Authorities say four people -- including a toddler -- have died and four others were injured in a crash south of Tuscaloosa.

The House Committee on Agriculture last night advanced a new five-year Farm Bill that included reforms championed by U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL).

House Republicans are looking at a student loan system that would give students lower interest rates in coming years but would cost students more over time.

Federal health officials say they want to overhaul federally funded child care facilities across the country, beefing up safety standards for employees and requiring states to better monitor the facilities.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is rejecting a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon.com to the state.

A Tallahassee group with close business ties is rolling out its annual list of recommended budget vetoes.

Gov. Robert Bentley says his first impression of the state education and state general fund budgets is that they are basically fine.

BP is seeking to stop paying millions of dollars in what it calls spurious compensation claims stemming from the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), ranking member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today delivered the following statement at a subcommittee hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s budget request for fiscal year 2014:

Seeking answers on the response of U.S. Armed Forces in the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL), is continuing its oversight of the matter.

Floridians safer today than any time in the last 42 years.

Coast Guard Officials are investigating after two bodies washed ashore near Pensacola Naval Air Station on Wednesday.

An officer involved shooting that took place this evening in Mary Esther began when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on a driver who had been the subject of a citizen’s 9-1-1 call in reference to erratic driving.

Opportunity to repeal costly law “once and for all”.

The Panama City Police Department is continuing to investigate a shooting that took place on Wednesday, May 15.

School administrators at a southeast Alabama high school have revoked some privileges for students after they held a brief sit-in to protest the dismissal of about a dozen teachers.

Georgia's unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been since December 2008.

The legislation would set policy for farm subsidies, rural programs and food aid.

The posted speed limit will increase from 35 mph to 45 mph on three sections of State Road (S.R.) 75/U.S. 231.

We take a look at a group that participates in Live Action Role Play every Sunday in Westgate Park.

The wait is finally over for a traffic light coming to Cowarts.

Officials say at least six people were killed when a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people.

Citizens: It's Florida's state-run property insurance company. With more than a million policies, it's also the state's largest insurer. That's why revelations of office scandals and lavish corporate getaways aren't sitting well with state leaders.

The $360 million Powerball prize, the third-third largest ever and the seventh-biggest lottery jackpot in world history, had visitors from the tri-state area shelling out their money at the Panhandle Liquor Store in hopes of a big win.

On Police Memorial Day, a ceremony takes place outside the Coffee County Courthouse in Elba.