Alabama News

DOTHAN, Ala. - A reality show changed Roger Shultz's life. The Enterprise resident appeared on season five of the NBC weight-loss show "The Biggest Loser." He didn't win the $250,000 prize, but Shultz feels he walked away a winner nonetheless.

The Small Business Administration says the deadline for drought disaster victims in 11 counties to apply for disaster loans is Aug.

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 12:18 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 12:18 p.m. Alabama's Black Belt is hoping to scare up tourism dollars by establishing a ghost trail this summer that will stretch across the region.

ANNISTON - National Guardsmen at the Alabama Military Academy in Anniston aren't lining up to see the new movie "Bruno" even though the academy is featured in trailers for the comedy.

Help is on the way to some unemployed Alabamians. Governor Riley's office is providing a $1.3 million grant for job-training for people who've recently lost their jobs.

Tommy Chapman, a southwest Alabama prosecutor, says he will stay out of the race for the Democratic nomination for attorney general and continue to serve in his current job and continue his battle against cancer.

Public Service Commission President Lucy Baxley fell and broke her hip Tuesday, requiring surgery and giving her another challenge in her long comeback from a stroke.

Mack Kirby was a habitual offender serving life in prison without parole until the Alabama Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that gave him a second chance.

A California-based drug maker accused of cheating Alabama's Medicaid program out of $23 million from 1991 to 2005 should be made to pay up to five times that amount to "get their attention," an attorney for the state told jurors in closing arguments Wednesday.

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office responded to an alleged robbery at the Alabama Welcome Center on Interstate 10 west of the Florida line at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Maj.

The Alabama Department of Public Health has proposed a $650 civil penalty against BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing of Tuscaloosa for a violation of the Rules of the State Board of Health.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Charles Price says he won't run for governor. Some leaders of the black wing of the state Democratic Party, the Alabama Democratic Conference, had been encouraging Price to enter next year's Democratic primary against U.S. Rep.

Published: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. A bill being drafted by state Rep.

After touring the Enterprise-Ozark Community College's Aviation Training Center this morning, Governor Bob Riley commented that no other state is doing more to prepare workers for jobs in the aviation and aerospace industries.

Capt. Zachary Kaye, shown here during his first tour in Iraq, says Iraqi police and soldiers appear better able now to handle security in the country.

The 2010 race for state treasurer is beginning to take shape, with two potential candidates deciding against running and another entering the contest on Monday.

The submerged car was found Wednesday of a man whoa s body was found in the Black Warrior River on Monday.

A Montgomery Zoo veterinarian says final necropsy reports show the deaths of a 23-year-old African elephant and her 1-month-old calf weren't related to breeding elephants in zoos.

Thirteen is a lucky number for Baya Bakari, the 14-year-old girl who survived when a Yemenia Airlines plane crashed into the Indian Ocean Tuesday morning.

Let's hope the Alabama Supreme Court quickly resolves the question of electronic bingo once and for all -- if nothing else to end the war between Gov.