PINSON, Ala. (AP) — An accidental shooting in Alabama has left an 11-year-old child with minor injuries.

A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office statement says the shooting happened around ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man awaiting trial in his roommate’s bludgeoning death in Alabama has been found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead.

News outlets report the death ...

PRICEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman is accused of breaking into the homes of people who were attending relatives’ funerals.

A statement released Thursday by police in the north ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama school system says it may eliminate nearly 70 jobs after decisions to close some schools in an effort to save money.

The Dothan Eagle reported Dothan ...

CENTREVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to helping his cousin elude police officers who were searching for him in the slaying of one woman and the kidnapping ...

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Kendall Stafford had a season-high 21 points plus 10 rebounds as North Alabama got past Kennesaw State 76-61 on Wednesday night.

Jamari Blackmon had 18 points for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school basketball star who had been ruled ineligible dropped a lawsuit against the Alabama High School Athletic Association shortly after her senior ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a jury Wednesday that she rejected a suggestion that she serve on the board of a company associated with two men on trial ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Parts of the Deep South are experiencing flash flooding and other problems from heavy rains.

Floodwaters covered roads on Wednesday in parts of eastern ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Power Co. announced Wednesday that it is shuttering a coal-fired power plant in central Alabama, a decision the company blamed on federal ...

The U.S. had more hate groups last year than at any point in at least the past two decades, according to an organization that tracks white supremacists and other far-right ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama mayor convicted of voter fraud has been sentenced to a year in jail followed by two years of probation.

The Dothan Eagle reports former Gordon ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama say a suspect killed during a shootout with police was a suspect in the disappearance of his wife seven years ago.

Auburn Police Chief Paul ...

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Police say a retired lawyer in Alabama died when he was struck by something.

Hoover police told news outlets the body of 73-year-old Arthur Grey Till Jr. was found in ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — When Texas A&M fell behind by double digits in the second half on Tuesday night against Alabama, coach Billy Kennedy was certain his team could get back in it if ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A small-town newspaper has called for a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, prompting two universities to withdraw the awards it had given its editor.

Auburn ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say the mother of a teenager accused of killing an Alabama police officer has been arrested.

News outlets cite Mobile County Sheriff’s Office documents ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A woman convicted of robbery in Alabama has escaped from a work assignment.

News outlets reported the Alabama Department of Corrections said 48-year-old Fleurette Esmerelda Martin left a job assignment around 1 a.m. Monday.

She was assigned to the Montgomery ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A police officer in Huntsville, Alabama, is accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Al.com reports Justin Jamar Willis was arrested Sunday morning ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man wanted for questioning in a fatal Alabama shooting killed himself Sunday during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Deputies were searching for 45-year-old James Chadwick Green in connection with Saturday’s shooting death of 33-year-old Sarah Cooper in Samson, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama authorities say the 2-year-old child they thought was grazed by a bullet in a drive-by shooting was injured by part of a car seat instead.

WVTM-TV says the shooting happened ...

WEDOWEE, Ala. (AP) — The lawyer for an Alabama high school teacher accused of raping a 15-year-old student is asking for a reduction in his client’s $1.5 million bond.

Al.com

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A German firm is opening its new North American headquarters in Alabama.

SWJ Technology will build the new 5,000-square-foot facility in a part of Tuscaloosa that was devastated by a tornado in April 2011, The Tuscaloosa News

Today in History

Today is Monday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2019. There are 316 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Feb. 18, 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash at the Daytona 500; he was 49.

On this date:

In 1546, Martin ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Work has begun on a $15.8 million parking garage at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Contractor Brasfield & Gorrie says it is building the five-level 517-space parking deck, which will be located next to an expansion of the medical center’s ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Reginald Gee scored 17 points as Alabama State beat Alabama A&M 68-62 on Saturday.

Leon Daniels and Tobi Ewuosho added 15 points each for the Hornets (10-13, 8-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Jacoby Ross, who was second on the Hornets in scoring heading ...

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Lovell Cabbil had a career-high 30 points as Liberty defeated North Alabama 80-70 on Saturday.

Cabbil shot 8 for 10 from the floor, including 5 of 7 on 3-pointers, and converted 9 of 10 from the foul line.

Caleb Homesley had 13 points for Liberty (23-5, 12-1 ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on an officer involved shooting in Alabama (all times local):

6:05 p.m.

Authorities have identified an Alabama police officer who was shot multiple times after responding to reports of an armed robbery.

In a news release Saturday, police confirmed ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Andrew Nembhard couldn’t miss and for a while Alabama couldn’t hit.

Florida’s freshman star Nembhard scored a career-high 21 points without missing a shot and the Gators pounded the Crimson Tide 71-53 on Saturday in easily their most lopsided road win of the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A 25-year-old Alabama mother has been charged with murder in the death of her infant son last year.

Al.com reports Lakendra Yashekia Williams, of Tuscaloosa, ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Malik Benlevi scored a career-high 26 points as Georgia State defeated South Alabama 90-81 on Friday night. Jeff Thomas added 21 points for the Panthers.

Benlevi hit 5 of 7 3-pointers. He added seven rebounds and five assists. Thomas also had seven rebounds for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will nominate a former Alabama official to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Jeffrey Byard held several positions with the Alabama Emergency Management Agency before he joined FEMA in 2017 during the agency’s response to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former state Sen. Myron Penn said Friday that he is running for chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party in new leadership elections ordered by national party officials.

Penn said in a telephone interview that he hopes to help unify and rebuild a fractured ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Steve Sarkisian is returning to Alabama as offensive coordinator, a position he held for the 2016 team for the national championship game loss to Clemson.

Alabama coach Nick Saban announced the hiring of Sarkisian and six other assistants on Friday, along with the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Flu cases are still on the rise in Alabama.

A new report from state health officials says the illness is widespread in most of the state. Al.com

GREENSBORO, Ala. (AP) — A judge in Alabama has approved bond for two men charged with murder after a business owner they confronted during a burglary died of a heart attack.

Circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins set bail at $150,000 each for Darnell Coates, 34, and Lonze Byrd, 33, The Tuscaloosa ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A plan to honor a former Alabama mayor who went to prison for bribery is sparking disagreement in Birmingham.

Birmingham’s current mayor, Randall Woodfin, has proposed renaming a city recreational facility for Larry Langford, an ex-mayor convicted in a bribery ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Tolls will help finance a new, $2 billion bridge that will cross the Mobile River and Mobile Bay on Alabama’s coast.

News outlets quote officials with the bridge project as saying a toll of at least $3 and as much as $6 will be needed to pay for the ...