies _ bed rest _ doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.

Following a weather delay of more than two hours, the Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-0, to close day one of the 2013 NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional being held at Rhoads Stadium this week.

Before the civil rights movement Alabama blacks faced discrimination on their way to getting law degrees and licenses to practice I and many others stand on the shoulders of giants who had to do those extraordinary things," - Anthony Joseph incoming Alabama State Bar president.

This fall, the CW will have a completely new schedule. Veteran shows like Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries will be moved to a different night in order to add new shows like Reign and The Originals.

Sen. Billy Beasley, D-Clayton, and other members of the Alabama Senate Democratic Caucus call for the repeal of private school tax credits established by the Alabama Accountability Act.

The new Nordstrom Rack store opened today in the River Ridge Shopping Center on U.S. 280 in Birmingham.

The four finalists in the statewide BBQ Sauce-Off are LawLers Barbecue Sauce, Costa's Famous Original Bar-B-Que Sauce, Phil's BBQ and Viper Sauce.

All children deserve a quality education, no matter where they're from and no matter how much money their parents make.

Road-paving crews working along U.S. 98 reduce traffic down to one lane on April 30, 2013, in Foley Ala.

Over the course of this spring, we've been taking a look at some of the top recruiting targets at each position group for the Tide for the Class of 2014.

With her district-level team in place, Jackson has started to evaluate school principals to determine if they should stay in their current position or not.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Alabama law addresses allegations of rape or non-consensual sex between adults through both felony and misdemeanor charges.

The M/V Yokamu, a 271-foot-long, 39-foot-wide retired cargo ship, makes its way under the Dr.

The Huntsville Times and AL.com want to know what you think about the possibility of increasing the threshold for drunk driving.

Fire is a labor of love. I recognized that this week, as we set aflame the 30-odd acres of our longleaf forest wildflower restoration at Mobile Botanical Gardens.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Attorneys for a Jefferson County man, who had been on death row and was granted a new trial by an appeals court, plan to ask a judge to dismiss the cases against him entirely after a hearing this week in which the key witness in his first trial recanted her testimony and revealed she had received more than $10,000 in reward ... (more)

"The people of the state do believe that public money should go to public education, and I believe that," Bentley said.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Another 15 Alabamians have been found guilty of defrauding the state's unemployment insurance benefits program and must pay restitution of more than $47,000 combined, according to the Department of Labor.