Posted: 5:49 PM Alabama college students will now have to pay $2,000 to $2,500 more in college loans.

Posted: 5:41 PM Semester after semester, local college classrooms are packed with future medical professionals. However this year, it's a very different story.

Posted: 5:40 PM A nursing student enrolled in college this fall had to cross a few extra hurdles before getting accepted into the program.

Updated: 5:07 PM In just the last few hours Enterprise firefighters have responded to several woods fires.

Updated: 9:14 PM The Alabama legislature passed a law in April saying a mother may breastfeed her child in any public place, and the law went into effect this Saturday.

Updated: 5:08 PM Drought, hurricane debris and holiday fireworks have created a dangerous wildfire scenario for Alabama.

Posted: 3:12 PM It was a deadly Fourth of July weekend on Alabama waters.

Posted: 8:19 PM Walton County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man after investigators found an indoor marijuana growing operation.

Posted: 8:15 PM If you hear sirens going off near Farley Nuclear Plant Wednesday, don't be alarmed.

Updated: 8:57 PM The July 4 holiday is traditionally the busiest tourist period along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Panama City Beach business operators say this year may have been a record setter.

Updated: 10:11 PM A woman continues to recover after an accident involving a train in Pike County.

Posted: 5:47 PM Thousands of motorists who spent the holiday along Florida’s Gulf Coast made their way up to the Wiregrass late afternoon.

Posted: 5:45 PM The heat is high, and the grills are kicking. However before anyone BBQs, Dothan firefighters say take a few safety measures first.

Updated: 9:06 PM The holiday drew more than 10,000 folks to western Holmes County. The operator of Vortex Springs believes the high price of fuel is keeping folks a bit closer to home.

Updated: 10:47 PM Last week, a man posed as an Alabama Power employee get inside a house in Geneva. A similar story came from the town of Black.

Updated: 9:41 PM Alabama Governor Bob Riley says 48 counties in the state are now eligible for federal help because of the ongoing drought.

Posted: 8:40 PM A Houston County woman takes a trip to the hospital after getting into a fiery crash.

Updated: 9:28 PM Washington and Holmes County investigators say they've solved several home break-ins after the arrest of two teenagers.

Updated: 9:32 PM Many veterans are having a hard time getting back into the workplace after returning from the war in Iraq, but a local agency is trying to assist.

Posted: 6:13 PM With so many cases of stolen personal information right now; congress is looking at how the federal government protects American’s private information.

Posted: 6:12 PM One Northwest Florida city got an early start on its July Fourth celebration.

Posted: 5:58 PM An overwhelming majority of delegates from the nation's largest education union approved a plan Monday to aggressively lobby congress for reform of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Posted: 5:50 PM Final preparations are being made at Fort Rucker for this year's freedom fest.

Updated: 9:40 PM Fireworks aren't the only things heating up for the Fourth of July. Temperatures are expected to continue to be well into the 90s.

Posted: 5:08 PM An Ohio teenager drowned Sunday after jumping off Acapulco Rock on Lake Martin.