Alabama's unemployment rate drops for 9th straight month to 7.2 percent

18 May 2012, 8:48 pm

Alabama's unemployment rate has declined for the ninth straight month to 7.2 percent for April. Governor Robert Bentley said Friday that Alabama's rate hasn't been this low since November 2008.... Read More »

Government shuts down Sylacauga bank

18 May 2012, 6:24 pm

The FDIC shut down the Alabama Trust Bank in Sylcauga on Friday, May 18 and another Alabama bank is taking over the accounts.... Read More »

N. Ala. inmate escapee recaptured

18 May 2012, 3:00 pm

The Alabama Department of Corrections says an inmate, the second to escape from the Hamilton Work Release Center in as many days, was found Friday afternoon in Winston County. ... Read More »

Officials report favorable boating statistics on Lake Guntersville

18 May 2012, 2:35 pm

Alabama authorities released encouraging boating statistics from last year. Alabama Marine Police said there were only four accidents on Lake Guntersville last year. Five vessels were involved. There were only two injuries and no deaths.... Read More »

Supreme Court denies petition for convicted cop killer

18 May 2012, 12:54 pm

The Alabama Supreme Court denied Benito Albarran's request for an appeal.... Read More »

AL gov wants more talk on immigration law

18 May 2012, 4:51 am

Alabama's governor on Thursday called in lawmakers for a special session in part to further explore changes to the state's anti-illegal immigration law, considered the country's toughest.... Read More »

American Terrorist's Mom Wants Him Back Home

17 May 2012, 9:41 am

Alabama-Born Terrorist's New Memoir Recounts Childhood, Odyssey Joining Jihad in Somalia... Read More »

Bryant had E.J. Junior at 'education;' The rest for Tide All-American is history

12 May 2012, 7:43 am

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- After all these years, E.J. Junior can talk about his deepest, darkest secret.... Read More »

9 Year Old Alabama Girl Found Hanging From A Tree

11 May 2012, 5:10 pm

RAGLAND, AL. (CNN) – Alabama authorities are calling it a homicide. Investigators say a 9-year-old girl was found hanging from...... Read More »

BC-AL--Alabama News Digest

7 May 2012, 4:36 am

. (AP) — The state at 2:30 p.m. TOP STORIES: RUN TO DEATH GADSDEN, Ala. — A judge's warning was all it took to prevent prosecutors and defense lawyers from talking about the murder charges against a grandmother and stepmother accused of making a 9-year-old girl to death as punishment for a l... Read More »