A large cabinet housing flight monitors that toppled on a 10-year-old Kansas boy, killing him and seriously injuring his mother at Birmingham’s newly renovated airport, wasn’t inspected by the city after installation, the city said Tuesday. Steve Stine, an assistant …
Several college students are recovering from injuries after a crowded deck collapsed at a beach house in Gulf Shores, Ala. WRKG-TV reports that at least six people were taken to a hospital Monday afternoon complaining of head and neck injuries …
A Pelham, Ala., man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison in a money laundering scheme that involved his daughter as a co-conspirator. Authorities say 69-year-old Paul Lane Jr. and his 28-year-old daughter, Katherine, concocted a story about her …
Alabama motorists would have to move over for garbage trucks – as they currently do for emergency vehicles – under legislation being considered in the Legislature. A bill by Republican Rep. Mac McCutcheon of Capshaw called “Move Over Alabama” is …
Alabama officials are trying to cut down on competition from Mississippi and Florida for Airbus suppliers by limiting lawsuits against commercial aircraft manufacturers and companies that supply them with parts. The Senate and House committees voted unanimously Tuesday to approve …
Some of the money that Alabama receives from BP over the Gulf oil spill could end up helping coastal residents make their homes more resistant to wind damage from hurricanes. That is one of the recommendations from a commission that …
Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance department to issue a warning and extend the registration deadline to March 31. The department is warning property/casualty insurers that they must all …
The federal Small Business Administration says March 11 is the deadline for disaster loan applications from people and businesses in 10 Alabama counties and three Mississippi counties affected by severe storms on Dec. 25-26. SBA field director Frank Skaggs said …
A new report by Alabama health officials says the rate of traffic deaths has fallen drastically since the state established a trauma network in 2007. WSFA-TV reports the numbers released by the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama …
Forecasters say heavy rains will create a flooding threat in parts of west Alabama through Monday. The National Weather Service has issued flash flood alerts for northwest Alabama and a section of southwest Alabama. The ground is already saturated with …