All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2018 // Four north Alabama firefighters were taken to hospitals for heat-related illnesses as they battled an explosive fire at a golf cart dealership.All the firefighters are expected to recover. News outlets report that Decatur...
Jun 4 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting this month, according to the nationwide insurance company.Thanks to the...
May 29 2018 // Storm Alberto weakened to a subtropical depression, moving across central Alabama after making landfall in the Florida Panhandle and bringing heavy rains that threaten the U.S. South with economic losses of $1...
May 24 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting next month, according to the nationwide insurance company.Thanks to the...
May 7 2018 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association (AIUA) has partnered with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) to develop a roof aging farm in Foley, Ala. This longer-term research project was...
Apr 27 2018 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc., a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc. (EBSCO), has added attorney Tracy Leeth as a senior benefits compliance consultant and Tim Rogers as safety manager and...
Apr 25 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms at least three tornadoes in Alabama from Sunday storms, and is surveying other parts of southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.A storm with estimated winds of 80 mph (130 kph)...
Apr 24 2018 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association (AIUA) has partnered with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) to develop a roof aging farm in Foley, Ala. This longer-term research project was...
Apr 18 2018 // S.S. Nesbitt (SSN), a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries, Inc. (EBSCO), has appointed Jason Bosley as vice president in the property and casualty insurance practice.Bosley began as an...
Apr 17 2018 // All hail the newest entry in Alabama weather record books.AL.com cites a release from state climatologist Dr. John Christy saying a hailstone that fell March 19 in Cullman County is the largest on record in the state....
Apr 6 2018 // Officials say one person has been injured after severe weather caused damage in a northern Alabama city.City of Decatur spokeswoman Emily Long said Wednesday the person was taken in for evaluation, but did not provide any...
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Apr 3 2018 // Fast food chain Arby’s and its franchisee Beavers’ Inc. are facing a federal lawsuit after several teenaged female employees were allegedly sexually harassed at an Arby’s in Atmore, Alabama. The Equal...
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Apr 2 2018 // Autonomous Caution“Unlike Arizona, California has taken a safety driven approach when developing autonomous vehicle regulations.” — Jim Frazier, a California Assemblyman, urged caution in his state...
Mar 23 2018 // The National Weather Service says there’s evidence that multiple tornadoes struck Alabama earlier this week, and it’s still counting.The weather service says survey teams have found tracks showing nine twisters...
Mar 22 2018 // With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher’s home in eastern Alabama.Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher hid in the bathtub with his wife, daughter...
Mar 21 2018 // Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night.Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more than 29 million people, raising the risk of...
Mar 16 2018 // A proposal to let trained teachers carry firearms in public schools drew support and criticism during a legislative public hearing Wednesday as a committee grappled with the first action on a gun-related bill introduced in...
Mar 16 2018 // Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and plunged into a deep...