WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease.

(RNN) – Mann Packing issued a voluntary recall of vegetable products sold across the U.S. and Canada at outlets including Walmart, Target, Aldi and H-E-B. The recall includes bags of broccoli ...

WETUMPKA, Ala. — Homes, businesses, government offices and churches were among the buildings badly damaged or demolished when tornadoes struck central Alabama over the weekend. The severe ...

A summer-long, $1 million facelift of Town Square Shopping Center is nearing the final phase. Drinkard Development, the shopping center owner, has been improving the storefronts of each client ...

Cullman High School will soon get new sewer lines after receiving a $200,000 grant. Gov. Kay Ivey announced grants totaling $1.55 million to help eight Alabama communities address and improve ...

ASHLAND, Ky. — Most of the laid-off steelworkers mingling in an eastern Kentucky union hall after filing unemployment paperwork had one question for chapter president Mike Howard. “Heard ...

In early May, we enjoyed a road trip through southeastern New Mexico. The region was unusually hot and dry, but the scenery was striking and its residents welcoming. During five days, we visited a ...

Weather forecasters are bumping up their prediction of how much snow we’ll get in northern Jefferson County and southern Blount County this afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service ...

HANCEVILLE — Wallace State’s basketball teams convincingly swept Volunteer State in their season openers on Friday night, with both squads exploding for 96 points at Tom Drake Coliseum.

The North Jefferson News now has its own Facebook page. If you’re into one of the hottest social-networking sites in the world, come on and be our friend! Here’s the address: ...

“Every citizen has a right to inspect and take a copy of any public writing of this state, except as otherwise expressly provided by statute.” Alabama public records law. Alabama’s open ...

Two Dora men were arrested on Friday when Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled over a garbage truck that was reportedly being driven recklessly on Mt. Olive Road. Deputies also ...