Colored powder filled the air at Veterans Park on Saturday. Crowds gathered to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of spring, usually identified by the throwing of colors.

The pilot program called Home For All involves building 14 small pallet homes to house those who would otherwise be living on the streets.

Alabama is marking the 61st anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a key event in the Civil Rights Movement when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma.

Charles “Sonny” Burton is to be executed for his role in a robbery in which a man was fatally shot. His supporters argue his life should be spared.

Alabama's Public Service Commission hasn't held a formal utility rate hearing since 1981. Lawmakers are considering a bill to force the commission to hold such hearings.

LaFayette laid the foundations of the Selma campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

The U.S. Coast Guard will take possession of the 192-acre campus and will begin work to refit it as a training center for officers and enlisted personnel.

As Lee Ellenburg assumes the role, he's is already making a few changes, including declaring that climate change is real and caused by humans.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an appellate court ruling from the summer. The decision paves the way for Michael Sockwell to receive a new trial.

Leaders in the Alabama legislature say the bill involving the Public Service Commission won't move forward.