They sunbathe on sandbars, slip silently beneath dark water and occasionally startle a boater or two. While Florida gets most of the reptilian attention, Alabama quietly ranks among the top states for ...

SILAS, Ala. (WKRG) — The Coffeeville Lock and Dam will reopen Friday, Jan. 14 around 6 p.m. The dam was closed after a recreational boat sank last Saturday, Jan. 8. It has since been removed. The ...

More than 50 years ago, at the Ciba-Geigy chemical plant in McIntosh, a small town about 40 miles north of Mobile, wastewater from the production of now-banned pesticide DDT flowed in an open ditch to ...