Alabama enacts a law imposing the death penalty for severe sexual crimes against children under 12, marking a significant ...

Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, is set to be executed sometime between 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026, and 6:00 a.m. on ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is urging lawmakers to pass two bills that would enhance penalties for police chases.

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TALLADEGA, Ala. (WIAT) — There is a new campaign urging the Alabama governor to grant clemency to death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton. Burton was sentenced to death 34 years ago for his role in a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday that she’s releasing $2 million of the state’s emergency funds to go towards eight food banks. The move will serve all 67 counties ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a State of Emergency Thursday, January 22 signed a proclamation issuing a state of emergency for 19 northern countiesahead of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Academic gains in Alabama’s public school system and a commitment to using levers of government to support President Donald Trump’s “mission” are two of several things Gov.

More than half of Alabama’s 67 counties go under a state of emergency today because of the forecast of severe winter weather. Gov. Kay Ivey cited the threat of ice, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey pledged support to give teachers and other state employees paid parental leave during her her annual State of the State address Tuesday evening. She also said that school choice, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth announced Wednesday that he will not run for governor in 2026. Ainsworth emerged onto the Alabama political scene in 2014 when he was elected ...

LANSING, MI -- Despite abolishing the death penalty in 1963, a Michigan prisoner is scheduled to be executed next week. Demetrius Frazier, 52, originally from Detroit, is listed in Michigan Department ...