Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is criticizing Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to commute the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, who was days away from being executed.

While the man who killed Doug Battle got a life sentence, one of his accomplices is about to be executed even though he ...

Alabama is headed into an unusual week where Hollywood buzz, unlikely political alliances, and a searing prison documentary are converging to force new scrutiny of the state’s correctional system. On ...

An investigation is underway after three people were injured in a single-boat crash on the Alabama River Saturday, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

A special exhibition goes on display Tuesday at the Alabama Department of Archives and History that features art from inmates.

The Equal Justice Initiative announced a new legacy site is open in Montgomery paying homage and celebrating the decade long civil rights movement in Alabama that “changed the world.” Dubbed the ...

A new bill aims to change how crime restitution is handled, ensuring victims aren't the last to receive payment.

There’s a saying astronomers use when we get reports hinting at that ever-elusive first contact or close encounter. It’s never aliens. In other words, don’t get ahead of the evidence. You say there ...

A woman killed in a shooting Wednesday at Candlewood Apartments off Julia Street in Huntsville has been identified.

Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama's capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said. At a news ...