All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2016 // A meat processing plant in Bakerhill, Ala., has been fined more than $70,000 following an investigation after a worker lost his fingertip.Al.com reports the Keystone Food plant is facing about $76,700 in proposed penalties...
Sep 6 2016 // The Alabama Department of Insurance (ALDOI) announced Aug. 31 that it has been re-accredited by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for a 5-year term. The ALDOI received its first NAIC accreditation...
Sep 1 2016 // An Alabama public health official says 540 workers are being tested for possible tuberculosis infection at the Hyundai automobile plant outside Montgomery. The tests and evaluations Tuesday came after an employee at the...
Aug 24 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added risk management and insurance professional Jim Williford to the firm’s National...
Aug 19 2016 // A central Alabama firefighter is charged with setting a fire in an Elmore County community that’s been plagued by a string of suspicious blazes.WSFA-TV reports that 28-year-old Chad Ellis of Deatsville was arrested...
Aug 18 2016 // The ridesharing service Uber plans to return to two Alabama cities this week as students return to college campuses. Local media report that city officials in Auburn and Tuscaloosa have approved ordinances in recent weeks...
Aug 17 2016 // The Health Department has recommended a popular Alabama water park close due to the presence of a parasite.AL.com reports that park officials said Monday that Spring Valley Beach in Blountsville was closed Sunday due to...
Aug 8 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information & Research (ACIIR), in partnership with Smart Home America and the Coastal Alabama Partnership, has released a new Alabama Coastal Insurance Shopper’s Guide to help...
Aug 5 2016 // A man in Blount County, Alabama, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for going more than 100 miles per hour in a 2014 crash that killed one of his passengers.Al.com reports that 25-year-old Tyler L. Reynolds was...
Jul 25 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. was approved in June by the Alabama Department of Insurance to write homeowners insurance in the state through its subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC)....
Jul 22 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information & Research (ACIIR) in partnership with Smart Home America and the Coastal Alabama Partnership has released its new Alabama Coastal Insurance Shopper’s Guide to help...
Jul 15 2016 // An Alabama cemetery is banning people from playing the popular Pokemon Go game on its property.The president of Mobile Memorial Gardens, Timothy Claiborne, says a cemetery is supposed to be a place for peaceful reflection....
Jul 14 2016 // Police in Tuscaloosa say several young men broke into a gun store and stole between 10 and 30 guns.Police Capt. Brad Mason tells the Tuscaloosa News the break-in happened early in the morning on July 12. Mason said the men...
Jul 11 2016 // Authorities are investigating after they say someone stole a $135,000 yacht in Orange Beach, Ala.Police say the 42-foot Sea Ray called “Tide Runner” was taken from the Wharf Marina. WKRG-TV says the incident...
Jul 8 2016 // Federal court officials say an Alabama seafood company has agreed to stop processing fish after complaints were raised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. U.S. District Court officials said in a statement July 7 that...
Jul 6 2016 // The families of two girls who were killed in a DUI crash involving a former NASA astronaut in rural west Alabama have filed wrongful-death lawsuits in state and federal courts.Authorities have said 11-year-old Niomi James...
Jul 1 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has been approved by the Alabama Department of Insurance to write homeowners insurance in the state through its subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC). The...
Jun 30 2016 // Authorities say a doctor in Tuscaloosa, Ala., has been indicted on drug trafficking charges and faces hundreds more after a two-year investigation into his practice.The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force says in a statement...
Jun 24 2016 // An agreement that would bring Uber back to Tuscaloosa has been reached, although the city council still must give final approval next week. The Tuscaloosa News reports that most city councilors support the ride-for-hire...
Jun 20 2016 // Storms moving through Huntsville, Ala., damaged three apartment buildings severely enough to displace residents.Winter Park Apartments property manager Alejandra Chavez tells WHNT-TV that 13 families couldn’t stay in...