The parents of an Alabama girl who was killed at camp Mystic are seeking more safety oversight on summer camps. Eight-year-old Sarah Marsh of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was one of 27 Camp Mystic ...

In other developments, lawsuits challenging the EPA endangerment rule begin and a draft GOP farm bill resurrects a pesticide ...

The Alabama Senate gave the bill final passage today after debate. State senators on both sides of the aisle voted to make sex crimes against children punishable by the death penalty. Some Democratic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Child Predator Death Penalty Act is headed to the governor’s desk for final signature. The Alabama ...

Three counties in the southern half of Alabama have been added to the state of emergency issued last week for north Alabama because of the winter storm. The counties are Geneva, Houston, and ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Governor Kay Ivey has appointed Dr. Lee Ellenburg as Alabama’s State Climatologist. Ellenburg will succeed Dr. John Christy who has held the position for over 20 years. “I am ...

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — According to Governor Kay Ivey’s Office, a familiar face in the county has been appointed to serve as a judge in the Lauderdale County circuit court. District Attorney ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Gov. Kay Ivey now has two things named after her. With a new $1.25 billion prison, the Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex, set to be completed in Elmore County sometime ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - One of the more controversial Alabama bills coming out of this legislative session is one step away from becoming law. Alabama’s House Bill 41 (HB41) passed through both the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman in a red jacket and black shirt holding a sheaf of papers. Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, walks to her seat in the ...

A bill to make rape, sodomy, or sexual torture of a child punishable by the death penalty is on its way to Gov. Kay Ivey. The Alabama Senate passed the bill by a vote of 33-1 on Thursday morning. The ...

Alabama lawmakers have approved House Bill 41, known as the “Child Predator Death Penalty Act,” which would allow the death penalty for rape, sodomy or sexual torture of children under the age of 12.