Local and state officials secured money for two new ambulances from the state’s Emergency Medical Services office.

In the three weeks since Pickens County dropped down to one ambulance, two women died after waiting an hour for paramedics to arrive. One woman went into cardiac arrest and died before an ambulance ...

in Alabama. By 2017, the number had grown to 788, an increase of more than 13 percent. Alabama is not alone. Data shows there were 17 percent more deaths from drug overdoses in the U.S. between May ...

So much for negotiations. Alabama's Jefferson county filed the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy yesterday. Just weeks ago it seemed Jefferson county and its creditors had dodged the bankruptcy ...

An Alabama county this week is opening its first fully integrated school, which will have a student body that is roughly half white and half black. The University Charter School in west Alabama’s ...

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Jefferson County, Alabama, lawmakers voted last week to file for Chapter 9 court protection over a $3.14 billion sewer bond debt, in what is the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S.

Alabama's Jefferson County has filed for what is the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The county commission voted 4-1 in favor of seeking bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after a ...