MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama election officials are scheduled to begin mailing absentee ballots Wednesday as the Trump administration asks the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new federal restrictions on mail ballots to take effect before the November midterm elections. The timing places Alabama among the first states to send ballots to voters while the administration’s…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama man described by federal prosecutors as the ringleader of a multi-state bank fraud scheme involving forged U.S. Treasury checks has been sentenced to five years in prison. Eddarrius Tyjuan Wallace, 37, of York, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and fined $25,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Amateur photographers have until Oct. 30 to submit images for the 2027 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest, an annual competition highlighting the state’s wildlife, landscapes, public lands and outdoor recreation. The contest is a project of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. It is open to amateur photographers who live in…

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. — A Hamilton man has been arrested on human-trafficking and child-sex charges as part of an ongoing Lauderdale County investigation that has resulted in multiple arrests since late August. Robert Earl Danford, 69, was arrested and charged with first-degree human trafficking and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act,…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A legal challenge to Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to become Alabama governor is now before the Alabama Supreme Court after challengers argued in a new filing that the Republican nominee is “constitutionally ineligible” for the office. The Sept. 3 reply brief was the latest filing in an expedited appeal over whether the courts…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s escalating feud with Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has placed the Alabama governor candidate at the center of a national fight over anti-Muslim rhetoric, immigration and the Republican use of “socialism” and “communism” as campaign attacks. Tuberville, R-Ala., called El-Sayed a “terrorist” and “radical Islamist” after El-Sayed won…