State News

By Alaina Bookman The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is taking to the basketball court to persuade teens and young adults to settle quarrels or feuds with words – not guns. A community basketball tournament, organized this […]

By Hannah Denham Alabama legislators want the state to jump in on a growing startup industry: novel aircraft designed to quickly take off and land for short-distance travel. This sort of technology could allow passengers […]

By Lawrence Specker Planners of Mobile’s new Africatown Welcome Center continue to zero in on a design, with hopes of breaking ground before year’s end – and an online survey gives the public a chance to […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Early this year, in the small mining town of Jasper, a man died of hypothermia after two weeks in county jail, launching national headlines and an investigation by the FBI. But it’s not […]

By Lee Roop U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) is threatening to subpoena documents and compel top military leaders to appear before the House Armed Services Committee he chairs in state lawmakers’ growing fury over the U.S. […]

By Dennis Pillion The Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced a proposed settlement agreement this week with the operators of the Big Sky Landfill in Adamsville, resolving 54 alleged violations of the landfill’s permit, including hazardous waste found […]

By Trisha Powell Crain School is starting for a lot of students in Alabama. Most students and families likely registered for school over the summer, completing all of the necessary paperwork including providing proof that they actually […]

By Cody D. Short A group of college friends in Alabama are revolutionizing the way people complete their taxes. Tevin Harrell, Olumuyiwa Aladebumoye, Bre Johnson, Jordan Ward, and Justin Robinson all met at Auburn University. They […]

By Trisha Powell Crain Hundreds of Alabama children may be physically restrained or secluded behind locked doors thousands of times during the school year, according to federal education data. The state has not provided journalists with […]

By Leada Gore Summer drivers already dealing with scorching temperatures are feeling the heat in another place  – the gas pump. At the start of the week, analyst Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy.com wrote the nation’s average price of […]