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As the 2019 Alabama legislative session resumes, Madison Representative Mike Ball has filed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana. Ball is the same representative that sponsored two bills nearly 5 years ago that became Carly’s Law

According to FEMA officials, more than 600 applications for assistance have been received and about $874,000 worth of assistance has been approved.

The Alabama Department of Corrections is confirming two arrests in connection to the Thursday night high-speed chase and subsequent fatal crash into the Coosa River.

After extinguishing the blaze, the body of the homeowner was found in a back bedroom.

A 57-year-old Opelika man has been arrested and charged with exposing himself in a city park, according to the Opelika Police Department.

Harris County’s emergency management center says multiple tanks were on fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company plant east of Houston.

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The largest gains were in the leisure and hospitality sector, which added 7,100 positions. Trades, transportation and utilities gained another 6,300 jobs.

The workshop will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, March 25 at Smiths Station Baptist Church.

Bo Dukes was sentenced Friday morning for charges he was facing in Wilcox County in the Tara Grinstead case.