Former University of Alabama quarter A.J. McCarron said Thursday he will seek the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor of Alabama. McCarron, a first-time political candidate, used culture war language and invoked the September killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk in a video posted to YouTube announcing his candidacy.

McCarron will be up against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of Agriculture Rick Pate, and commercial realtor Nicole Wadsworth. Former Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has also been said to be considering a run.

A new book puts some of Alabama’s most sacred places in the spotlight to celebrate the state’s heritage of faith.

An Alabama Death Row inmate convicted of murdering a man over a drug debt by setting him alight is to be executed by nitrogen gas in the southern US state on Thursday.There have been 39 executions in the United States this year,

Alabama is preparing to execute a man by nitrogen gas for the 1993 murder of a man who was set on fire over a drug debt

A jury convicted Anthony Boyd of capital murder for the 1993 burning death of Gregory Huguley in Talladega County.

After Thursday, either South Alabama or Georgia State will be playing out the string this season. The Jaguars and Panthers are both 1-6 overall, 0-3 in the Sun Belt Conference heading into their Thursday night game at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta.

An inmate who feared for his life is dead hours after being moved to a new prison. Now his family and others demand answers about deaths and violence behind bars.