If you’re inclined to attribute the steep decline in Alabama’s abortion rate to the indefensible Alabama Human Life Protection Act, don’t. You’d be wrong. Read the full story
COOSA RIVER — Some Logan Martin Lake residents got a glimpse Sunday of elite kayak racers paddling down the river on their 650-mile journey that will end at Fort Morgan in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the full story
The Alabama Forestry Commission asked the public Monday to avoid starting fires amid the state’s increasingly dry conditions. The commission issued a fire danger advisory, warning people throughout the state to delay burning debris and use safety precautions if they must burn. Read the full story
An Anniston man is dead after reportedly being shot by a man for whom he was doing plumbing work in Etowah County. Read the full story
COOSA RIVER — Some Logan Martin Lake residents got a glimpse Sunday of elite kayak racers paddling down the river on their 650-mile journey that will end at Fort Morgan in the Gulf of Mexico.Â
The Alabama Forestry Commission asked the public Monday to avoid starting fires amid the state’s increasingly dry conditions. The commission issued a fire danger advisory, warning people throughout the state to delay burning debris and use safety precautions if they must burn.
An Anniston man is dead after reportedly being shot by a man for whom he was doing plumbing work in Etowah County.
In Alabama, according to the latest data from the state Public Health Department, 70 percent of suicides are carried out with guns. A law-school professor has a proposal to let those with suicidal thoughts register to limit their own access to firearms.
Police were investigating Saturday after receiving a report of a rape Wednesday on the Jacksonville State University campus, and learning of several others since January.Â
Anniston hit 100 degrees on Friday, breaking the 41-year-old record of 95. Hot weather is expected to stick around through the weekend, forecasters say.
Photos of the 9/11 Commemorative Ceremony in Anniston.
It’s hot and dry in northeast Alabama, and, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service, it will stay that way for a while.
Why would someone in the Oval Office pull out a Sharpie and comically gerrymander the projected path of Hurricane Dorian on a National Hurricane Center map? Because he cares about Alabama.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Alabama drivers and those who pass through the state have gotten away with lightly taxed gasoline for many years, but that's ultimately taken a toll on roads and bridges the public drives on every day. The increased tax is an attempt to remedy that situation, generating dollars for safer roads.
Audio surfaced Thursday of Gov. Kay Ivey participating in a racist skit at a Baptist Student Union party from her time as an Auburn University student and class president in the 1960s.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Known as the Medicare Wage Index, that rule allows the federal government to pay more for medical procedures in states where wages for medical workers are highest, and less in states where medical workers make less money.Â
Photos of the annual Rumble on the Loop at Mt. Cheaha Harley-Davidson in Oxford.
Photos of the Friday night sights at the Oxford vs Munford football game.
Photos of the 2019 Spirit on Mountain Street in Jacksonville.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
The plan, Peter Gregerson says, was for a plaque, or perhaps a small statue, to honor the humanity of Etowah County and Gadsden's sesquicentennial. The city got a 6 1/2-story obelisk instead.
Events of local interest from 25 years ago.
Calhoun County’s unemployed population is higher than that of its neighbors; last month there were 1,647 people drawing unemployment and searching for work.
About a dozen local residents and leaders sat down Friday at Hobson City's FEMA Building, a school-gym-style structure behind the Town Hall, for a forum on the problems of the area’s smallest towns.
Saturday is going to get hot, but the heat index won’t creep high enough for the National Weather Service to issue another heat advisory, forecasters say.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
