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Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind will supply the U.S. Air Force with up to $15 billion in items over the next four years under a new contract. According to a Department of War notice Monday, the contract is part of the federal government’s AbilityOne program, which provides employment and opportunities for...

CrimeStoppers says a tip has led to the arrest of a Montgomery man wanted on domestic violence charges. Montgomery police had asked for help from the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Task Force in finding and arresting 34-year-old Jemario Deshaun Mushat. Mushat was wanted for domestic violence assault in the...

Leaders at Central Alabama Water are silent and short on details following mandatory drug tests and on-the-spot firings that began the morning after Super Bowl Sunday. Several sources told AL.com that dozens of employees lost their jobs Monday for either failing the tests or declining to take them. The utility...

ALABAMA — A woman has died after being shot multiple times inside a home on Wesley Avenue Thursday morning, according to the Mobile Police Department. Officers responded to a shooting call around 9 a.m. in the 900 block of Wesley Avenue. When they arrived, they found a woman inside a home, believed to be owned […] ...

A Birmingham-based flexible workspace company has opened two new locations in Alabama. Microflex’s newest location is open now at 3890 Douglas Way in Hoover, as well as a Madison location at 400 Slaughter Rd. The company also has units in Irondale and the Auburn/Opelika area. The new Hoover facility,...

The House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure considered a package of bills Tuesday – House Bill 403, House Bill 399 and House Bill 392. Governor Kay Ivey ahead of that committee meeting lent her support for these three bills. The governor issued the following comment yesterday:. “For Alabama...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A man from Mexico, who was in the United States illegally, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Agustin Osorio-Lopez, 42, from Hidalgo, Mexico, admitted to selling methamphetamine and marijuana, carrying a gun while dealing drugs,...

Alabama’s only Saks Fifth Avenue location will close this spring. The company confirmed Tuesday that its Birmingham store, at 129 Summit Blvd., will shut its doors at the end of April. “As part of Saks Global’s ongoing evaluation of its physical footprint, we have made the decision to close...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Houston, Texas – Low-lying highways across the Gulf Coast could become impassable by Sunday night as repeated rounds of heavy rain drench communities from eastern Texas to the Florida Panhandle. According...

UNITED STATES — A late-winter pattern shift is signaling that the South may be running out of time for another true “deep freeze,” with guidance and historical analogs pointing toward a major warmup that could bring 80-degree highs to parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee around February 21–22. What...