Alabama

Three 16-year-olds were killed and a fourth was seriously injured when a vehicle left a road and ran into trees on Christmas night in south Alabama, authorities said Thursday.

Lowndes County Sheriff John “Big John” Williams was shot and killed at a gas station. Huntsville police Officer Billy Fred Clardy III was killed as officers tried to intercept a suspected drug delivery.

Family and friends are expanding their search for a missing Alabama woman who was reportedly last seen leaving a Birmingham bar with two men.

An Alabama mother took a photo of bus drivers praying before a field trip at her daughter's school.

Authorities on Saturday identified an Alabama police officer who was killed during a drug enforcement operation and said the man's father was also an officer with the Huntsville Police Department who died in the line of duty.

Prosecutors say the man investigators consider the lone suspect in the shooting death of the stepdaughter of a well-known UFC fighter will face a capital murder charge.

The flu season is off and running in the Deep South.

Alabama authorities confirmed Wednesday the remains found earlier this week are those of 19-year-old missing college student Aniah Blanchard.

The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a state law barring cities from moving or altering Confederate monuments.

Authorities believe human remains found in Alabama are those of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard.

Officials say Sheriff John Williams was shot at a gas station by an 18-year-old suspect.

A woman whose arrest at a Waffle House went viral is now suing the Atlanta-based company.

Brianna Williams was absentee booked at a local hospital after being admitted because of an apparent overdose, officials said.