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The Alabama Department of Labor released its March unemployment information on April 19 that showed a decrease in unemployment in Chilton County.

The clock is ticking for Alabama residents hit hard by last week’s tornado. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the city of Selma as well as Dallas and Autauga Counties this week.

Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives’ homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt. Text messages and calls from loved ones, many of them hysterical, provided h

Selma and Dallas County have welcomed back hundreds to thousands of movement footsoldiers, tourists, politicians and activists who ceremonially cross the Pettus Bridge to commemorate the sacrifices of those who bled for democracy. Thursdays storm inflicted heavy damage on Selma, cutting a wide path through the downtown area, where brick buildings collapsed, oak trees were uprooted, cars were tossed onto their sides and power lines were left dangling.

As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly. Text messages and calls from loved ones in Alabama, many of them hysterical, provided her with devastating updates. In Selma, family members’ homes were damaged but were structurally sound. But just one town over, other relatives lost everything. Her family has called the area home for generations and they have deep connections to Selma, a city etched in the h...

As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly

Selma, the city synonymous with the civil rights movement, was left ravaged by a strong storm that swept through Alabama.

An embattled incumbent and the Prattville City Council president are seeking to Republican nomination for House District 88.

Some cities, school systems to still require masks after state mandate expires Generic photo of face masks (Source: Storyblocks) By WSFA Staff | April 7, 2021 at 1:52 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 3:48 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - While Alabama’s mask mandate expires Friday, some cities and school systems say they will continue to require mask-wearing. On Tuesday, the Montgomery City Council adopted an ordinance that extends the mask requirement in the city for another 30 days. Childr...