TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Police officers in an Alabama city shot and killed two of four dogs that were attacking a woman.

Tuscaloosa police Lt. Teena Richardson tells The Tuscaloosa News that...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban has undergone hip replacement surgery.

Dr. Lyle Cain said Monday the 67-year-old Saban is expected to make a full recovery and "should be...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama already has exceeded its yearly average for tornadoes with more than 50 twisters verified in the state so far in 2019.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's most populous county will immediately end arrests for misdemeanors including the possession of small amounts of marijuana, officials announced...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A historically black college in Alabama used the state's Confederate Memorial Day observance Monday to highlight the 1981 lynching of a black teenager by Ku Klux Klan...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This week's NFL draft showcases some of the Southeastern Conference's top defensive players from a year ago.

It also is a window into the SEC's challenges this...

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Two young anglers competing in a high school fishing tournament rescued two other competitors whose boat was sinking on a lake in northwest Alabama.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn police are searching for a man wanted in the death of a woman who was found stabbed to death in the east Alabama city.

TALLASSEE, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police officer has admitted to slamming a compliant handcuffed man into the ground and then slamming the man's head into his patrol car.

CHILDERSBURG, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say an inmate who walked away from a work release center has been recaptured.

WALA-TV reports that 28-year-old Joel Spears was captured...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies in west Alabama are hosting a summit with the aim of connecting faith-based leaders with social service agencies.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Several north Alabama massage businesses are barred from operating after authorities said they uncovered evidence that they were actually "fronts for a human-trafficking...

ELBA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man faces a charge of first-degree attempted theft after he listed for sale a house that belonged to someone else.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police investigator has pleaded guilty to beating a handcuffed man.

Brandon Smirnoff, a former investigator with the Tallassee Police Department,...

BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The part of the South known for deadly tornadoes — "Dixie Alley" — is continuing to live up to its name.

Recent research has found that tornadoes are occurring more...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — More than 350 weapons, plus drugs and cellphones, have been seized during a security sweep of a south Alabama prison.

The Department of Corrections said Friday that the...

MONTOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers could revisit criminal justice reform as the state grapples with prison overcrowding and a shortage of corrections officers.

SHEFFIELD, Ala. (AP) — Muscle Shoals Sound Studio's first major recording session in 1969 will be the topic of the iconic recording studio's first podcast, which is expected to debut Sunday, the...

ATLANTA (AP) — A strong storm system barreling through the South killed an 8-year-old girl in Florida and threatened to bring tornadoes to large parts of the Carolinas and southern...

ATLANTA (AP) — A strong storm system barreling through the South on Friday killed an 8-year-old girl in Florida and threatened to bring tornadoes to large parts of the Carolinas and southern...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers are headed to a vote on lottery legislation next week, as supporters aim to change Alabama's status as one of the few states without the games.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury failed to reach a verdict in a capital murder case this week, resulting in a mistrial.

The Dothan Eagle reports prosecutors will consider whether to retry...

MOULTON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man in custody is accused of trying to solicit the murder of someone to damage a rape and incest case in which he is charged.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on severe weather moving across the United States (all times local):

12:31 a.m.

Alabama authorities say a woman has been killed after strong storms...

LEARNED, Miss. (AP) — Strong storms again roared across the South on Thursday, killing two Mississippi drivers and a woman in Alabama while leaving more than 100,000 people without power across...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said Thursday that he is optimistic the state will reach a settlement and avoid a Department of Justice lawsuit over prison...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee deputy has testified that a knife had nothing to do with why he shot a 19-year-old suspect in January, despite initial reports to the contrary.

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A search of the prison where Alabama conducts executions has turned up multiple weapons and cellphones.

The Department of Corrections says about 300 officers from state...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two former candidates are challenging Nancy Worley to lead the Alabama Democratic Party.

Former congressional challenger Tabitha Isner announced Wednesday that she is...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the nation, a measure that would make performing an abortion a felony with almost...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — State sheriffs on Wednesday opposed legislation backed by gun rights groups that would allow people to carry concealed handguns in public without obtaining a state...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama Senate committee has advanced a bill that would lower the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana.

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A judge sentenced an Alabama teenager to two years in jail after he pleaded guilty to killing his older brother during a fistfight last year.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Another judge has recused himself from the trial of a white Alabama police officer charged with murder in the death of an unarmed black man.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers might soon require public schools to start the day with the Pledge of Allegiance.

The House of Representatives voted 101-0 Wednesday for the bill...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers voted Tuesday to exempt economic developers from the state law that governs lobbyists, making permanent a temporary exemption that was approved last...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to require jails and prisons to provide female inmates with tampons or sanitary pads.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Tuesday to change a decades-old system that has allowed some sheriffs to pocket leftover jail food funds, a practice that has created concerns and...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America's first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88.

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has died days after he was accidentally shot outside a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant when a gun discharged inside a baby's diaper bag.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Prison officials have captured an inmate who escaped over the weekend in north Alabama.

A statement from the Department of Correction says 29-year-old Bill Harold...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Monday sought a new execution date for an inmate spared last week when the clock struck midnight before a divided U.S. Supreme Court said his lethal injection...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are set to hold a public hearing Wednesday on legislation before a House committee that seeks to outlaw almost all abortions in the state, what critics...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has appointed a new judge to oversee the trial of a Montgomery police officer accused of murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — An early-morning police chase through Alabama and Georgia ended in a police shooting that's being investigated by state authorities.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate has escaped from prison facility in Alabama.

News outlets cite the state Department of Corrections as saying that 29-year-old Billy Harold...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Georgia man is charged in the slaying of man who was shot by someone else during a robbery attempt in Montgomery, Alabama.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — An event in Alabama will educate the public about some history from the civil rights era.

The Tuscaloosa News reports that the April 25 gathering will focus on...