BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Over the past week, a highly visible police crackdown across Birmingham led to 41 arrests as officers ramped up efforts to tackle gun violence and drug offenses throughout the city. The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Division, acting from Sept. 29 through Oct. 5, took 30 people into custody on felony charges…

HOOVER, Ala. — The assistant IT director at Briarwood Christian School in Hoover was arrested Friday on allegations involving the possession and distribution of child pornography, authorities said. Taylor Michael Ward, 34, of Montevallo, was taken into custody by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 3. Ward faces 10 counts of possession of child…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — At least 14 people were shot early Sunday near downtown Montgomery in a mass shooting that left two dead and 12 others wounded, authorities said. The shooting unfolded just after midnight at the intersection of Bibbs and Commerce streets, less than a mile west of the Alabama State Capitol building, according to…

WASHINGTON D.C. — The FBI recently severed its relationship with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a move that has raised alarms among civil rights advocates and observers in Alabama and nationwide. The SPLC, based in Montgomery, Alabama, is the leading organization dedicated to tracking hate groups and extremist activity in the United States, a mission…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt is calling for her federal salary to be suspended during the ongoing government shutdown — a gesture that, while widely seen as reasonable by frustrated constituents, highlights a persistent disconnect between public expectations and congressional privilege. Britt’s request puts her among a handful of members of Congress attempting…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt are championing a new resolution to designate the week of October 5-11 as “Religious Education Week,” drawing support from a coalition of conservative religious organizations but also sharp criticism from advocates of church-state separation and public education reform. Both Tuberville and Britt are among…