Alabama Coverage

Alabama high school band director stunned, arrested after refusing to end performance, police say

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama high school band director was shocked with a stun gun and arrested after Birmingham police said he wouldn't tell his band to stop playing.

Will US Supreme Court's decision on Alabama force North Carolina to redraw its voting maps?

Several states might have to redraw their congressional district maps before the 2024 elections. Could North Carolina be one of them?

In Depth with Dan: Will US Supreme Court's decision on Alabama force NC to redraw its voting maps?

Several states might have to redraw their congressional district maps before the 2024 elections. Could North Carolina be one of them?

Dan Haggerty, WRAL anchor/reporter

The sorority drama circling the University of Alabama

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- When Marina Anderson was accused of recording herself inside a party and told she was being dismissed from rushing any sorority, she was so shocked that she offered to have her body searched for a microphone.

Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times

DOJ files challenge to Alabama law that makes it a felony to administer gender-affirming health care to minors

The Justice Department on Friday challenged an Alabama law that makes it a felony for a doctor to administer gender-affirming health care to minors.

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN

Could the US Supreme Court weigh in on NC's redistricting battle?

The U.S. Supreme Court's intervention this week in an Alabama redistricting case could influence whether North Carolina Republicans decide to ask the nation's highest court to intervene in a similar case here.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau Chief

Trump Fourth of July rally scrapped over partisan concerns

A rally planned for this weekend at the U.S.S. Alabama battleship memorial park in Mobile has been scrapped. The featured speaker was to have been former president Donald Trump. The battleship is a state park, and leaders say there were concerns this wasn't just a Fourth of July celebration, but rather a partisan political rally.

Alabama man thrown from home after EF-2 tornado touches down

An Alabama man who was thrown from his Brewton home when an EF-2 tornado touched down on Saturday talks about the harrowing experience.

Tornado brought on by Claudette levels dozens of homes in Alabama

Unfortunately, there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.

Homes, cars and businesses damaged in Alabama from severe storms

Storms uprooted trees and damaged businesses, homes and cars in Alabama on Wednesday.

Tornado caught on camera in Alabama

A tornado was caught on camera near Billingsley, Alabama, crossing US-82 south of County Road 187 on Wednesday afternoon.

NC native killed in Navy plane crash in Alabama

A North Carolina native was identified as one of the victims in a Navy plane crash in Alabama.

Sydney Franklin, WRAL multiplatform producer

2 killed after US Navy training plane crashed in residential neighborhood

A U.S. Navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed Friday in an Alabama residential neighborhood near the Gulf Coast, killing both people in the plane, authorities said.

Strong winds from Hurricane Sally knock over tractor-trailer

The truck was traveling on Interstate 10 over Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama when a strong wind from Hurricane Sally flipped onto its side. Fortunately, the driver only suffered minor injuries.

Images: Hurricane Sally pounds Gulf Coast

Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.

Good Samaritan dies after human chain fails

Karen Graham was killed trying to rescue other swimmers in trouble off the coast of Fort Morgan, Ala.

John Lewis crosses famous Alabama bridge one last time

The body of the late US Rep. John Lewis will make the final journey across the famous bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965.

John Lewis makes final journey across Edmund Pettus Bridge in horse-drawn caisson

The late US Rep. John Robert Lewis made his final journey on Sunday across the famous bridge in Selma, Alabama, where the towering civil rights figure helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965 that came to be a key part of his legacy.

By Devan Cole and Kelly Mena, CNN

Campaign bus of Republican candidate opposing Jeff Sessions catches fire on freeway

Tommy Tuberville, the candidate opposing Jeff Sessions in the next election, had his campaign bus catches fire on a freeway in Alabama.The driver was able to escape uninjured.

Alabama man walking for justice

Inspired by the death of George Floyd, Terry Willis is walking from his home state of Alabama to Minneapolis to draw attention to the need for racial justice.

This Day in History: University of Alabama is desegregated (June 11, 1963)

Alabama Governor George Wallace finally ended his blockade of two black students into the university, located in Tuscaloosa, on this date in 1963.

Caught on camera: Good Samaritan braves inferno to rescue woman

Video shows Quinn Parrish rushing in to pull a woman from an Alabama apartment building fully engulfed in flames.

Alabama barbers defy stay-at-home orders, are shut down for now

A Mobile, Ala., barbershop that reopened in defiance of Governor Kay Ivey's COVID-19 stay-at-home order has closed once again, but may soon be back as part of a trial plan for other businesses.

1 year after devastating tornadoes in Alabama, Raleigh radio host reflects on family's recovery

One year ago, a Raleigh man lost seven relatives when tornadoes hit a rural area of Alabama. As rescue crews are trying to find survivors in Tennessee, radio host Erroll Reese reflects on his family's recovery.

Wiping out crime: Alabama town targets toilet paper bandits

City leaders in Baileyton, Alabama are working to bring an end to a recent crime wave.