Calhoun County faces shorter lives, high chronic disease and opioid risks — yet local agencies and nonprofits are fighting back with screenings, support and prevention efforts.

There is debate over taxpayer money being used to bail out struggling hospitals. This comes after the state pledged millions of dollars to help Jackson Hospital in ...

There is a growing problem in the Alabama criminal justice system. A lack of state funding for district attorneys is causing a backlog of cases in state courts.

The top-selling college license plates for fiscal year 2025 are the University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa at 121,114 and Auburn University at 85,709, according to the Alabama Department of Revenue. All ...

Recent statistics show that, per capita, Alabama’s Black Belt region has some of the highest rates of children in foster care in the state. Nearly 6,000 children in Alabama were in foster care as of ...