Alabama's weak law has allowed cockfighting to flourish. Advocates say it must be toughened. A criminal network built on animal cruelty and gambling should no longer be tolerated by state ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Animal welfare groups are calling on Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to push for harsher laws against cockfighting in the state. Leaders said the illegal activity is ...

Abraham Lincoln was given the nickname Honest Abe after he displayed impartiality as a cockfighting judge ... California to Oklahoma to Kentucky to Alabama to North Carolina, interviewing breeders ...

Latest cockfighting bust shows endurance of the animal-cruelty ... and enforcement actions against cockfighters in Alabama and Tennessee. Please contact Marty Irby at for details.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday evening there have been six deaths in the state following the severe weather outbreak that spawned more than two dozen tornadoes across the South. “I am sad ...

Animal welfare advocates say a weekend raid of a cockfight in Union County is the latest example of why state lawmakers need ...

A father and son from Alabama caught a massive alligator gar on Thanksgiving, and the pair only recently learned that their holiday catch broke the state’s fishing record. Keith Dees and his son ...

Was Alabama’s 2012 national championship Nick Saban’s best? While they did not finish the season undefeated, the Crimson Tide’s emphatic 42-14 victory over Notre Dame in the BCS title game ...

Characterized by the warm waters of the Gulf and soft, ivory sands, Alabama's beaches and adjacent small towns are a treat for vacationers on the hunt for a laid-back, family-friendly getaway.

Alabama’s Republican attorney general said this week that women in the state who use prescription medication to terminate their pregnancies could be prosecuted under a chemical-endangerment law ...

People in Alabama who use abortion pills to end pregnancies can be prosecuted by the state, even if those pills were prescribed remotely from somewhere else in the country, said state Attorney ...