Monroeville

The Monroeville Literary Festival, a project of the Monroe County Museum, is hosting several best-selling authors and poets its famous courthouse beginning Friday. The majority of events are held in the Monroeville Courthouse, made famous as the setting for Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three spots in Alabama are being added to the nation's honor roll of historic locations. The state says The Alabama Book Store in…

Harper Lee is best known for her classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird – and notorious for her staunch privacy.Lee spent decades…

Last week, APR commentator Steve Flowers managed a unique feat - he was able to pair state politics with the annual Iron Bowl rivalry game between the…

Hospitals in Alabama as well as Mississippi are suing more than a dozen drug manufacturers, claiming they deceptively marketed and sold dangerous…

“Tru & Nelle: A Novel”Author: G. Neri Publisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPages: 336Price: $16.99 (Hardcover)With all the recent fuss over the publication…

Presidential hopefuls flooded the state of Alabama this weekend. APR student reporter Parker Branton has more…Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at…

Democrats and Republicans made stops throughout the state of Alabama this weekend.Florida Senator Marco Rubio made two stops, at Samford University in…

The town of Monroeville said goodbye to writer Harper Lee over the weekend. APR’s Pat Duggins reports the author of “To Kill A Mockingbird” was laid to…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Alabama native Harper Lee died this morning at the age 89.Lee is best known for “To Kill A Mockingbird”, the story of a…