AL.com @al.com · 1hAn Alabama law that would strip a father convicted for possessing child pornography of the right to live with his child has been deemed unconstitutional as it relates to his case, a federal court ruled Tuesday. 220
AL.com @al.com · 12hA fire in Oak Mountain State Park caused by a lightning strike last week is still burning. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Alabama Forestry Commission said the fire has now reached around 250 acres and is 50 percent contained. No injuries or damages have been reported. 011
AL.com @al.com · 14hOne band director calls this a great example of marching band culture in between north Alabama schools 110
AL.com @al.com · 14hSen. Eric Schmitt accused Smith of perjury and called him a dirtbag. His trap fell apart, however, just as a camera zoomed in on Sen. Britt. 68514
AL.com @al.com · 18h A proposed data center became such a major issue in Bessemer that voters elected a new mayor. Here's how Alabama became a hotspot for data centers and why the debate is starting to reshape local and state politics. 011
AL.com @al.com · 20hAL.com spent more than a year investigating the State of Healthcare in Alabama. Here’s what we found 110
AL.com @al.com · 22h"The issue today is dumber than Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s flying furry conspiracy theories," writes columnist John Archibald. 122
AL.com @al.com · 29/09/2026Holloway was one of Alabama’s top players in 2025-26, his second season with the program. 110
AL.com @al.com · 29/09/2026The Alabama Department of Public Health is urging the public to become more aware of rabies precautions due to an increase of human-related exposures and infections involving domestic animals 412
AL.com @al.com · 28/09/2026Alabama meteorologist Jason Simpson recently pointed out that the last time more than 90 percent of the state saw 'measurable rain' on the same day was on June 19 – 101 days ago. Some of the most rain since then is projected this weekend. 010
AL.com @al.com · 28/09/2026Patients in Alabama can’t get certain treatments. Doctors and hospitals argue they’re underpaid, and they say that the insurer’s "monopoly" forces them to "take it" or close. 111
AL.com @al.com · 28/09/2026David Harer of Professional Fire Fighters of Alabama writes: "Sadly, in 2025, Alabama ranked seventh in the nation for highway-rail grade crossing collisions, with 87 accidents that killed eight people and injured 48 more. Those are calls my members run." 110
AL.com @al.com · 27/09/2026"If El-Sayed reaches Washington with an aggressive socialist agenda, Moore would represent one of the senators expected by conservative voters to resist it," writes columnist Tripp Skipper. 200
AL.com @al.com · 27/09/2026Charles McCrory was sent to prison for his wife's murder 40 years ago. Now, a federal judge said his 1985 trial was unfair. 100
AL.com @al.com · 27/09/2026Consistency, longevity, attention to detail equal success for Oak Mountain High School 'Spirit of Cahaba' Marching Band. That, plus the sweat. Read more from Rick Karle at the link in comments. 200
AL.com @al.com · 27/09/2026Alabama’s ban on vaping in public places will go into effect on Oct. 1. Gov. Kay Ivey in April signed legislation adding “the use of an electronic nicotine delivery system” to the state’s longtime ban on smoking in public places. 110
AL.com @al.com · 27/09/2026"When your political strategy is built on saying more and more offensive things, eventually you run out of offensive things to say and people to offend," writes columnist Kyle Whitmire. 1133
AL.com @al.com · 27/09/2026ICYMI: No matter how famous he gets, Riley Green’s heart remains in Alabama. And during his conversation with Country Living, Green emphasized that coming home and spending time with his family are priorities. Read about what the star said 👇 110
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Shenanigans Comedy Theatre, a growing Huntsville comedy club and resource center, is bursting at the seams! It will triple in size for performances, movie screenings and community services. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026www.al.com/news/2026/09...al.comTwo Alabama HBCUs headed to 2027 National Battle of the BandsThe 2027 Pepsi National Battle of the Bands will take place January 2027. 010
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026ICYMI: Eufaula was the only place in the South to make the national list of 'most overlooked.' What Alabama towns do you think are underrated? 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026There's a new state law requiring that “all state and local entities and their employees” use the term Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico. WBHM is licensed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and all its employees are state employees. 120
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026ICYMI: This unpretentious, old-school country store serves some of the most famous burgers in Alabama. The place isn’t fancy, but it’s authentic and down-to-earth, with a staff that welcomes seasoned regulars and wide-eyed newcomers alike. Check it out 🍔 200
