Latest Alabama Headlines

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Severe Storm Sweeps Through Southeast, Causes 5 Deaths

Feb 10 2020 // More than 260,000 homes and businesses in the southeastern United States were without power early Friday after a powerful storm raked the region. At least five people were killed.North Carolina had the most customers...

Winter Storm in Deep South Brings Snow, Floods, 1 Death

Feb 7 2020 // A powerful winter storm raked across the Deep South early Thursday, with high winds and flooding causing damage that killed one person, injured several others and littered at least 10 states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled...

3M Subpoenaed by Federal Grand Jury Over Alabama Chemical Discharges

Feb 4 2020 // 3M has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in connection to discharges from a chemical plant in northern Alabama that may not have complied with permit requirements.Michael Roman, the Minnesota-based company’s...

Investigators Probe Cause of Deadly Fire at Alabama Marina

Jan 30 2020 // Roughly two dozen people lived on Dock B at Jackson County Park Marina, and none was rich or famous. They were middle-class adults and children, not yachters, folks who liked having a Tennessee River bywater for their...

At Least 8 Killed, 35 Vessels Burned in Alabama Marina Fire

Jan 29 2020 // A massive fire that killed at least eight people and destroyed dozens of boats in an Alabama marina early Monday was spread so rapidly by the wind that “we didn’t have time to do nothing,” said one...

2 Construction Workers Injured at University of Alabama Stadium

Jan 28 2020 // Two construction workers, participating in the renovation of Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama, were injured Saturday when beams fell on a piece of equipment they were operating.Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue...

Alabama Agencies Ordered to Pay $540K in Back Wages to Disabled Workers

Jan 21 2020 // A recycling center that employs adults with intellectual disabilities in Alabama should have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to its workers, federal labor officials said.The U.S. Department of Labor recently...

Alabama School District Closes School Damaged by EF-2 Tornado

Jan 16 2020 // A north Alabama school district is closing some of its schools this week after a tornado caused heavy damage at an elementary school, the superintendent said. A twister that forecasters determined was an EF-2 with winds up...

Alabama Police Say ‘Batman’ Bandit Stealing from Churches

Jan 16 2020 // Police in Alabama are looking for a man who disguised himself as Batman while stealing musical instruments from churches.A burglary happened on Dec. 11 at King’s Way Church in Irondale, AL.Com reported. The caped...

Alabama Attorney General Opposed to Anticipated Medical Marijuana Bill

Jan 15 2020 // The Alabama attorney general is opposing medical marijuana legislation expected to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session.In a Jan. 6 letter to lawmakers, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall called marijuana...

11 Dead After Storms Sweep Southern U.S., Midwest

Jan 13 2020 // Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain...

Appeals Court Rules Workers Can’t Sue Alabama Over Blocked Minimum Wage Boost

Jan 8 2020 // Fast food workers can’t sue the Alabama attorney general over a 2016 state law that blocked a minimum wage increase in the state’s largest city, a federal appeals court ruled last month.The 11th U.S. Circuit...

3 Boats Capsize During Catfishing Tournament in Alabama

Jan 8 2020 // Three boats capsized and sank Saturday during a catfishing tournament on a north Alabama lake, but no injuries were reported, authorities said.The boats were participating in the annual Winter Blues on Wheeler tournament...

22 Killed in Alabama Traffic Accidents Over Holidays

Jan 6 2020 // Alabama state troopers investigated 22 traffic deaths during the recent holiday travel period.The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a news release that 22 people were killed in the 13-day period between Dec. 20 and...

Alabama School System to Sue 3M Over Contamination

Jan 2 2020 // A north Alabama school system has taken the first step to sue 3M Co. over claims that chemicals are leaking from a closed landfill that is on school system property.News outlets reported that Decatur’s school system...

5 Alabama Construction Workers Injured in Work Site Floor Collapse

Dec 30 2019 // Firefighters rescued five construction workers who fell during a floor collapse at a work site near the University of Alabama campus Thursday. The workers were on the ground floor level at a site near Tutwiler Hall when...

Tornado Warning Sirens Failed to Sound Before Deadly Alabama Twister

Dec 27 2019 // Warning sirens failed to sound before a tornado struck a north Alabama community last week, killing two people, but officials said it probably wouldn’t have mattered even if they had.The area where an EF-2 tornado...

Alabama Town Picks Up the Pieces After EF-2 Tornado

Dec 23 2019 // Daylight broke Tuesday (Dec. 18) on Colbert Heights mountain in Alabama to reveal the damage and destruction that a late Monday afternoon tornado left in its wake.Some work crews even beat the daylight to the area as the...

Kim Kardashian West Sues Alabama Doctor over ‘Vampire Facial’

Dec 19 2019 // Reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian West is suing an Alabama doctor over claims he wrongly used her image to promote a medical procedure called a “Vampire Facial.”West filed suit Tuesday in Los...

4 Dead After Storms Leave ‘Trail of Destruction’ Across the South

Dec 19 2019 // A swarm of tornadoes and storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes...