June 20, 2019 Scandal-scarred Roy Moore announces new Senate bid, despite GOP protests Roy Moore, the scandal-scarred Republican who lost a 2017 bid for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, announced Thursday he will run again for Senate next year, despite President Trump and other conservatives in Washington insisting he can’t win.
June 20, 2019 Rattlesnake bite sends Alabama police officer, a mother of 3, to ICU for days The only female police officer in one Alabama city was bitten by a rattlesnake about 40 minutes before the end of her overnight shift Monday morning, causing her to receive 16 vials of antivenin and stay at least three days in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
June 19, 2019 Gun-wielding Alabama granny held wanted man at gunpoint, investigators say A gun-wielding grandmother in Alabama confronted a wanted man in her driveway after he crashed a stolen car near her home, according to authorities.
June 19, 2019 Amtrak attempting to revive Gulf Coast line more than a decade after Katrina Amtrak is actively working to revive its northern Gulf Coast train service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. Though with decreasing ridership, particularly in the states the line would pass through, and logistical issues about operating on CSX-owned tracks, the transit agency has some barriers to overcome.
June 19, 2019 Alabama college student athletes allegedly beat duck, left it to die in woods, officials say Two former Alabama college athletes were arrested after allegedly beating a duck with a baseball bat and leaving it to die, officials said.
June 19, 2019 Alabama man says 'attack squirrel' not on meth, disputing officials' claim The wanted Alabama man who police alleged fed a pet rodent methamphetamine to keep it aggressive has spoken out while on the lam — and he says his pet squirrel is no druggie.
June 18, 2019 Texas longhorn earns the name, breaking Guinness record for length A Texas longhorn? Now that's an understatement. Indeed, a Lone Star longhorn has broken the Guinness World Record for having the longest horn spread on a steer.
June 18, 2019 Alabama man allegedly fed 'attack squirrel' meth to keep it aggressive: officials An "attack squirrel" housed in an Alabama apartment and fed methamphetamine by its owner to make sure it stayed aggressive was rescued Monday, officials said.
June 17, 2019 Order of protection fails to prevent Fort Benning soldier’s murder; wife charged An order of protection wasn't able to prevent the fatal shooting of a Fort Benning soldier who survived two combat tours in Afghanistan.
June 16, 2019 Hundreds of dolphins stranded, wash up dead along US Gulf Coast, officials say Hundreds of dolphins have washed up dead along the U.S. Gulf Coast in recent months — an event so strange it's been deemed an "unusual mortality event" by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
