1+ week, 2+ day ago   (77+ words) The 10 categories are: Winning images will be featured online and will also travel the state as part of an exhibit at various venues during 2027. Sherri Blevins is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You may contact her at [email protected]....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (869+ words) An ordinary trip to the mailbox brought Brittney Battles Roberts something she never expected to hold — a letter from the White House about her son, Will. Then she saw the date. The day after 15-year-old Will Roberts died following his…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (424+ words) The Republican nominee for Congress in Alabama’s Seventh District believes this might be the year for someone in the GOP to take a seat that has been traditionally held by Democrats. Akin won the GOP nomination for U.S. House District…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (517+ words) Alabama executed Jeremy Tremaine Williams on Thursday for the 2021 rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland, a crime the judge who sentenced him described as “so shockingly evil.” Williams was put to death by lethal injection at William C. Holman…...

1+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (1145+ words) ATMORE — The state of Alabama carried out its first execution of 2026 on Aug. 13, putting Jeremy Williams to death by lethal injection for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl named Kamarie Holland in 2021. Williams was 41 at the time of his…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (338+ words) State officials on Aug. 10 identified a Madison, Wisconsin police officer who shot and killed a 38-year-old man following an altercation during an attempted arrest in July. The Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation identified Kiel Baitinger-Peterson as the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (347+ words) Meta is launching a $1 billion fund to invest directly in data center communities including Montgomery, expanding the company’s commitment to support areas hosting its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The new Future is for Everyone Fund will direct money toward local priorities…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1514+ words) This story comes from the Wisconsin News Collaborative, a partnership of Wisconsin public media newsrooms, including WUWM, Wisconsin Public Radio, and WXPR. Madison police arrested 16 people Tuesday morning as officials moved to clear an encampment at the site where a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (249+ words) Workers were busy Wednesday installing new signage on the building that houses the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, officially transforming it into the Kay Ivey Office Building, according to a social media post from The Art of Alabama Politics. The work…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (584+ words) — Moe's Boarding & Grooming was voted Best Groomer in The Anniston Star's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, recognizing the business less than five years after opening. — Owner Summer Shears credits the award to her six-member team, saying compassionate care, patience and customer service…...