Alabama News

A lack of rainfall and a holiday weekend filled with fireworks and cookouts could become a recipe for fire in Alabama, where some areas are once again headed toward a potential drought.

Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner.

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 4:09 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 4:09 p.m. An outspoken critic of the state's process for awarding contracts, Democratic Rep.

Authorities said two people have been killed in a fiery collision involving two 18-wheelers in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Loxley.

The nation's largest utility can dump millions of tons of coal ash from a Tennessee spill into an Alabama landfill, federal regulators said Thursday, despite criticism that the plan is unfair to one of Alabama's poorest counties.

Alabama's maximum weekly unemployment benefit is going up $10 for people who file new claims starting Sunday.

State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks fashioned a campaign platform for governor that calls for taxes on the gambling industry and the creation of a state lottery to provide tax cuts for Alabama families and college scholarships for their children.

Julian Jenkins pleads guilty to a reduced charge of aiding and abetting the obstruction of justice.

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has asked for a new trial in his bribery case, citing claims by a whistleblower in the federal prosecutor's office that a key government witness was heavily coached.. AP photo Former Alabama Gov.

Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb made a decision Wednesday in the 2010 governor's race.

A federal lawsujit has been filed by 66 people in Mobile Couty against the manufacturers of travel trailers they say exposed them to dangerous levels of formaldehyde after Hurricane Katrina.

The Alabama Department of Public Safety is expanding its appointments scheduling for driver's license exams to its Dothan office starting today.

A jury in Mobile has ordered an energy company to pay $10.4 million over allegations it fraudulently claimed it could produce cheap fuel from hay, waste wood and other material.

There's optimism at Hyundai Motor's Alabama operations over the company's new sales incentive.

Alabama's summer climate with its extreme temperatures and high humidity can lead to heatrelated illnesses and deaths if not treated.

Alabama business leaders don't think the state or nation will get out of its recession in the third quarter, but those surveyed by the University of Alabama expect modest economic improvement.

Biologists say this year's crop of Mobile Bay shrimp are too small for most of the bay to be opened for shrimping at this point.

Authorities are searching for an Alabama prison inmate who escaped over the weekend from the Decatur Community Work Center.

New laws taking effect Wednesday in Alabama will provide more care for women with cancer, coordinate services for Alabamians with autism, and use state buildings to honor American military missing in action.

The first coral snake in 40 years has been found in the wilds of central Alabama.