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A drought emergency declaration signed by Alabama’s Governor Robert Bentley Wednesday is in effect until further notice. Gov. Bentley put a burn ban in place for 46 counties in the state. Lee, Macon and Russell counties are

Traffic is back to normal after a deadly crash Thursday night on Interstate 77 in Columbia at the 23-mile marker, near the Killian Road exit. 

An Arab family is without a home, but is thankful for the one possession they found. 

A 72-year-old East Baton Rouge Parish man whose home was damaged by floodwaters in August has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize.

A liquor store owner has been missing for more than a week, and the last person to see him alive is now dead.

Some college students in Columbus are going bald for a good cause.  Columbus State University students participated in the tenth annual "Shave to Save" charity event, hosted by the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 

David Steele, the executive director of the YMCA of Metro Columbus, passed away Thursday morning after battling an unspecified illness.   

Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago were freed Thursday in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group – the first release since nearly 300 girls were

Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. In the book world's equivalent of a Supreme Court ruling, the Nobel judges declared Thursday that Dylan is not just a rock star but a poet of the very highest order.

The postponed LSU’s football game against Florida has been rescheduled for Nov. 19 in Baton Rouge, according to officials.