MOBILE, Ala. — Amtrak announced July 1 the return of passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, with the launch of the new twice-daily Mardi Gras Service beginning August 18. This marks the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that trains will run along this Gulf Coast route. The service will…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The family of Jabari Peoples, the 18-year-old fatally shot by a Homewood police officer last week, is demanding the release of body camera footage as state investigators continue to withhold the video from both the family and the public. Peoples was killed June 23 in the parking lot of the Homewood Soccer…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Law enforcement officers, led by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, have shut down six bingo halls in Jefferson County in a sweeping crackdown on illegal gambling operations. The raids, which occurred over the past several days, targeted facilities alleged to be operating illegal slot machines and other gambling devices under the guise…

CULLMAN, Ala. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer Alabamians a rare chance to adopt or purchase a wild horse or burro through an online auction running July 14-21, with animal pick-up scheduled for Oct. 9 at the Cullman County Agricultural Trade Center in Cullman, Alabama. The BLM’s Online Corral platform allows prospective…

MONTGOMERY, Ala — Nearly half of Alabama households are unable to afford basic necessities, according to the first statewide ALICE Report released by United Way. The report, which stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, found that 46 percent of Alabama families in 2023 struggled to cover essentials like housing, food, child care and health…

TROY, Ala. — State law enforcement raided CBD and vape shops in Troy, Enterprise, Wetumpka, and Clanton this week, seizing marijuana, drug paraphernalia, cash, and electronics, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). The raids came just days before Alabama’s new law banning smokable hemp and restricting hemp-derived THC products is set to take…