Tough decisions are ahead to stabilize finances, secure employees and maintain services in a struggling Birmingham-area town, the new mayor declared. Tarrant Mayor Tracie Threadford recently presented ...

The showdown over power in a small Alabama town is heading back to court after the city council this morning voted to sue a defiant mayor for refusing to seat the police chief and rehire a former city ...

While the Alabama Senate race has dominated headlines this week, another prominent politician has managed to fly under the radar in his attempt to decriminalize petty possession of cannabis in the ...

The former mayor of a small Alabama town has been indicted on misdemeanor charges. A Walker County grand jury charged 40-year-old Cory Kwan Franks with two counts of use of office for personal gain, ...

A tiny Alabama town's first Black mayor was sworn in over the weekend, after a lawsuit settlement ended a long-running dispute over control of the town's government. Newbern Mayor Patrick Braxton won ...

The Center Point City Council voted to delay hiring a police chief due to disagreements over whether the mayor or council will make the final decision. In 2024, Mayor Bobby Scott Jr. said he would ...

The mayor of a small Alabama town is apologizing after he reportedly recommended “killing” members of the LGBTQ community in a now-deleted Facebook post. Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers was responding ...