Alabama News

WDHN's Ken Curtis reports that at least two deaths are under investigation to determine the illness caused them.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - AL.com reporter Chuck Dean talks about the happenings in the Alabama Legislature on the last day of the regular session Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Alabama State House.

The Senate voted 26-6 Monday afternoon to give final passage to the bond legislation.

When the session began in February, Democratic legislators said their No. 1 goal was expanding Alabama's Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act.

JACKSONVILLE, Alabama -- It was inevitable, perhaps, that Gary Sinise would announce one song with a line from one of his trademark films - perhaps the trademark film for these parts.

As much of the country breathlessly followed the coverage of the Supreme Court's two marriage equality cases in March, Will Batts was busy fighting battles on numerous fronts.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The National Weather Service's offices in the Birmingham area has issued a hazardous weather outlook that warns about heavy rainfall in east-central Alabama that could result in flash flooding.

When Brad Moody left Texas for Alabama and a political science position at Auburn Montgomery in 1972, he figured he'd hang around for a year or two before moving on.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban headlined a class of eight who was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.

An Alabama judge has overturned a Troy man's two rape convictions and ordered a new trial, saying prosecutors failed to share evidence relevant to the man's defense.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Legislators return Monday for a jam-packed final day of the legislative session with key votes looming on campaign finance, state borrowing, guns in workplace parking lots and the drug testing of welfare recipients.

The Tide outhit No. 1 Vandy Saturday, but the Commodores drew nine walks and made the most of them in a 14-10 win over Alabama at Hawkins Field.

This file photo shows the Inside of one of 2,100 dialysis centers owned by Fresenius Medical Care in North America.

Several flash flood warnings are in effect in east Alabama, and rain is expected throughout the day in central Alabama.

State Sen. Cam Ward is trying. Really. While it may not look like he did much this year where opening Alabama's election ballot is concerned, he did introduce his bill.

Athens-based LawLers Barbecue was judged best sauce in North Alabama. Above, a new LawLers location in Madison Corners on U.S. Highway 72 at Balch Road.

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.