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Several new MAX bus routes will take effect March 26 of this year. BJCTA officials will eliminate inefficient routes souch as the Southside Dart route and reorganized some routes to make them more efficient.More >>

Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez said he was impressed with the progress made on the corridor that will link Birmingham with Memphis.More >>

The Gadsden Police Department says a Cracker Barrel employee has been charged with falsely reporting a robbery. Captain Regina May says the incident happened on February 10th at the Cracker Barrel on 101 Taylor Drive...More >>

Alabama residents can receive severe-weather alerts at no cost via phone, email or text messaging for up to four (4) user-defined locations.More >>

Testimony continued on the sixth day of the honeymoon death trial in which Gabe Watson is accused of killing his wife Tina in 2003 to cash in on her life insurance policy.More >>

The ban on texting while driving passes in the Alabama House of Representatives by a vote of 92 to 0.More >>

More people are teaming up to support increased penalties for cockfighting in Alabama but the Gamefowl Breeders Association says the bill gives the state too much regulatory power.More >>

The ban on job tax could jeopardize Jefferson County's efforts to plug its $40 million budget shortfall.More >>

Hoover Police will pursue charges against a man arrested after hitting at least seven vehicles in Hoover on Monday before he was pulled out of his vehicle naked.More >>

A group of Birmingham city school parents have filed a federal lawsuit to keep school resource officers from being allowed to mace students.More >>

Montgomery police pursued two suspects who were said to have bailed out of a vehicle near Eastdale Loop. The suspects then ran into a neighborhood behind the mall.More >>

A deadly crash is under investigation in Blount County...More >>

A trip through the drive through lane turned scary for one man when he was violently attacked for not giving money to a man going up to cars and asking for a hand out, according to Memphis policeMore >>

Everyone at this forum may not feel that racism still exists, but many do. Even the panelists answered the question "does racism still exist" with a resounded "yes." "It is pervasive just like cancer,"More >>

Despite the President's Day holiday, the Gabe Watson murder trial resumes Monday morning. Expected to take the stand today is the dive master on the trip where Watson's wife died...More >>

Family and friends of Ashley Nicole Bates and her six-year-old daughter Ashlynn are still trying to come to grips with their death tonight.More >>

A one car accident took the life of a mother and daughter Sunday, Feb. 19 in Jefferson County.More >>

Despite scarce educational dollars, UAB is making a case for spending millions of additional funds for research. On Monday, UAB President Carol Garrison briefed the Jefferson County House Delegation on the schools legislative agenda...More >>

During severe weather, power lines and cell phone towers often take a hit.  But there's one method of communication that never fails – amateur radio.  On Saturday about 100 ham operators gathered at Locust Fork High School in Blount County for Freeze Fest.  During this time ham radio operators can buy, sell, and trade amateur radios.  This is also an excellent place for them to fellowship...More >>

The Alabama baseball team dropped a 9-4 decision to the Florida Atlantic Owls on Sunday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. With the loss the Crimson Tide falls to 0-3 on the season while FAU improves to 3-0...More >>

Alabama State Troopers were called out to a fatal accident
today in Blount County around 2:35p.m.More >>

It's no secret Alabama's prisons are overcrowded.  That's why a former pro football player is using his fame to address the issue.  Bill Glass made a name for himself playing for the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns, but since he left the gridiron he's spent more time in prisons that on the playing field. "We all get a second chance because we're all less than we ought to be so we all need that second chance," said Glass.More >>

It has been close to 10 months since members of the Pleasant Grove Assembly of God Church have been able to worship in their own sanctuary. On April 27th an EF-4 tornado ripped through Pleasant Grove and destroyed the church buildings.More >>

State Troopers are reporting I-20 has opened back up. Troopers were called out around 5:00 p.m. to mile marker 147 on a 12 car accident. Minor injuries were reported.  The cause of the accident is  still under investigation.More >>

The number of American teens who lost their lives in car accidents jumped 11 percent in the first half of 2011, the first increase in eight years, a new report finds...More >>

NBC12 has a frightening warning for parents. There's a hot new designer drug on the streets and students right here in the metro-area are using and abusing it.More >>

Bill Cosby's fans expected nothing less than a good time at the Alabama Theatre tonight. "I'm expecting to fall in the floor laughing. Always been so funny," Tracy White said. Folks say they wouldn'tMore >>

The state continued to build its case against Gabe Watson with testimony from Dr. Doug Milsap continued his testimony on Friday. Milsap and his wife were on the same dive trip as Gabe and Tina Watson.More >>

A climatologist in north Alabama is predicting Alabama will have an active spring tornado season. "My general rule here is to understand this. If it happened before it can happen again and probably worse,"More >>

Jacksonville police say three people were critically injured in a car accident that shut down Highway 21 for hours Friday.More >>

There is a new push to teach creationism in Alabama. Rainbow City Representative Blaine Galliher is sponsoring legislation to allow creationism to be taught off school campuses at churches or ministries.More >>

The Birmingham Home & Garden Show returns with an all new show February 16 - 19, 2011 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.More >>

A child nutrition worker at Pinson Elementary suffered injuries after being shocked at the school Friday.More >>

Today, the prosecution in a serial rape case is expected to call more witnesses and possibly investigators...More >>

A new law banning saggy pants in Montgomery County will cost offenders a pretty penny.More >>

Lawmakers hope the bill would protect disaster victims from also becoming victims of looting.More >>

Anyone can volunteer to be a part of the program, which reports suspicious activity to Birmingham Police.More >>

The head of the Birmingham Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference says three black lawmakers have tried to "sanitize" what they believe to be racist comments from another state senator...More >>

Nearly 950 workers could be fired under a plan by the Alabama Department of Mental Health. The department is looking at closing all state mental health hospitals except for two...More >>

One person was killed and three people hurt in a vehicle crash Wednesday evening on Interstate 20 in Leeds.More >>

The North Carolina man who became an instant celebrity after posting a video on YouTube shooting up his 15-year-old daughter's laptop, got a visit from the police department and child protective services last week.More >>