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Alabama native, Sheila Washington has died. For several decades she overcame a series of obstacles to tell the story of the Scottsboro Boys -- nine young African-American males falsely accused of rape by two white women in 1931.

A number of bills that stalled in last year's abbreviated session returned.

Lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require more oversight of the local health officer in Alabama's most populous county. Area physicians strongly oppose the measure.

Lawmakers will debate perennial issues from the budgets to prisons, but the coronavirus pandemic remains ever present.

Here’s audio of the step-by-step instructions people hear in their cars as they move through UAB’s community COVID-19 drive-thru testing site. The site serves an estimated 350 patients a day.

Clean up continues after a strong tornado devastated parts of Fultondale Monday night. Residents are, once again, coming together to pick up the pieces.

Alabama has administered less than half of its COVID-19 vaccine supply. So why do state health officials say supply is the main obstacle?

Author Ben Beard surveys the South through movies in his new book "The South Never Plays Itself."

Young voters of both parties look toward the future as a new administration takes over.

Answers to your questions about the coronavirus vaccine rollout in Alabama. Who is eligible? How can you sign up to get a vaccine?