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Alabama Christian Academy 76, Highland Home 49

Anniston 72, Sylacauga 67

Appalachian 78, Heritage Christian 68

Arab 62, Randolph School 33

Asbury 58, Sand Rock 45

Ashford 46, Providence Christian 37

Austin 56, Hartselle ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Maryland coach DJ Durkin is spending time with the Alabama football staff but hasn’t been hired.

Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said in a statement Friday that Durkin “is spending a few days with our staff in Tuscaloosa from a professional development ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon has been hospitalized for a cardiac procedure after being diagnosed with a heart problem.

A statement released Friday by the speaker’s office says a doctor recommended a heart catheterization for McCutcheon after tests showed he ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama is beginning a year of events leading up to its 200th birthday next year.

Gov. Kay Ivey joined other leaders at the Capitol in Montgomery on Friday at an event introducing a yearlong countdown to Alabama’s bicentennial on Dec. 14, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NASA is moving a massive liquid hydrogen tank to Huntsville, Alabama for testing as part of its plans to eventually return to the moon.

The 149-foot long tank is part of the Space Launch System.

The version moved Friday from NASA’s facility in New Orleans is a test ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has died after an apartment fire.

Al.com reports that the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified her as Erin Madison Rosemore.

Firefighters received a call Wednesday around 11:55 a.m. to an apartment ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says out-of-state voters can intervene in Alabama’s lawsuit trying to exclude people living in the country illegally from being counted in the 2020 U.S. Census.

U.S. District Judge David Proctor ruled Thursday that a group of Latino voters from ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says out-of-state voters can intervene in Alabama’s lawsuit trying to exclude people living in the country illegally from being counted in the 2020 U.S. Census.

U.S. District Judge David Proctor ruled Thursday that a group of Latino voters from ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man who killed a couple next door, believing they were responsible for breaking into his home, has been found guilty by an Alabama jury.

Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey told news outlets Thursday that Steven Varnado was convicted ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators have put a temporary hold on a $10 million contract between the state Department of Corrections and a company that could analyze prison needs and design new facilities.

Al.com

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Gus Malzahn is returning to his play calling roots — and to Auburn for another season.

The coach addressed talk about his job security after the team’s first bowl practice Thursday. He also expressed enthusiasm about reclaiming the role as offensive play caller that ...

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Kendarius Smith scored 20 points and North Alabama used a dominant second-half to break a four-game losing streak with a 90-58 win over Division III Huntington on Thursday.

Two free throws by Aleksa Matic with 1:05 to play in the first half gave the Lions (3-7) a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Work is ramping up on a new outdoor stadium that will help remake downtown Birmingham.

A groundbreaking was held Thursday for a new, 55,000-seat multi-use stadium that will be located new the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.

Mayor Randall Woodfin says ...

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — The makers of Sweet Brew Tea and Lemonade are building a facility in Alabama to house its tea and sugar production.

Al.com reported Thursday that Southern Visions broke ground on a $24 million manufacturing facility in Bay ...

CLANTON, Ala. (AP) — Odean Cleckler, 89, said she has been doing her best to help run her husband’s used-appliance business since he died a decade ago. This week, that work landed her and her son in jail.

City officials arrested the pair for disobeying a court order to clean up Cleckler’s ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The family of a teenager killed by an Alabama police officer last year has dropped its lawsuit after watching body and dash camera video of the shooting.

Attorney Hank Sherrod says the family of 15-year-old Gabriel Sage Barnes of Madison, Tennessee, agreed last week ...

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a body found in North Carolina earlier this month is that of an Alabama man.

Citing a Robeson County Sheriff’s Office release, The Fayetteville Observer

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Four U.S. Postal Service workers in Alabama are accused of stealing packages in connection with a marijuana distribution scheme.

News outlets report U.S. Attorney Richard W. Moore

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Justinian Jessup scored 16 points, Alex Hobbs 15 and Boise State beat Alabama State 67-57 on Wednesday night.

