Latest Alabama Headlines
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Alabama Police Looking for Suspects in Gun Store Theft
Jul 14 2016 // Police in Tuscaloosa say several young men broke into a gun store and stole between 10 and 30 guns. Police Capt. Brad Mason tells the Tuscaloosa News the break-in happened early in the morning on July 12. Mason said the...
Yacht Valued at $135K Stolen From Alabama Marina
Jul 11 2016 // Authorities are investigating after they say someone stole a $135,000 yacht in Orange Beach, Ala. Police say the 42-foot Sea Ray called “Tide Runner” was taken from the Wharf Marina. WKRG-TV says the incident...
Alabama Seafood Company to Halt Fish Processing Due to Unsanitary Conditions
Jul 8 2016 // Federal court officials say an Alabama seafood company has agreed to stop processing fish after complaints were raised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. U.S. District Court officials said in a statement July 7 that...
Ex-Astronaut Sued for Wrongful Death of Two Girls in Alabama Crash
Jul 6 2016 // The families of two girls who were killed in a DUI crash involving a former NASA astronaut in rural west Alabama have filed wrongful-death lawsuits in state and federal courts. Authorities have said 11-year-old Niomi James...
Universal Property & Casualty Expands Into Alabama Homeowners Market
Jul 1 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has been approved by the Alabama Department of Insurance to write homeowners insurance in the state through its subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC). The...
Alabama Doctor Accused of Trafficking ‘Massive Amounts’ of Pain Meds
Jun 30 2016 // Authorities say a doctor in Tuscaloosa, Ala., has been indicted on drug trafficking charges and faces hundreds more after a two-year investigation into his practice. The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force says in a...
Uber Reaches Deal to Re-Enter Alabama City
Jun 24 2016 // An agreement that would bring Uber back to Tuscaloosa has been reached, although the city council still must give final approval next week. The Tuscaloosa News reports that most city councilors support the ride-for-hire...
13 Alabama Families Displaced After Severe Weather Damages Homes
Jun 20 2016 // Storms moving through Huntsville, Ala., damaged three apartment buildings severely enough to displace residents. Winter Park Apartments property manager Alejandra Chavez tells WHNT-TV that 13 families couldn’t stay...
Alabama Jury Awards $5.5M to Family of Man Killed in Crane Accident
Jun 20 2016 // A west Alabama jury has awarded $5.5 million to relatives of a man who died when a crane toppled over in 2012. The Tuscaloosa News reports that jurors in Hale County returned the verdict May 17 in the death of 47-year-old...
North Alabama Water Diluted to Lower Contamination Levels
Jun 16 2016 // A water system that had to tell its 10,000 customers not to drink from their taps has brought chemical contamination down to federally acceptable levels by diluting it with water from another north Alabama utility,...
Alabama Utility Warns Residents in 2 Counties of Water Contamination
Jun 6 2016 // Lisa Davis, a cashier at a Foodvalu grocery store in rural north Alabama, spent Friday, June 3, ringing up bottled water sales after a local utility declared its tap water unfit to drink because of chemical...
Alabama Jury Awards $5.5 million to Family of Man Killed in Crane Accident
Jun 1 2016 // A west Alabama jury has awarded $5.5 million to relatives of a man who died when a crane toppled over in 2012. The Tuscaloosa News reports that jurors in Hale County returned the verdict May 17 in the death of 47-year-old...
Alabama Jury Awards $20M in Medical Malpractice Suit Against Hospital
May 23 2016 // A jury in northeast Alabama has returned a $20 million verdict against a local rehab hospital. The Gadsden Times reports that an Etowah County jury on May 18 found that a woman received an overdose of non-prescribed...
Industry Partners with University of Alabama on Tornado Preparedness Guide
May 23 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...
Rolls-Royce Settles Fatal Alabama Helicopter Crash for $8M
May 3 2016 // The family of a man killed in a 2010 helicopter accident in Fort Rucker, Alabama, has reached an $8.5 million settlement with two companies. The Dothan Eagle reports that Rolls-Royce Corporation, which was responsible for...
3.0 Earthquake Hits Western Alabama
May 2 2016 // No injuries are being reported following a small earthquake in Alabama’s Tuscaloosa County. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred around 4 a.m. Friday about halfway between Tuscaloosa...
University of Alabama Partners With Industry on Tornado Preparedness Guide
May 2 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...
Alabama Medical Marijuana Bill Headed to Governor
Apr 29 2016 // The Alabama legislature on Wednesday voted to decriminalize medicinal marijuana oil possession. In a 95-4 vote in the House of Representatives and a 29-3 vote in the Senate, legislators supported a bill supporters say is a...
Alabama Jury Orders Dollar General to Pay Injured Truck Driver $925K
Apr 27 2016 // A jury in Lauderdale County, Alabama has returned one of the largest personal injury verdicts in the county’s history, finding Dollar General at fault for injuries sustained by a Kentucky delivery driver five years...
Owner of 9 Group Homes in Alabama Decertified by State
Apr 19 2016 // The Alabama Department of Mental Health decertified the owner of nine group homes in northern Alabama. State officials delivered the notice to K&D Group Home executive director Katie M. Smith that the state was...
