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Which Alabama high school football team is most likely to win a state title in 2025? The experts agree

Which Alabama high school football team is most likely to win a state title in 2025? The experts agree

Our All-Star high school prediction panel continues its look at some key questions entering the 2025 season today. Next up: Who is the most likely team to win a state championship among all seven AHSAA classifications and the AISA? Not...

Extreme Heat Expected in West Alabama this Wednesday

Extreme Heat Expected in West Alabama this Wednesday

Alabama residents can expect another series of hot and humid days. When I got in the car this afternoon, my temperature reading said 104 °F. Now, that’s brutal. To give Alabamians a heads up on dangerous heat index values, the National Weather...

Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday set this weekend

Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday set this weekend

(WALA) - Alabama residents, this weekend is the time to stock up on school supplies. The sales tax holiday starts at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 18, and ends at midnight on Sunday, July 20. The state waives its 4% sales tax on school-related supplies...

2 from Johnston on Alabama list

2 from Johnston on Alabama list

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two students from Johnston County earned places on the spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Alabama. They were Gabriella Ortiz-Loperena of Clayton and Harrison Batchelor of Kenly. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a...

Business Council of Alabama endorses Jay Mitchell for Attorney General in 2026

Business Council of Alabama endorses Jay Mitchell for Attorney General in 2026

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) and its political arm, ProgressPAC, made an endorsement in what is shaping up to be the most competitive statewide race of the 2026 cycle. On Monday, BCA announced its endorsement of former Alabama Supreme...

5 people indicted in massive Alabama cockfighting operation

5 people indicted in massive Alabama cockfighting operation

Five people have been indicted federally in connection with a massive cockfighting operation in Blount County. Attendees paid $40 to watch the fight, according to court records, and competitors who entered roosters in the derbies paid an entry fee...

Cesar Campos-Reyes still at large after raids this morning at multiple Alabama businesses

Cesar Campos-Reyes still at large after raids this morning at multiple Alabama businesses

Doug Howard Law Enforcement Coordinator/Public Affairs Officer/ Montgomery, Ala. – An Auburn, Alabama man has been charged with federal crimes related to loans received through the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act,...

Federal agents raid multiple restaurants in 6 Alabama counties, detain more than 40 people

Federal agents raid multiple restaurants in 6 Alabama counties, detain more than 40 people

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies carried out a sweeping operation at 14 locations in six Alabama counties Tuesday, the result of a long-term investigation that authorities say is just beginning. The operation executed multiple...

Fugitive captured after multi-county raids arrest 3 in fraud and drug investigation in east Alabama

Fugitive captured after multi-county raids arrest 3 in fraud and drug investigation in east Alabama

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - A man accused of defrauding the government and fueling a criminal drug network is now in federal custody following a series of raids across east and central Alabama. CESAR CAMPOS REYES(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)Cesar...

Ex-Alabama star Darius Miles has capital murder trial set for Dec. 1

Ex-Alabama star Darius Miles has capital murder trial set for Dec. 1

Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles will stand trial on capital murder charges with proceedings to begin the week of Dec. 1. The date was set by Tuscaloosa judge Daniel F. Pruet and takes place two years after Miles was arrested in...

Alabama Beware: Cicadas Are Invading Again

Alabama Beware: Cicadas Are Invading Again

Ok, THIS IS REALLY BUGGING ME! I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. How often we’re going to deal with these cicadas, we heard it was going to be a once every 17 years event. Photo by Deb Dowd on Unsplash Photo by Deb Dowd on Unsplash...

Fugitive turns himself in after multi-county raids arrest 3 in fraud and drug investigation in east Alabama

Fugitive turns himself in after multi-county raids arrest 3 in fraud and drug investigation in east Alabama

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - A man accused of defrauding the government and fueling a criminal drug network is now in federal custody following a series of raids across east and central Alabama. CESAR CAMPOS REYES(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)Cesar...

Alabama, Marshall Tucker Band tour stopping in Arkansas

Alabama, Marshall Tucker Band tour stopping in Arkansas

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - If you were born country or in high cotton, you’ll want to take the highway to North Little Rock this November. Alabama and the Marshall Tucker Band will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Simmons Bank...

Steve Sarkisian admits bringing Alabama into Jordan-Hare Stadium is ‘probably the toughest place to play in the country’

Steve Sarkisian admits bringing Alabama into Jordan-Hare Stadium is ‘probably the toughest place to play in the country’

Steve Sarkisian is one of the few people in college football to give an opinion on what the best rivalry in college football is. He has coached in two of the best, Texas–Oklahoma and the Iron Bowl. Now the head coach for Texas, Sarkisian was...

Alabama running back carried the load 46 times in the Iron Bowl

Alabama running back carried the load 46 times in the Iron Bowl

EDITOR’S NOTE: Every day until Aug. 29, Creg Stephenson is counting down significant numbers in Alabama football history, both in the lead-up to the 2025 football season and in commemoration of the Crimson Tide’s first national championship 100...

Good Cheer Puts in Half-Mile Work for Alabama Stakes

Godolphin's Kentucky Oaks (G1)-winning homebred Good Cheer breezed a half-mile in :50.66, according to NYRA clockers July 13 over the Saratoga Race Course main track as she prepares for the 1 1/4-mile $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) Aug. 16 at the Spa.

North Alabama fire departments join relief efforts amid Texas floods

North Alabama fire departments join relief efforts amid Texas floods

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - When help is needed, Alabama responds. Several firefighters from across North Alabama are on the ground in Texas, assisting with the search and recovery effort after deadly flooding. Governor Ivey’s Office announced...

Alabama Freshman Star Turns Heads With Massive 37lb Offseason Transformation

Alabama Freshman Star Turns Heads With Massive 37lb Offseason Transformation

Just three months ago, Alabama’s tight end room was running thin. Kaleb Edwards, a top 2025 recruit, wasn’t set to arrive until summer. Danny Lewis was ruled out for spring. That left returners Josh Cuevas and Jay Lindsey holding it down. So, to...

Alabama Great Names Only Obstacle for Nick Saban’s Return to Coaching After Greg McElroy Tease

Alabama Great Names Only Obstacle for Nick Saban’s Return to Coaching After Greg McElroy Tease

College football simply can’t resist Nick Saban. We’re well into the offseason, and amid that, there’s a huge rumor circulating that the GOAT is coming back to the field. It all began when ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy...

Hugh Freeze expects Auburn to ‘get over edge’ against UGA, Alabama

Hugh Freeze expects Auburn to ‘get over edge’ against UGA, Alabama

If Hugh Freeze is reading his reshaped roster correctly, his third season at Auburn will become the Year of the Tigers. Freeze said Tuesday at SEC Media Days that the reshaped roster and experience on his side — not to mention playing rivals...

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