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In Alabama, elderly residents have been arrested, handcuffed, and taken to jail for unpaid trash bills. However, a little-known state law could allow free trash pickup for some residents.

Alabama’s state archive has over 100 sets of ancestral remains and thousands of objects from Native American graves. Now, the institution is giving them back.

Under Ivey’s proposal, the state corrections commissioner could immediately designate a new execution date if a delay prevents the state from carrying out an execution on the original date listed on the death warrant.

According to Alabama Power, smart homes are 35% more efficient than standard Alabama homes being built today.

The Alabama Channel will capture and save live video recordings of legislative meetings and make them available to the public online and on demand.

This weekend, over 100 cars with flags honoring people who have died in homicides this year will ride through downtown Birmingham.

Thornton Dial's art has been recognized nationally, but this is the first exhibit spanning his full career to be shown in his home state.

The former hospital site will be turned into a mixed-use development, Star at Uptown, which is to include residential, retail and dining spaces, as well as an amphitheater.

Last month, Gov. Kay Ivey asked Attorney General Steve Marshall not to seek additional execution dates for any other death row inmates until a review is complete.

The Moody Fire Department determined that a landfill fire that has been burning largely underground has been contained.