Year: 2026

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two women are dead and four juveniles are recovering after a minivan they were riding in was struck by a freight train in the 1000 block of…

ELMORE, Ala. — Two incarcerated men were killed Thursday during a fight involving a weapon at Elmore Correctional Facility, deepening alarm over an Alabama prison system that federal officials say…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s state library board has again refused to restore funding to the Fairhope Public Library, extending a nearly yearlong freeze tied to the library’s refusal to move…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham police are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting that left a woman wounded off Lakeshore Parkway. Officers responded to the 1200 block of Oak Grove Road after…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A bill prefiled by Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, R-Trinity, would hand Alabama sheriffs and police broad new authority to arrest and detain people they suspect are undocumented immigrants,…

BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Three people are in the Lee County Jail after deputies say they found 29 dead dogs piled in a backyard and more than two dozen others emaciated…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Pleasant Grove High School senior was killed and a classmate wounded in a Saturday night shooting that underscored lingering gun violence in Birmingham even as the…

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. — One of Alabama’s most notorious strip clubs may be gone, but the fight over what comes next at the former Wesley’s Boobie Trap property is very…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham has been named the nation’s No. 4 market for first-time homebuyers in a new 2026 ranking from Realtor.com, a rare bit of good news for younger…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Environmental and community groups are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over a late‑2025 move to relax air pollution rules for steel industry coke ovens, a change advocates…