Alabama News

Korean automaker Kia is building the Sorento SUV at its new factory in Georgia, which has brought more than 3,600 supplier jobs to Alabama.

On Thursday, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency announced at the Greene County Courthouse the potential hiring of Global Security Systems, a Jackson, Miss.-based company that plans to bring its Alert FM system to nine West Alabama counties.

PRICHARD - An attorney representing Prichard in the south Alabama city's bankruptcy proceedings says the city's debt is probably more than $1 million.

All 264 soldiers of the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command that are currently at Fort Hood for training have been accounted for.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:45 p.m. BIRMINGHAM Candidates are beginning to line up in Birmingham to replace Larry Langford as mayor of Alabama's largest city.

A growing number of states are moving to allow higher alcohol content in beer, despite concerns from some substance-abuse experts.

State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks has picked up endorsements from 28 sheriffs in his campaign to become Alabama's next governor.

Governor Candidate Bill Johnson Held a press conference today at Country Crossing, to show his support on the project.

The chairman of the legislative Contract Review Committee today accused the Riley administration and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne of using "racially coded" messages to criticize the panel's hiring of a black lawyer.

Workers at Alabama's Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa met with the head of the Alabama Department of Mental Health to express concerns for their 655 jobs and for the nearly 300 patients if the state mental hospital is sold to the University of Alabama and its patients possibly move to a Birmingham location, the Tuscaloosa News reports.

Several Alabama cities are planning parades and ceremonies to observe Veteran's Day on Nov.

Montgomery police have labeled the search for a missing baby as a death investigation.

The board that oversees Alabama's prepaid college tuition plan is switching from politicians to non-politicians to try to negotiate a solution to the program's $346 million deficit.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. A new study from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Alabama residents and companies paid less in state and local taxes than their counterparts in any other state.

A national study released Wednesday showed Alabama makes families living in poverty pay higher income taxes than any other state.

The ongoing fight over Alabama's Prepaid College Tuition Program will reach another milestone Wednesday and many parents from the valley are taking their fight to state lawmakers in Montgomery.

A conservative group will hold a conference on homosexuality this week, and gay rights organizations say they plan to stage a protest.

A federal judge has ruled that artist Daniel Moore did not violate trademark laws by painting scenes of University of Alabama football without licensing the work through the university.

Alabama voters can expect to see the faces of some well-known Democratic felons in advertisements that Republicans plan to run before the 2010 legislative elections.

A Jefferson County circuit court judge today denied a request to allow electronic bingo in Walker County until an appeal is heard by the Alabama Supreme Court.