The chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee says he will ask the Senate to approve a 2 percent raise for K-12 employees.

An Alabama House committee has passed a bill that will allow school systems to hire trained resource officers to provide security in their schools and for the school system to pay for the cost of training and hiring the officers.

Firefighters are taking this whole week to remind residents about the dangers of arson.

A Dothan man was arrested and charged with burglary on April 29.

Vote expected this afternoon.

Sally Bethea of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Organization said that E. coli is a major concern.

The Choctaw bass inhabits coastal river systems in Alabama and along the western Florida panhandle.

NEWS 4 WAS ALERTED OF A WRECK ON HIGHWAY 167 AND COUNTY ROAD 41 IN GENEVA COUNTY.

Each year hundreds of first responders die while on duty, but one cause is making sure those lives aren't forgotten.

A cool snap hasn't let up this spring, but local farmers say they embraced the rain and are ready to get back planting.

Gorgeous scenery, beautiful camping grounds, historical findings, all things you can find at the Kolomoki Mounds.

Officers say if you want to personalize a piece of clothing or something anyone can see, you may want to think twice before monogramming your whole name.

K9 officers with the Dothan Police Department don't ask for an I.D. They don't need one.

Nearly 15 officers die every year after being struck by cars along side America’s roadways.

SARCOA's Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Waiver Program is accepting applications.

Alabama farmers say they're trying to cope with several weeks of cool temperatures and excessive rainfall, which has oversaturated the soil.

The Houston County Commission has started the final interview process for a new EMA Director.

A $5,000 donation was made to the Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity by Larry Blumberg and Associates.

Problems have been reported in Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio.

Big Bend Wildlife Sanctuary rescues and releases our injured wildlife.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A rose honoring the late Coretta Scott King has been planted at Alabama's Capitol.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The World's Widest Yard sale is returning for its second year to try to boost spending and tourism in the middle of the state.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama voters will have a much easier time following campaign donations in the 2014 elections for state offices.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Birmingham police said two people died in a collision between a car and an Amtrak train.

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