State News

Alabama state health officials are investigating several cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, a contagious viral illness which has struck the state more severely than normal this year.

A bald eagle wounded by gunfire is recovering at the Southeastern Raptor Center at Auburn University.

Residents in Illinois and three other states have reported feeling a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that was centered in southeast Missouri.

Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then.

As the Orpheus ball began to wind down early Tuesday, revelers geared up for the Fat Tuesday parades that began rolling shortly after daybreak.

It will be up to Alabama voters to decide in November whether to let certain businesses use income tax withholdings from employees for expansion or new construction.

State officials and Alabama residents learned a lesson last spring — just because your state has been hit by a series of devastating tornadoes killing about 250 people doesn't mean everybody will feel sorry for you.

Legal notices would be available both online and in the local newspaper under a measure approved Thursday by the Alabama Senate.

Jefferson County officials say more than 600 county employees received letters this week saying their jobs could be among 180 that will be permanently eliminated.

Motorists would have to move over one lane for stopped utility vehicles under a bill passed by the Alabama Senate Thursday.