Alabama News

An unknown respiratory infectious pathogen has hospitalized seven people in southeast Alabama and killed two, sending health officials scrambling to identify the bug.

Midland City - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released photos and new details of the rescue operation that freed the 5-year-old Alabama boy held hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker.

Mobile - After seven days of negotiating, law enforcement saw a decline in hostage negotiations. When they observed a the suspect Jim Dykes holding a gun they assumed that the little boy was in imminent danger. The five year old boy was rescued, and unharmed.

Midland City - The six-day hostage standoff in Midland City, Alabama has come to end, leaving the kidnapper dead and the 5-year-old boy safe.

Midland City - The Midland City, Alabama bus driver killed trying to protect his young passengers from an alleged gunman is being hailed as a hero.

Midland City - A 5-year-old Alabama boy who was kidnapped after his school bus driver was shot and killed on Tuesday continues to be held hostage.

Midland City - One man is dead and a child has been taken hostage after a gunman boarded an Alabama school bus, shooting the driver and abducting one child.

In only six seasons Alabama football coach Nick Saban has set a new benchmark for excellence, defeating Notre Dame for his third National Championship in four years.

Seale - Alabama officials have arrested a Russell County High School teen who planned to use homemade explosive devises to attack fellow students.

Mobile - Violent storms raged through much of the southern portion of the United States Christmas day, leaving a path of destruction and at least 5 dead.