The convention approved a resolution opposing electronic bingo and praising the governor for his efforts to stop the games.

Foley Mayor John Koniar said the new city sick leave policy will allow workers to stay at home during a flu outbreak without a loss of pay.

State Health Officer Don Williamson and state schools Superintendent Joe Morton said Wednesday the nasal mist vaccine would be administered at school-based clinics to children in kindergarten to third grade.

Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong has died. He was 86.

Eighteen-year-old James Cecil Willis III of Pontiac was scheduled to appear Wednesday before Oakland County Circuit Judge Wendy Potts. But the hearing was reset for Nov. 25.

Attorney Joe Espy said the center closed its bingo operations at 5 p.m. Wednesday and would remain closed for at least two weeks.

The judges said in a one paragraph order released Wednesday that they all know defendants and plaintiffs in the case personally or professionally.

Jacob Shaffer is charged in six murders.

The dome stadium is still in the design phase and current construction cost estimates stand at $375 million.

It appears H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinics will start in schools, after the Thanksgiving break.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong has died. He was 86.

Tuscaloosa Check into Cash robbed this morning at 11:20.

Birmingham mayoral candidate Jimmy Snow visited NBC13HD on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Birmingham mayoral candidate Harry “Traveling Shoes” Turner visited NBC13HD on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Birmingham mayoral candidate Stephanie Sigler Huey visited NBC13HD on Monday, Nov. 16.

Birmingham mayoral candidate Edith Mayomi visited NBC13HD on Friday, Nov. 14.

U.S. Preventative Services Task Force’s new recommendation that women 40 to 49 and 75 and older no longer get annual mammograms is being met with outrage and frustration from doctors and breast cancer survivors who advocate early detection.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - School children under 10 years old across Alabama will be offered the nasal mist swine flu vaccine beginning next week.

It’s pretty good educator who can teach a young person math, science and the ability to think, all without the student even knowing they’re being taught.

The bodies of two people killed in a wreck were found the next day, following a wreck in Pinson.

Brad Nelson, who says he’s meeting with lawyers, says he shares ownership of Secrets Gentlemen’s Club with Michael Gene Cox.

Rep. Bill Dukes, D-Decatur, announced on Sept. 11 that he would not run again. 

An undercover officer posing as a prostitute tried unsuccessfully to shoo away the teen who propositioned her for sex last week in north Mobile.

One person escaped a fire at a house in Birmingham.

    The Calvary Church in Morrow burned to the ground when it caught fire sometime before 4 a.m. Sunday.

Here are the crime reports from the Tuscaloosa Police Department for November 17, 2009.

A Michigan teen who police say shot and killed a 14-year-old from Alabama outside a church is scheduled for sentencing.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the declaration will “provide help to hundreds of farmers who suffered significant production losses to a wide variety of crops.“

Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said 26-year-old Josh Hamer was recaptured in Ardmore, Tenn. on Tuesday afternoon and is in the custody of the Giles County Sheriff’s Department there.

State Sen. Roger Bedford said Tuesday an audit will show all the funding is being used for important projects without any overhead expenses.