Updated: 11:40 PM A church in Yantley, Ala., again gave away free groceries to people in need.

Updated: 11:02 PM York, Ala., is borrowing money from a finance company to pay what it owes the IRS.

Posted: 9:01 PM A Birmingham television station says a man from our area was killed in a wreck on Sunday.

Posted: 1:56 PM Wilkins indicted in Tuscaloosa bar shooting.

Updated: 9:27 AM GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney picks Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.

Posted: 11:44 AM Former Gov. Don Siegelman's daughter has created a petition on the Internet that asks President Obama to grant him clemency.

Posted: 3:46 PM This is National Health Center Week. As part of the observance, Greater Meridian Health Clinic is stressing the importance of washing your hands.

Updated: 2:50 PM State officials say an online hoax is spreading untrue information about voter registration in Alabama.

Updated: 7:46 PM Due to several factors, those eligible for and those enrolled in Medicaid have increased locally.

Updated: 4:50 PM U.S. forecasters are raising their estimate of potential storms in the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Posted: 10:59 AM The Alabama Department of Education is set to announce which schools and which school systems made adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Law.

Updated: 10:46 AM With the new school year set to start Monday, investigators in Sumter County, Alabama are making a plea for help in solving a school vandalism case.

Posted: 11:21 AM Authorities say an Alabama man was fatally struck by lightning while carrying his stepson on a Florida Panhandle beach.

Posted: 3:35 PM A list of school start dates for districts in East Mississippi and West Alabama.

Posted: 3:09 PM Study finds Alabama clerks' pensions underfunded.

Posted: 1:53 PM The state of Alabama has almost repaid loans to fund unemployment.

Posted: 12:09 PM Alabama education officials say they will ask the U.S. Department of Education to give the state a waiver on No Child Left Behind goals.

Updated: 4:02 PM The University of West Alabama has closed for the day due to weather knocking out power.

Updated: 7:04 PM Hundreds of people in this area will join thousands of people nationwide Wednesday in supporting a restaurant in the midst of a controversy.

Posted: 11:54 AM Alabama's tax-free weekend for back-to-school supplies is Friday through Sunday.

Updated: 11:27 PM Although the state of Alabama is reporting an overall increase in the number of people seeking food assistance, at least one west Alabama county is experiencing a decline.

Updated: 11:27 AM Alabama bans texting while driving August 1st.

Updated: 9:56 PM How could an earthquake hit Lauderdale county? Believe it or not, it isn't completely abnormal. Here's why...

Updated: 10:47 AM A man died in a two-vehicle crash in Boligee.

Posted: 4:10 PM State troopers are investigating a crash in Marengo County that claimed two lives.