Mar 27 How to help residents in need after the deadly Mississippi tornado By Hannah Grabenstein From the Red Cross to a Mississippi animal shelter, here's how to help the survivors of this weekend's deadly southern storms. Continue reading
Feb 23 Alabama basketball freshman star Miller in alleged role for fatal shooting By Pete Iacobelli, Associated Press Alabama standout freshman Brandon Miller was in the starting lineup and scored a career-high 41 points in a win over South Carolina. Continue reading
Jan 14 Tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community of Selma, Alabama By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press Thursday’s storm inflicted heavy damage on Selma, cutting a wide path through the downtown area, where brick buildings collapsed, oak trees were uprooted, cars were tossed onto their sides and power lines were left dangling. Continue reading
Jan 12 Multiple people killed in Alabama as giant storm system slams through South By Kim Chandler, Jeff Martin, Associated Press A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Alabama, a city etched in the history of the civil rights movement. Continue reading
Nov 21 Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection By Jay Reeves, Associated Press The move came just days after the uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months. Continue reading
Nov 08 Katie Britt becomes 1st Republican woman to claim Alabama Senate seat By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Britt, 40, cast herself as part of a new generation of conservative leaders and will become one of the Senate’s youngest members. She will be the first Republican woman to hold one of the state’s Senate seats. Continue reading
Nov 07 Man charged in Alabama church shooting fighting court-ordered mental evaluation By Associated Press A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner is fighting a court-ordered mental evaluation. Continue reading
Nov 01 Proposed amendment could remove Jim Crow-era language in Alabama Constitution By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Alabama voters on Nov. 8 will vote to ratify a recompilation of the Alabama Constitution that will strip Jim Crow-era language and reorganize the unwieldy governing document. Continue reading
Oct 20 5 states to decide on closing slavery loopholes in voter referendums By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Voters in five states are deciding whether to close loopholes that allowed convict labor as an exception to slavery. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 10:07 Supreme Court hears redistricting cases with major implications for future elections By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a big case about the role of race in drawing congressional maps. The specific question at issue is whether Alabama's map violates what's left of the Voting Rights Act, which bars discriminatory practices… Continue watching