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"As southwest Alabama's representative, it is my responsibility to ensure my constituents are getting the assistance they need from federal government agencies like the VA or FEMA," Rep. Bradley Byrne said in a prepared statement

Public safety officials from across southwest Alabama gathered in Mobile on Thursday to remember the 105 officers across the country who died in 2013.

Mobile County is hoping to clear up some confusion on new voter registration cards.

Police on Thursday identified the man found fatally shot outside of a home on Wednesday. He was the second man to be shot outside the residence on Next Street within a 24-hour period, according to the Mobile Police Department.

Police on Thursday asked for the public's help tracking down a husband and wife team accused of stealing approximately $9,000 worth of scrap metal.

Eight people accused of passing children back and forth for sex within a group of family and friends will enter pleas to a host of sex-abuse charges on Thursday.

The stages are set and by all appearances the best weekend weather forecast yet for the five-year-old Hangout Music Festival is on tap for the 40,000 people set to attend the sold-out event.

Requests for courts to reverse themselves on rulings they just issued rarely succeed. But the step is required before the state can ask the Alabama Supreme Court to review the ruling issued by the Court of Criminal Appeals.

The results show that AL.com readers know Mobile pretty well! And so do our local experts, who took the quiz on camera. Don't miss the video of Shelby Mitchell, Joey Jones, Ron Barrett, Alison Herlihy, Michael Pierce and Bragg Van Antwerp answering our questions!

USA's campus will have a lot of furry friends on board on Saturday for a run that benefits charity.