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Progress may be coming at a cost for one family in Marengo County. State planners have been working on what’s called the West Alabama Corridor for almost thirty years. It’s a four-lane highway to cut time on the drive between Tuscaloosa and Mobile. The upside is that the highway may bring connectivity and development to the rural counties of the Black Belt. Then, there’s the apparent downside. Parts of the highway may be built on private property taken by the State. APR Gulf coast correspondent Lynn Oldshue spoke with the Moore family who’s fighting to save their homes in the town of Dixons Mills.

A former Auburn University lab technician accused of distributing a chemical similar to a date-rape drug has pleaded guilty in federal court.Court…

The Alabama Ethics Commission have released an opinion on the idea of public employees being paid by outside sources.Commissioners say the arrangements…

The world is getting ready to remember the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma early next month. But another bit of Selma history is being…

The State of Alabama is adding more road and bridge projects to a list to be improved with state and local funding. 34 more construction projects are now…