Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, a prominent state Republican viewed as having higher political ambitions, said Wednesday that he will not run for any elected office next year because of poor choices he made that have impacted his family. “I will not be a candidate because of choices I have made and […]

Gov. Kay Ivey said Wednesday that Alabama is shifting to personal responsibility in the fight against COVID-19, keeping her promise to let a statewide face mask order expire Friday. Ivey said she’s issuing a “greatly slimmed down” health order that has few restrictions. It encourages people to keep taking precautions such as voluntarily wearing masks, […]

A group calling itself “White Lies Matter” has stolen a Jefferson Davis monument and threatened to turn it into a toilet unless the United Daughters of the Confederacy agrees to hang an Assata Shakur quote on a banner from its Virginia headquarters. The missing monument is a stone chair that was stolen from the Old […]

A former Alabama police officer has pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife, whose body was found in a high school parking lot over a year ago. On Wednesday, Jason Bragg McIntosh, 46, pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of murder in the December 2019 death of Megan Louise Montgomery, news outlets reported. McIntosh was originally […]

An Alabama police officer was struck by lightning in Florence Thursday afternoon, according to authorities. He was awake and alert at the North Alabama Medical Center but had suffered burns, the Florence Police Department said. It happened at the intersection of Chisholm and Gresham roads, the department said in a statement, and other officers who […]

Alabama authorities have charged an Elmore County man with murder in connection with the death of his missing ex-wife, whose remains were found last March in Conecuh National Forest with a bullet hole between the eyes. Kimberly “Starr” Mulder, 53, was last seen in June 11, 2016, according to the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office. Hers […]

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Mo Brooks is showcasing his support for former President Trump and targeting Democrats as he jumps into the race to succeed retiring longtime Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama. Brooks repeatedly labeled Democrats “socialists” and took aim at fellow Republicans as he declared his candidacy at a campaign event Monday evening. “I am […]

There was nothing indecisive about this lightning bolt on the fence. When strong storms moved over Alabama’s Eastern Shore Wednesday night, some serious lightning bolts hit the Fairhope area. One Fairhope resident, David Hill, got video of one major bolt striking a fence, WKRG in Mobile, Alabama, reported. SEVERE WEATHER SHIFTS INTO SOUTHEST, BRINGING TORNADOES, DANGEROUS […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has faced political pressure and angry constituents over her state’s mask order during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the 76-year-old governor of the deeply red state has resisted calls to drop the requirement as Republican governors across the South either shunned mask mandates altogether or lifted them in late winter. “Maybe they […]

Two pilots flying a training mission were killed Friday when a military jet crashed near Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama, the U.S. Air Force confirmed.  The two-seat T-38 jet, assigned to the 14th Flying Training Wing based out of Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, went down around 5:30 p.m. near Dannelly Field in Montgomery. The Alabama Air […]