If you've been a reader of this lil' ol' website for any length of time, you know full well my opinion of preseason polls. I hate them. Despise 'em. Loathe them on a level only exceeded by the BcS....

The Huntsville Times reports that UAH said school President David Williams has signed an agreement establishing cooperation in the areas of science, education and culture with the University of...

Article Reprints An Alabama woman is set for trial on a charges she conspired to defraud the federal government by preying on Hurricane Katrina victims who needed their properties rebuilt. The...

Article Reprints Alabama is observing National Preparedness Month with a series of activities starting on the first day of the month. Gov. Bob Riley says the events begin Wednesday with Be Ready Day...

Former George W. Bush political adviser Karl Rove has endorsed Republican Terry Dunn for the Alabama Public Service...

Max Motley . State troopers' initial investigation indicates the two men were traveling over the posted speed limit when they lost control, crashed into a field, and were thrown from the four...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama officials report that tax collections for the state Education Trust Fund were down 1.8 percent in the first 11 months of this fiscal year compared to the same period...

HARTSELLE, Ala. (AP) -- The company that owns Hartselle Medical Center says the jobs of chief executive officer and chief financial officer at the hospital are being...

The former Rangers and Scotland boss has been in talks with Blues officials over a new contract for some time. The contract talks have been dragging on for a number of weeks now with Birmingham...

CTS, Inc. was recently named one of the 2010 Best Companies to Work for in Alabama. Created in 2010, the awards program is a project of Business Alabama Magazine and Best Companies Group. CTS ranked...

Alabama wouldn't have qualified for millions in federal Race to the Top education funds even if Gov. Bob Riley had persuaded the Legislature to legalize charter schools, scoring sheets from the...

State Superintendent of Education Joe Morton said he has no incentive to encourage members of Alabama's congressional delegation to support putting another $1.35 billion into Race to the Top,...

Prosecutors said an initial test by U.S. authorities on an item of luggage belonging to one of the men "showed the possible presence of a trace of explosives." However "more accurate" later tests did...

The Huntsville Stars excelled in the clutch, scoring all of their runs with two down to snap a five-game Biscuits win-streak, 10-4, Wednesday at...

Mark Conversino, dean of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, has a small booklet, "Survival Under Atomic Attack," that was distributed by the Civil Defense Commission during the 1950s,...

I was quite pleased to see the recent editorial about the library. The joint library system of the city and county of Montgomery has always done more with less, and it would be especially gratifying...

Michael Gregory, a senior running back from Prattville Christian Academy, has been selected as the Private School Player of the Week. Jeremy Johnson, a sophomore quarterback from Carver High School,...

When faculty, staff and students learned recently that Thelma Smiley Morris Elementary School had been named a state Torchbearer School, they had every reason to be proud of the designation. It isn't...

Auburn is ranked No. 22 in The Associated Press poll, but that didn't stop quarterback Cam Newton from saying last week that Alabama gets more than its fair share of...

TUSCALOOSA -- Alabama receiver Julio Jones, whose pointed snub of coach Nick Saban was one highlight of ESPN's recent all-access show, said he doesn't regularly avoid talking to...

Manager Alex McLeish is confident his summer signings will enhance Birmingham but slammed talk of reaching Europe as "nonsense". Chile winger Jean Beausejour, Czech Republic...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas State began the rebuilding process earlier than expected last season. Quarterback Ryan Aplin played extensively down the stretch as a redshirt freshman, helping the...

Honeymoon dive killer Gabe Watson could be put to death in Alabama if the Queensland government refuses to hand over evidence from his case, Alabama Attorney-General Troy King has warned.Such an...

Georgia man received a 20-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to more than a half dozen charges, which included an attack on a Henry County Jail corrections officer with a mop stick. ...

Houston County both as a pass-through for cocaine and methamphetamine as well as a stopover. The ring reportedly used a Dothan restaurant to make drug deals and had several “stash houses”...

A Dothan man on probation for shooting someone now faces a new criminal charge after police caught him “shooting dice.” According to Dothan...

Janet Luke , 49, of Nottingham Drive, and charged her with felony unlawful possession of a controlled substance. She was charged with possessing meth near the intersection of Trawick Road and Shady...

A little finishing work remains, but the new downtown trolley station — complete with public restrooms — will be open Friday morning, Gadsden officials...

A Crossville man has been charged with rape in connection with the alleged assault of a woman he hired to clean his house, DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris...

Gadsden State Community College administrators are throwing a lifeline to the school’s on-campus child care program, which lost its funding earlier this...

MONTGOMERY — A two-inch Department of Transportation miscalculation in a controversial concrete repaving of Interstate 59 in Northeast Alabama will add $1 million to the project, the DOT...

CINCINNATI — Ryan Kelly spent hundreds of hours driving with his parents, Dave and Ann, on unofficial visits all over the South and Midwest. Turns out, they were pretty much wasted after the...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A group of states seeking freedom from federal gun laws were dealt a blow Wednesday when a federal magistrate recommended dismissal of a lawsuit launched by gun rights advocates...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Two men are charged in connection with a string of thefts of copper wire from TVA substations in Huntsville, Madison and...

is not entitled to $905 million it wanted from the parent company of Colonial Bank of Montgomery, a financial institution that failed in August 2009. The FDIC had argued that it was due money...

Gulf Shores officials say Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley will perform concerts in mid-October to boost tourism on the Alabama coast after the Gulf oil...

Wrye said the tight job situation is compounded by the number of new teachers leaving college each year looking for work."People going into the profession are having a difficult time finding their...

Dothan Technology Center had to do some intellectual heavy-lifting by visualizing and laying out a brick storage building without a blueprint, but that wasn't the end of the exercise. Students also...

Dothan Police Department arrested the following people and charged them with a felony crime. None of them have been convicted. Information was provided by...

. Full versions of news stories from the most recent 30 days are available to online subscribers only. Access to full versions of news stories from issues older than 30 days are available to all...

. Full versions of news stories from the most recent 30 days are available to online subscribers only. Access to full versions of news stories from issues older than 30 days are available to all...

Verna Louise T. Parnell, 82, died Aug. 31, 2010 in the Washington County Nursing Home in Chatom. She was a member of the Springhill Baptist Church. Survivors include four sons, Dennis Parnell of...

. Full versions of news stories from the most recent 30 days are available to online subscribers only. Access to full versions of news stories from issues older than 30 days are available to all...

Governor Bob Riley on Wednesday reacted to last night’s Oval Office address by President Obama, who announced the end of the United States’ combat role in Iraq. Governor Riley, who voted to...

WHEREAS, WHEREAS, health care educators in Alabama improve the quality of education and training of health care personnel in Alabama by fostering professional development; andWHEREAS, health care...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Federal officials have leveled a $3 million fine and dozens of safety and health citations against Whitesell Corp. for exposing workers to amputation hazards at manufacturing...

Authorities had accused Jones in the May 2009 shooting of Gerald and Linda Ingram, his neighbors, and of fatally shooting 85-year-old Frank Barrett, a neighbor authorities think was trying to call...

$3,071,500 Wednesday. The Department of Labor cited 72 safety and health violations for exposing workers to amputation hazards and other problems at manufacturing plants in Tuscumbia and Muscle...