Latest Alabama Headlines
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Insurers Get Ready to Comply With New Mississippi Property Insurance Clarity Act
May 18 2015 // Property insurers in Mississippi have until October 1, 2015 to respond to the Mississippi Insurance Department’s (MID) first call for homeowners’ insurance policy data that will be used to satisfy the...
Alabama Governor Signs ‘Innovator Liability’ Law
May 18 2015 // Companies in Alabama would be protected from lawsuits related to products they didn’t make under newly passed legislation. Gov. Robert Bentley on May 1 signed into law a bill that says manufacturers are not liable...
Police Looking for Arsonist Plaguing Alabama City
May 12 2015 // Investigators say they are close to finding the person or persons responsible for setting at least seven Birmingham homes on fire over the past few months. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Chief C.W. Mardis tells WBMA-TV someone...
Alabama Governor Signs ‘Innovator Liability’ Law
May 8 2015 // Companies in Alabama would be protected from lawsuits related to products they didn’t make under newly passed legislation. Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday signed into law a bill that says manufacturers are not liable...
Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts
May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
Alabama Lawmakers Dismiss Bill Barring Teens from Riding in Truck Beds
May 4 2015 // Alabama lawmakers won’t bar teens from riding in the back of pickup trucks after most acknowledged they’ve ridden back there too. The Alabama House of Representatives refused to debate a bill recently that...
Former Alabama Police Chief Charged with Insurance Fraud for House Fire
Apr 24 2015 // A former Alabama police chief is one of two men charged with insurance fraud for an October house fire. Sixty-two-year-old Thomas Fuller and 47-year-old Glenn Fuller were arrested Saturday and taken to DeKalb County Jail,...
Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts
Apr 20 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
Alabama Lawmakers Dismiss Bill Barring Teens from Riding in Truck Beds
Apr 16 2015 // Alabama lawmakers won’t bar teens from riding in the back of pickup trucks after most acknowledged they’ve ridden back there too. The Alabama House of Representatives refused to debate a bill last week that...
Alabama College Receives FAA Approval to Offer Drone Courses
Apr 14 2015 // Alabama’s Auburn University aviation center plans to offer courses about how to fly drones. The school said last week it has received federal approval to operate a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight School as part...
Alabama Implementing New Weather Service for More Precise Tornado Warnings
Apr 10 2015 // As tornado season begins in the Tennessee Valley, the National Weather Service is implementing a warning system designed to give more specific information on approaching storms. Piloted last year in the Midwest, the...
Former Alabama Athletic Director’s Family Suing Drug Makers for Wrongful Death
Apr 8 2015 // The daughter of former University of Alabama Athletic Director Mal Moore has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two companies that manufactured, promoted and sold a heart medication he took. Heather Moore Cooke filed...
Alabama Police, City Sued by Tourist Visiting from India After Assault
Feb 17 2015 // A man from India who was slammed to the ground by a police officer had been singled out by police after a caller said a “skinny black guy” with a toboggan hat was walking in the neighborhood and peering into...
Trucker Crashes in Alabama While Pulling Out Tooth
Feb 3 2015 // Alabama authorities say a tractor-trailer crashed on Interstate 20 near Tuscaloosa because the driver lost control while he was pulling one of his teeth. The Alabama Highway Patrol says the truck driver told troopers he...
Local Regulations Prompt Uber to Stop Service in Alabama City
Jan 30 2015 // The ridesharing service Uber has left Auburn, Ala. in its rearview mirror. The Opelika-Auburn News reported that the popular service that lets users book rides using a mobile app sent emails to drivers and customers last...
Officials Confirm Weekend Tornado in Alabama
Jan 9 2015 // The National Weather Service is checking the damage from a weekend of rough weather in Alabama. Officials confirmed Monday that a weak tornado touched down in west Alabama in Hamilton on Saturday evening. A twister with 85...
Meteorologists Look to Improve Alabama’s Weather Warnings
Jan 5 2015 // When it comes to weather in Alabama, no matter what time of year, there’s just one thing to do: “Prepare for it to be bad.” That’s according to Kevin Laws, the science and operations officer at the...
Alabama Reports Jump in Fire Deaths
Dec 30 2014 // Fire deaths are up slightly this year in Alabama over 2013. The state fire marshal’s office said 86 people have died in fires so far this year in the state. That’s four more fatalities than during the same...
Fire Deaths Up Slightly in Alabama in 2014
Dec 24 2014 // Fire deaths are up slightly this year in Alabama over 2013. The state fire marshal’s office says 86 people have died in fires so far this year in the state. That’s four more fatalities than during the same...
Oil from BP Spill Still Present on Alabama Coast: Researchers
Dec 3 2014 // A new study says oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still trapped in Alabama’s beaches four years later. The report was released by Auburn University researchers who’ve been studying the BP oil spill...
