A new national study shows Alabama levies more income tax on families living in poverty than any other state.

A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for the second time in two years to abusing the creature.

You can watch the entire 2010 Alabama Gubernatorial Forum here at OANow.com

My name is Tamara Barnes and I am a juvenile diabetic. I was diagnosed with Type I (juvenile) diabetes at the age of five and immediately began insulin injections. This was the most terrifying experience in my life and I’m sure this is true for many insulin-dependent diabetics. One memory I will always have is the memory of my parents chasing me through the house to give my first insulin shot. I saw my mother break down and cry for the very first time in my life.

All the recent football frenzy started me thinking about Babylonian temples. That’s right — Babylonian temples.

Birmingham mayor Larry Langford was found guilty last Wednesday on 60 counts of felony charges and removed from office.

Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction

House Democrats cleared the way Wednesday for a pivotal floor vote on health care overhaul as early as the weekend, after tweaking their 1,900-page bill to crack down harder on insurance companies.

Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year

Will Graham, the grandson of famed evangelist Billy Graham, will come to Auburn March 26-28 for the East Alabama West Georgia Will Graham Celebration at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum on the Auburn University campus.

Michelin Development opened its office for East Alabama Tuesday morning and announced that it would began taking applications for $2 millions in low-interest loans to qualified start-up, small- and medium-sized companies in the area.

Auburn residents will have another choice for a cable provider, but no one knows when it will happen.

Montgomery police officers were searching a landfill in Salem Tuesday for an infant they believe may have been placed in the trash.

The election may be more than a year off but you wouldn’t have known it by the turnout at the Alabama Gubernatorial Forum 2010 at Auburn University Tuesday.

The Opelika City Council and Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller honored the Opelika fireman of the year, Capt. K. Phillip Hope, for his hard work and 22 years of service to the Opelika Fire Department at the Opelika City Council meeting Tuesday night.

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Montgomery police officers were in Lee County today searching a landfill in Salem for an infant who they believe may have been delivered and placed in the trash.

The event, which begins at 7 p.m. in the AU Student Center ballroom, is expected to include Republicans Robert Bentley, Bradley Byrne, Kay Ivey, Tim James and Bill Johnson, and Democrats Artur Davis and Ron Sparks. Jeremy Campbell, a reporter with ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, will moderate the discussion.

Visitation hours for John “Stump” Thrower, a 56-year-old radio personality from Auburn who was found dead Monday, is 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. A graveside service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Rosemere Cemetery in Opelika.

Kia Motors says it will reopen the application process for production and maintenance jobs at its new assembly plant in West Point.

A federal judge has ruled that artist Daniel Moore did not violate trademark laws by painting scenes of University of Alabama football without licensing the work through the university.

I was remembering when I first moved to Opelika about 13 years ago. The first big Cityscape project was under way downtown. Courthouse square was being formed, sod was being laid and utilities were moving underground.

Dr. Lawrence Graham is Auburn University’s fire ant expert. One of his projects has been an introduction of a parasitic fly whose host is the fire ant. The fly deposits an egg on the ant’s back, it hatches, the larva penetrates the ant, makes its way to the ant’s head and the head falls off.

It’s better than a television advertisement. It’s better than a radio advertisement. It’s much better than a flier received in the mail.

Opelika police arrested Gredarius Stefan Brooks, 17, of Lanett at 11:30 a.m. Friday and charged him with four counts of robbery, said Opelika police Capt. Allan Elkins.

The Opelika fireman of the year will be honored at 7 p.m. tonight at the Opelika City Council meeting.

An Opelika serviceman died Thursday of injuries sustained in a non-combat related accident while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom in Khabari Crossing, Kuwait.

Auburn residents may soon have a choice when it comes to cable providers.

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Local radio personality and newspaper columnist John “Stump” Thrower was found dead in his Auburn home Monday morning. He was 56.