The Historic Downtown District in the city of Athens suffered severe wind damage, destroying several buildings and powerlines ...

A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, has claimed the life of an Elkmont man.

Elkmont’s Jake Guthrie and Owen Burgess — as well as Clements’ Jake Fleming — made the first-team cut when the Class 3A, All-Region 7 Team was released by its coaches this month.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Montgomery, Alabama, City Council is revisiting an ordinance that requires panhandlers be jailed for at least two days. It has been amended to criminalize passing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is retiring and there’s no guaranteed successor. And whichever party emerges from the November election in control of the House isn’t expected to ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama memorial is being dedicated to two black men who were killed in what are described as racist lynchings near Birmingham in the 1890s. The Jefferson County ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been charged in an Alabama county’s first homicide of 2019. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets 62-year-old Larry Lee ...

MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama lawmakers approved legislation that would require certain sex offenders to be chemically castrated before being released on parole. Lawmakers gave final approval to the ...

Evelyn Torres smiles at the camera during breakfast with her dad, Vicente Torres, Monday at Tanner Elementary School’s 21st Century Community Learning Center’s “Doughnuts for Dad” event.

MIAMI (AP) — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida remains closed, but appears to have weathered Hurricane Irma well. The same holds true at adjoining Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former music teacher at the University of Alabama has agreed to plead guilty to child pornography charges. Authorities say 41-year-old Nikos ...