RJ Williams added 12 points and Zach Haney 11 for the Broncos.

AJ Farrar made a layup with 61 seconds to go before halftime and Gene Davis buried a ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his roommate in Atlanta in 2014, sending a picture of the body to a friend and dumping it in Alabama.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that 26-year-old Teon Graham was ...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Alabama man to life without parole in the killing of his roommate more than five years ago.

Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson handed down the sentence Wednesday to 29-year-old Charles Makekau during a hearing in Decatur.

News outlets report ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge considering whether to hold Alabama prisons in contempt of court for failing to provide inmates with adequate mental health care told attorneys Wednesday to be in court next month for a hearing that could decide the issue.

U.S. District Judge Myron ...

DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — An earthquake that struck eastern Tennessee early Wednesday could be felt as far away as Atlanta, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The light earthquake occurred about 4:15 a.m., and was centered about 7 miles (about 10 kilometers) northeast of Decatur. About 15 ...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says a blogger can sue an Alabama sheriff for allegedly trying to silence her criticism of the officer.

The Decatur Daily

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teen has been arrested and charged in the death of a 15-year-old girl earlier this month.

The Montgomery ...

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — An organizer of protests following the shooting of a black man by an Alabama police officer last month has been arrested on protest-related charges.

News outlets reported 25-year-old Carlos Chaverest Jr. was arrested Tuesday night when he and about three dozen people ...

IRONDALE, Ala. (AP) — A grand jury is set to see the case of an Alabama man accused of killing two motel owners and dumping their bodies near Birmingham.

Al.com

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Alabama Sch. of Math & Science 47, Elberta 34

Albertville 58, Guntersville 33

American Christian Academy 56, Northside 33

Andalusia 53, Pleasant Home 36

Anniston 62, Talladega 57

Athens Bible ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Protesters demonstrating against the fatal police shooting of a black man at Alabama’s largest shopping mall are trying to expand an economic boycott over the killing.

Activists went to the state capital of Montgomery on Tuesday asking supporters to quit spending ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the rape of a 3-year-old girl in Alabama after nearly three decades.

Mobile police Lt. Matthew James tells WPMI-TV that 46-year-old ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — One woman has died and two others were hurt in a shooting in Alabama’s largest city.

News outlets reported the shooting happened around noon Monday at a public housing community in Birmingham.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the dead woman as ...

PELHAM, Ala. (AP) — Icy roads are causing travel problems in north Alabama.

Authorities briefly had to shut down northbound Interstate 65 in the Birmingham suburb of Pelham early Tuesday because of slick spots on an overpass. The road reopened after workers spread sand on the ...

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama have identified a man found dead in a house fire that occurred during a standoff with police.

Gilbert County Coroner Justin Gasque told news outlets that 42-year-old Edward Howard died in the home in Tuscumbia on Dec. 3.

Gasque said he’s ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections says two inmates at an Atmore correctional facility have been wounded in a fight.

The Montgomery Advertiser

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) _ Construction Partners Inc. (ROAD) on Monday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $15.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dothan, Alabama-based company said it had profit of 29 cents.

The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of ...

ELMORE, Ala. (AP) — Two women are charged with taking drugs into an Alabama prison while visiting male inmates.

The Department of Corrections says 46-year-old Delicia Sweet of Enterprise was arrested Sunday after an officer at Staton prison in Elmore found her with a package containing ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In the span of three hours at a southwest Alabama prison, one inmate was fatally stabbed and another was seriously wounded after being stabbed in a separate fight.

Eighteen inmates have been killed by other inmates since October of 2016, according to statistics and ...

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Three people have been arrested in the continuing protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man inside Alabama’s largest shopping mall on Thanksgiving night, authorities said Monday.

Two men were arrested Sunday on disorderly conduct charges after a protest ...

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A Florida man has been charged in Alabama with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports that 31-year-old Robert Henry Ruffner of Orlando was also charged with electronic solicitation of ...