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Alabama July 24, 2023

Alabama police close in on suspects who beat young man at Rock the South festival

Alabama authorities are making progress in their investigation into a violent attack at the Rock the South country music festival in Cullman that left a man with severe injuries.

Alabama July 24, 2023

Carlee Russell admitted to lying about her disappearance by Alabama freeway: police

Carlee Russell admitted to police to making up her abduction and why she went missing, authorities said.

Alabama July 24, 2023

Northwest Alabama beach reopens following diesel spill from sunken tugboat in Tennessee River

The McFarland Park Beach along the Tennessee River is reopening after it was temporarily closed when diesel fuel spilled into the river from a sunken tugboat.

Alabama July 22, 2023

Alabama Education Department employee charged with sexually abusing young child

Marty Decole Wagner, who was employed by the Alabama Department of Education in government relations, was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.

POLITICS July 21, 2023

Alabama lawmakers reject 2nd Black majority Congressional district, increase to 40% after Supreme Court ruling

Alabama lawmakers have chosen not to create a second Black-majority Congressional district in the state in potential defiance of a recent U.S. Supreme Court order.

Alabama July 21, 2023

Both Alabama GOP redistricting proposals fall short of Supreme Court order as deadline ends Friday

Alabama Republican lawmakers proposed two congressional maps in a move that displayed little willingness to create a second majority-Black district ordered by the Supreme Court.

Alabama July 21, 2023

Alabama Republican’s redistricting proposal an insult to the Supreme Court, Black lawmakers say

Black lawmakers in Alabama said the new congressional map Republicans proposed Wednesday was an insult to the Supreme Court as it doesn’t comply to its order.

Alabama July 21, 2023

Alabama executes James Barber by lethal injection for 'heinous, atrocious and cruel' murder of Dorothy Epps

Alabama inmate James Barber, 64, was put to death by lethal injection in the early morning hours of July 21 for the 2001 murder of 75-year-old Dorothy Epps at her home in Harvest.

Alabama July 20, 2023

Carlee Russell made several tweets just minutes before disappearing: 'today was a GREAT day'

Carlee Russell was on Twitter within 40 minutes of her disappearance, and tweeted 15 minutes before she went missing.

Alabama July 20, 2023

Carlee Russell's claim of being forced into 18-wheeler sounds like a 'fantasy' in her mind: fmr FBI agent

Carlee Russell's claim of being forced into the back of an 18-wheeler sounds like a fantasy in her mind, says a former FBI special agent.

Alabama July 20, 2023

Alabama to execute inmate in 1st lethal injection following monthslong hiatus on the practice

James Barber, an inmate who beat a woman to death in 2001, is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Alabama's first lethal injection in months.