Marshall hires Alabama assistant Huff as football coach

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall has given Alabama’s Charles Huff his first head coaching job. Marshall announced Huff’s hiring Sunday. Huff spent the past two seasons as the Crimson Tide’s associate head coach and running backs coach and is widely known as a top recruiter. The...

Frustration, confusion mark early vaccine rollout

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Pam Stockley Causey of Duncanville has been scared to leave her house except for trips to the oncologist and grocery store. Battling neuroendocrine cancer and immunocompromised, she is anxious to get the vaccine but has no idea when it will be...

Judge: Alabama transgender license policy unconstitutional

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s policy requiring a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery before they can change the sex on their driver’s license is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson said Alabama policy’s that...

Alabama sending 750 Guard soldiers to Washington

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is sending 750 Army National Guard soldiers to help provide security for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the governor’s spokeswoman said Friday. Gov. Kay Ivey activated the Guard at the request of Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel R....

Alabama sending Guard for inauguration security

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is sending 250 Army National Guard soldiers to help provide security for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the governor's spokeswoman said Thursday. Gov. Kay Ivey activated the Guard at the request of Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel R....

US Space Command site to be located in Huntsville, Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday that the new U.S. Space Command headquarters will be in Huntsville, Alabama, after the state was selected over five others competing for the project, including Colorado, where Space Command is provisionally located. The role of Space Command is...

Alabama's governor says Huntsville, Alabama, will be announced as the location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's governor says Huntsville, Alabama, will be announced as the location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters.

The Latest: House urges Pence to remove Trump from power

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 11:28 p.m. The House has voted to urge Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and hold a Cabinet vote to remove President Donald Trump from...

3 jailed after illegal moonshine operation busted in Alabama

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Three people are in custody after state authorities busted an illegal moonshine operation in east Alabama. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation on Jan. 6 carried out a search in rural Russell County near Hurtsboro where agents discovered a...

Ivey urges patience with Alabama's vaccine rollout

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday urged people to be patient amid the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, but to take the vaccine as soon as it is available to them. A state hotline has been overwhelmed with calls from people seeking appointments for the shots next week when the...