Montgomery Police are investigating an incident in which they say a man set his wife on fire this afternoon on Dalraida Place, near Wares Ferry Road. They say the woman's injures are described as life-threatening. No names released so…
Through the years, 88 films have earned the Oscar for Best Picture. But within that elite group, there are great movies and — yes — not-so-great ones. In fact, if you listen to the critics, some best picture winners are…
An Auburn police officer was shot Friday afternoon after police say he pulled over a man accused of armed robbery. The suspected shooter has been identified as…
The Nat King Cole Society will hold a celebration and scholarship fundraiser on March 17....the day he would have turned 100. The house in which Cole was born is being preserved on the ASU campus, and work on exhibits telling…
The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady will be in Selma for the bridge crossing jubilee. She will participate in jubilee activities, but more importantly she will…
The only real change in Alabama since that school shooting one year ago was an executive order allowing administrators to have guns in certain schools. Governor Ivey sidestepped the legislature by signing an executive order that allows administrators at schools…
The National Democratic Party has overruled the state party and recommended it to hold a new election for chair within 90 days. The national group also wants the state party to change its election rules. The decision came in…
Alabama is getting a new area code. AT&T says the 659 area code will be used in parts of west central Alabama in April. The new code will be an addition to the 205 area code, not a replacement for…
The Houston Chronicle and The San Antonio Express investigated allegations of sex abuse at Southern Baptist churches and identified 700 victims allegedly abused by 380 Southern Baptist leader and volunteers over 20 years. The papers created a searchable…
Police in Troy are investigating an apparent fatal hunting accident. They say an as yet unnamed 61 year old man was shot to death by a hunting partner who mistook him for a deer on Pike County Road 7741. The…
An Episcopal church pew in Montgomery with a brass marker designating it as the pew in which the first and only president of the Confederacy sat has been put into storage. An unmarked pew has been put in its…
AP-AL--Inmate Suicides Advocacy group: Alabama has prison suicide crisis MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An advocacy group says Alabama officials have failed to address a rising suicide rate in state prisons despite a federal court order to improve conditions for mentally…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - An unusual gathering is planned this weekend on the U.S. Gulf Coast: a get-together for descendants of the last Africans abducted and shipped to the United States into slavery. The event will be held Saturday in…
24/7 WallSt. is out with a list of the 50 worst U.S. cities in which to live.....and there are five Alabama cities on the list. The website names: Bessemer (#6), Anniston (#9), Prichard (#12), Fairfield (#34), and Arab (#35)…
A Muslim inmate who complained in a legal challenge that Alabama wouldn't let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber has been put to death after the nation's highest court cleared the way. Authorities say 42-year-old Dominique…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones says he is confident nominee William Barr will follow the rule of law, be respectful of Civil Rights and voting laws, and will be fair with the Mueller…
A man accused of molesting a horse is now accused of trying to break into a Mobile County home with a stun gun and a sex toy. Report say Daniel James Bennett, 19, was arrested Monday on charges including attempted…
Southern regional banks BB&T and SunTrust are combining in an all-stock deal valued at about $66 billion. The banks said Thursday that the combined company will be the sixth-largest U.S. bank based on assets and deposits. It will have approximately…
Alabama was among the deadliest states in the U.S. for child pool and spa drownings in 2018, with 8 child swimming pool and spa drownings occurring last year. This is an increase of 50 percent over 2017, when there…
Alabama residents rank second when it comes to being worried about crime. That's according to a survey by a security equipment company safewise. The number one state where resident worry the least: Vermont. The rest of the report is…
The family of E.J Bradford Jr. is outraged after state Attorney General Steve Marshall ruled that a Hoover Police Officer will not be charged with Bradford's death. Bradford was killed…
FILE- In this June 20, 2008, file photo Kristoff St. John accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his work on "The Young and the Restless" at the 35th Annual Daytime…
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law…
Those of us who live here in Alabama know about the Civil Rights Monuments, the Maya Lin fountain, and the bridge, and the church,…
For many people Prattville is known as the small town just a few miles north of Montgomery. Look past its shopping malls just off I-65, and this growing town is filled with southern charm.…
