Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away

Della Simpson Maynor remembers the mounted police officer cracking her elbow with a baton. She recalls the panicked marchers unable to escape the onslaught, and the scuffle between officers and a young church deacon who was trying to protect his mother and grandfather. Most of all, she remembers the gunshot.

Alabama executes inmate convicted in killing of 3 officers

A man convicted in the 2004 killings of three police officers who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening in Alabama.

Democratic candidates join Selma bridge march

Thousands of people joined the Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in honor of the black civil rights protesters attacked by white police there.

Funeral held for murdered Fort Valley student Anitra Gunn in Alabama

Family and friends gathered on Saturday to say goodbye to 23-year-old Fort Valley State University student Anitra Gunn at her funeral.

Alabama cop shows off dance moves at Mardi Gras parade

A cop marching behind a group of dancers in a Mardi Gras parade couldn’t resist but join in the festivities.

Community gathers in prayer to mourn 8 lives lost in dock fire

After a horrifying fire on a dock claimed the lives of eight people in Scottsboro, Alabama, the community gathered in prayer.

Alabama fire chief confirms deaths as fire destroys 35 boats

Boaters leaped into the water to escape a fire that consumed at least 35 vessels docked along the Tennessee River early Monday. Authorities said there were fatalities as 7 people were sent to hospitals and 7 others were initially reported missing.

Teen accused of killing mother, twin 13-year-old brothers

An Alabama teen allegedly stabbed his mom and 2 brothers to death and then went off to school as if nothing had happened.

Tri-state water battle headed to Supreme Court

The legal battle between Georgia and Florida over how to share a key water resource is headed to the supreme court.

Georgia Tech Announces Football Series against Alabama, Georgia State

Georgia Tech has agreed to future home-and-home football series with Alabama and Georgia State, director of athletics Todd Stansbury announced on Wednesday.

Father, daughter killed in Alabama plane crash

An Alabama man who died with his daughter when their small airplane crashed during takeoff was an experienced pilot, officials said Monday.

Remains IDed as missing Alabama woman who texted she was ‘in trouble’

Human remains found buried in a shallow grave in a backyard have been identified as Paighton Houston, an Alabama woman who texted she feared she was “in trouble” before disappearing last month, police said Friday.