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On April 27, 2011, Mother Nature brought this tiny town to its knees. But it wouldn't stay there. Not for long. Long enough to grieve. Long enough to pray. Long enough to plan.
Then Hackleburg went to work.

Around the country, small pockets of concerned parents want to opt their kids out of standardized testing. Alabama is no different. From New York to Georgia, parents who are unhappy with standardized testing - and particularly with the testing associated...

A man was robbed at gunpoint while sitting in his car Friday morning in the 5000 block of Blue Spring Road.

Right down to its name, the SWIRLL Building says "tornado." The centerpiece of the facility is a spiral staircase designed to look like a tornado.

Interstate 565: A car was traveling west on I-565 when another car's passenger shot inside it near Jordan Lane close to 3 p.m. No one was injured.

This system will bring a cold front through the Tennessee Valley, combining with the warm air to produce thunderstorm activity Monday and Tuesday. The National Weather Service warns some of these storms could be severe. The exact timing of these storms is not yet clear, but early estimates have the greatest storm chances coming in Monday and possibly through early Tuesday. Check back for more weather updates at AL.com.

Ardmore Fire Chief Tim Toone told WHNT police were tipped off to a meth lab at Highland Rim Phase II on Smith Avenue Thursday night. Officers found the active meth lab as well as four adults and three children inside the residence.

Residents, black and white, packed the council room during a public hearing the Triana Town Council called to get feedback on a Birmingham group's intent to locate a $2 million to $3 million "gentlemens' club, restaurant and convenience store on 7.25 acres almost across from the entrance to the new Savannah residential subdivision.

HARVEST, Alabama -- The Madison County school board held a special session this evening to give residents of the Sparkman and Monrovia communities a chance to speak their minds. At issue was a new, $46-million high school proposed for the...

Anthony Daniels, the Democratic Party candidate for the District 53 state House of Representatives race, gained three new organizational endorsements Thursday.