US Navy identifies crew killed in Alabama plane crash

U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, and 24-year-old U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett were the two-person crew piloting a U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft when it crashed in Alabama.

2 on board Navy aircraft killed in Alabama crash, authorities say

A U.S. Navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed Friday in an Alabama residential neighborhood near the Gulf Coast, killing both people in the plane, authorities said.

Voters could remove racist phrases from Alabama Constitution

Alabama voters once again have the chance to remove the racist language of Jim Crow from the state’s constitution, which was approved in 1901 to enshrine white supremacy as state law.

Confederate monument removed from Alabama courthouse

A 115-year-old Confederate monument that was the subject of protests in Alabama this year was removed from outside a county courthouse early Friday.

Man sought in Alabama slaying arrested near Atlanta

 A man who allegedly killed an acquaintance in Alabama two days after being released from prison was arrested Tuesday near Atlanta, authorities said.

Alabama man sentenced to 600 years for sexual exploitation of children

Matthew Tyler Miller, accused of getting two preschoolers to engage in sexual contact so he could record them, has been sentenced to 600 years in prison.

'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dies at 77

Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into an Oscar winning 1994 movie, has died.

One confirmed dead, another missing after Hurricane Sally washes away Panhandle roads, bridges

Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday as a Category 2 storm, with 105 mph winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and forcing the rescue of hundreds as it pushed inland at just 3 mph.

Sheriff: Pilot who crashed in Alabama was headed to Arkansas

Sheriff’s officials say a pilot whose plane crashed in Alabama on a trip from Georgia to Mississippi planned to later fly to Arkansas for his 77th birthday.

'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with historic floods

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.

Auburn student center to honor Georgia chief justice

The student center at Auburn University will be named in honor of the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, Harold D. Melton, trustees decided Friday.

Small earthquake rattles northwest Florida

USGS data shows the magnitude 4.0 quake happened just after 11 a.m. and was centered about two miles northwest of Mount Carmel, Florida, a town just north of Pensacola along the Florida-Alabama border.

University of Alabama infections since return top 1,000

The University of Alabama reported Friday that an additional 481 students have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to more than 1,000 infections since students returned to campus for the fall.

Deputies searching for missing Alabama boy with hearing problems

If you have any information that can help bring Devon Wayne Copeland home, please call the Etowah County Sheriff's Office.

Search continues for Georgia mom whose toddler was found wandering alone in South Florida

The FBI is asking the public's help in the search for a missing Georgia mother of a 2-year-old who was found wandering alone by South Florida police late last month.