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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has raised the maximum bail amount a judge can set for a state murder charge to $1.5 million.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has raised the maximum bail amount a judge can set for a state murder charge to $1.5 million.
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A new, $30 million state laboratory is being named for a former state health officer who now serves as president and chief executive of the Alabama Hospital Association.
Springville Mayor Dave Thomas, who served two terms as a state legislator from 1994-2002, has announced he plans to run for governor of Alabama and has attracted attention for his stance in favor of marijuana legalization.
The Conecuh Ridge Distillery, a $13.5 million project first announced in 2017, is taking the next step toward becoming a reality in Alabama.
Trinity Dale Wells is a cattle farmer on a small farm of about 150 acres he leases in Franklin County in northwest Alabama. Wells has owned John Deere tractors his whole life. Last year, his tractor's stop engine light lit up.
MONTGOMERY — The federal relief spending bill moving through the Legislature directs the lion’s share of $772 million to broadband internet infrastructure, water and sewer projects and health care.
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Gadsden City High School junior Kloe Justice soon will get a chance to perform at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall.
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Southeast Health is among the top 11% of U.S. health systems overusing low-value health services, according to a Johns Hopkins University study published in JAMA last week.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Power Co. will pay $75,000 in fines and stop burning coal in a unit that released too much hydrochloric acid at a generating plant north of Mobile under an agreement with state environmental regulators.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The oldest Roman Catholic college in the Southeast, Spring Hill College, will begin the search for a new president after its current one announced his retirement.
CLANTON, Ala. (AP) — Full-time employees of an Alabama school district are getting a $500 bonus.
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Amtrak is taking steps to prepare train stations for eventual passenger service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast if the route is eventually approved.
CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — The moment one steps into Helen Hawkins’ home, located on the Cullman/Marshall County line, a colorful display of talent captures the eye.
BIRMINGHAM — Two Nigerian men living in New Jersey were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to laundering money stolen in an online "romance scam" and other schemes though unwitting businesses, including one in Alabama, authorities said Friday.
MONTGOMERY — Alabama's monthly unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.1%, the state said Friday, holding steady for the fifth straight month.
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