NWS Survey Crews Confirm 8 Tornadoes Hit Alabama

27 August 2008, 9:58 pm

Survey crews from the National Weather Service Office in Birmingham confirmed eight tornadoes touched downs this week.... read more

Four Suspects Arrested in Birmingham Murders

27 August 2008, 5:40 pm

August 26 - Four men were arrested and charged with capital murder Tuesday in the killing of five men in a suburban Birmingham apartment.... read more

Feds Indict Two Men in Separate Child Porn Cases

27 August 2008, 9:38 am

A federal grand jury has returned indictments against two Alabama men for receiving and distributing child pornography.... read more

How our universities fare: And it's not in football

27 August 2008, 5:08 am

Americans are obsessed with making the list. Because of Alabama's long history of being at or near the bottom of just about every negative state ranking, this state's residents get in a tizzy when it ranks high ...... read more

Judge Rejects Bessemer School Board's $1 Million Lawsuit

26 August 2008, 9:00 pm

A federal judge has dismissed an April lawsuit by the Bessemer school board seeking to recoup more than $1 million in interest and penalties the system paid in federal taxes.... read more

Sheriff: Slayings were murder-for-hire involving organized crime

26 August 2008, 12:51 pm

Sheriff's investigators say the killings of 5 men in Shelby County, Alabama, were part of a "murder-for-hire" scheme plotted by organized crime.... read more