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Mother Jones reported one person complained about the organization: “I am so devastated that Christians like Tim Tebow made me trust in something that has taken so much money from me. This is evil, especially because I’m disabled on a limited income.” 221
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Dothan High head football coach Jed Kennedy has stepped down effective immediately. Assistant coach Jimmie Tyson will lead Dothan for the remainder of the season. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Woodrow Lowe, an All-American linebacker and College Football Hall of Famer, had Stage 4 CTE when he died last November at 71, his family confirmed to AL.com this week. 111
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Another $283,200 will fund the expansion of the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026A 94-year-old Coden man died after his pickup collided head-on with another vehicle on Alabama 188 in Mobile County. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Ernest Chrisopher Nathan, 47, was fatally shot Tuesday in Marengo County as members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force tried to arrest him. 🔗 mrf.lu/2mB1J 000
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Matt Wake visited a unique music program in Owens Cross Roads. “I think I get more therapy than anybody from this," Merrimack music leader Antony Sharpe says. "It puts a lot of perspective on stuff... I just love it." 111
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026The Huntsville City Council passed an ordinance on Thursday to exempt hearing aids from city sales and use tax. But the ordinance will not go into effect until Sept. 1, 2027. 110
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026The Huntsville City Council passed an ordinance on Thursday to exempt hearing aids from city sales and use tax. But the ordinance will not go into effect until Sept. 1, 2027. 111
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance Inc. is scheduled to begin trial Monday in Montgomery state court. It marks the first case of its kind against the social media platform to reach trial. 200
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Roosevelt Sankey II died Sept. 21, a day after he was booked into the Montgomery Municipal Jail. 110
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026An indoor pickleball venue located in Vestavia Hills is closing. The business opened in March 2025. 110
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026At least five Starbucks locations in Alabama will close as part of a broader plan to shutter underperforming stores across the U.S. 300
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026The fund had limited money until 2011, when oil was discovered on property owned by the Amos estate. Its assets “skyrocketed” and the fund “unexpectantly found itself wealthy,” according to a court filing, growing to roughly $6.6 million in 2024. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Would you support this bill from Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both Democrats from Oregon? The proposed bill would provide up to $50,000 in federal funds for first-time homebuyers, regardless of their income levels. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Jimmy Hollis, 40, is charged in the 2024 shooting death of 69-year-old Reginald Crenshaw. Hollis was already being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail after he was arrested in March shooting death of 45-year-old Derrick Antonio Blackmon. 100
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026When the Birmingham Museum of Art first opened in 1951, no Black art was hung on its walls. Since then, the museum has accumulated more than 1,000 pieces of artwork from Black artists. A focus on those artists begins at the museum this weekend. 190
AL.com @al.com · 26/09/2026Are you ready for some football? Check back here frequently tonight for updates and highlights from all the high school football games across the state! 100
AL.com @al.com · 25/09/2026Gary Van Wagnen, the parish’s capital campaign chair, said the congregation has outgrown borrowed spaces, including a rectory garage, public-school cafeteria and multipurpose room. 100
AL.com @al.com · 25/09/2026A Jefferson County jury today awarded $7 million in damages to Bruce Pettway, the brother of Sheriff Mark Pettway, in his lawsuit against 1819 News. 262
AL.com @al.com · 25/09/2026Now that we are halfway through the high school football regular season, it's time to re-evaluate the AHSAA's restructuring of championship pathways, high school sports columnist Ben Thomas writes. 110
AL.com @al.com · 25/09/2026It’s been a tough week for St. Paul’s football coach Ham Barnett. The Saints lost both starting quarterback Hayden Fincher and standout running back Ty Sellers to potential season-ending injuries in last week’s last-minute loss to St. Michael. 100
AL.com @al.com · 25/09/2026Alabama writer/director Curry Barker will receive an inaugural award for being the future of filmmaking following the breakout success of horror sensation, “Obsession.” 120
AL.com @al.com · 25/09/2026A man pulled from inside a burning house by Birmingham firefighters Thursday night has died. 100
