Alabama AG Steve Marshall asks Supreme Court to reverse child rape death penalty ban

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is hoping the the U.S. Supreme Court will reverse a decision that he believes removed a needed deterrent against child predators. Marshall, who is also running for U.S. Senate in 2026, has joined a coalition...

Alabama AG pushes for end to ban on death penalty for child rape

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has progressed calls for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling disallowing the death penalty for child sexual abuse to be overturned. In a Thursday press release, Marshall highlighted his support for a letter sent to...

Alabama’s Britt, Strong, Moore request salaries be withheld during government shutdown: ‘I encourage my Democratic colleagues to do the same’

As the federal government shutdown continues, Alabama’s U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), and U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) announced they will not take a salary as long as gridlock by Democrats...

Alabama must get redistricting right: op-ed

This is a guest opinion column President Donald Trump’s redistricting push is already underway in Texas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, which could net Republicans a dozen new House seats. Whether Alabama and its fellow Deep South states —...

Watch out, Tommy Tuberville. New candidate with ‘lots of game’ enters Alabama governor race

This is an opinion cartoon. Check out JD Crowe’s newsletter, Crowe Jam. Sign up here for free. “In Alabama, football is politics,” writes my AL.com colleague, Kyle Whitmire. Whitmire makes the point that former Auburn football coach Tommy...

Report: Alabama continues to lead nation in prosecutions of pregnant women

Alabama continues to lead the U.S. in prosecuting women related to pregnancy due to a chemical endangerment law. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama continues to lead the nation in prosecutions of women in relation to pregnancy, pregnancy loss and birth,...

Shutdown leaves Alabama farmers hoping for quick resolution

Alabama farmers are grappling with the impact of a national government shutdown and global tariffs. Rising costs and closed federal offices are adding strain to an already challenging environment. Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate...

ADECA submits Alabama’s final BEAD broadband proposal to feds for approval

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs on Tuesday afternoon formally submitted the state’s final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, BEAD, Program proposal to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration,...

'Show me your papers' immigration law now in effect in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Senate Bill 53, criticized by the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice as a “show me your papers” law, is now in effect as of October 1, 2025. The bill requires local law enforcement to make a “reasonable attempt” to...

Sept. 20-26 Montgomery Advertiser Vance Law Firm Athletes of the Week

Results are in for this week's Montgomery Advertiser's boys and girls Athlete of the Week polls, sponsored by The Vance Law Firm. Pike Road's Braylon Outlaw won the boys poll, and Montgomery Catholic's Avery Sadler won the girls poll for the week...

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY EXECUTRIX IN THE PROBATE COURT OF WALKER COUNTY, ALABAMA THE ESTATE OF LANNY EARL NELSON DECEASED CASE NO.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY EXECUTRIX IN THE PROBATE COURT OF WALKER COUNTY, ALABAMA THE ESTATE OF LANNY EARL NELSON DECEASED CASE NO. PC2025-199 Letters Testamentary Of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on...

7 Things: Shutdown drags on; Tuberville keeps pushing for the National Guard in Alabama; taxpayers paying to put Reed on TV; and more …

7. The “Rock the South” festival, billed as the “Biggest Party in the South,” is relocating from Cullman to Decatur to enhance its regional appeal and attract a larger crowd. New venue amenities will take the experience on land that the festival...

Interior coal lease sale in Alabama generates over US$46 million

Save to read list Published by Jody Dodgson, Editorial Assistant World Coal, Friday, 03 October 2025 09:00 The Department of the Interior have announced that the Bureau of Land Management coal lease sale in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, generated...

Colombia’s Petro Government Once Again Shows Rest of World How to Respond to Israel’s Naked Criminality

Israel, once again, has done what it does best: it has flagrantly broken yet another raft of international laws, this time by “intercepting” the Global Samud Flotilla in international waters and abducting the crews of the flagged vessels that were...

'The Alabama Solution' secretly captures the brutal conditions inside a penal system declared unconstitutional

Indictments of our dehumanizing prison system don’t get much more conscience-piercing than what’s revealed in “The Alabama Solution,” a shattering documentary from Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman that feels like a dispatch from hell,...

Montgomery pharmacists hope new law saves local pharmacies

No decision in Mobile City Council residency case, judge calls for more legal briefs

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A judge did not rule during a Thursday court hearing on Mobile City Councilman William Carroll's legal challenge to his opponent and winner in the municipal race for the District 2 seat. Carroll lost the election but argues...

Alabama pharmacy reimbursement law goes into effect

Northwest at Montgomery preview

DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette After winning the Old Shoe against Muncy last week, Montgomery will look to make it five wins in a row as it hosts Northwest. Northwest PPG–20.3, PPA–29.7; YPG–222.5 Northwest notes: After starting 0-4, Northwest has come...

Austin Peay State University Soccer Drops Tight Match to North Alabama, 2-1

Lorence, AL – Freshman midfielder Abby Mathews scored her first-career goal as the Austin Peay State University (APSU) soccer team played to a 2-1 loss to North Alabama, Thursday, at the Bill Jones Complex in Florence, Alabama. The match remained...