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State banking regulators seized First Lowndes Bank at 5 p.m., handing it over to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in Alabama's first bank failure of 2010. The FDIC conveyed the bank's $131.1 million in deposits and $137.2 million in assets to First Citizens Bank of Luverne, which will operate the four branches under its name starting Saturday. First Lowndes,... Full story »

Saturday: Mostly cloudy and gusty. Highs in the upper 60s to mid- 70s. Lows in the upper 40s to mid- 50s. Rain chance: Less than 20 percent Saturday; 80 percent Saturday night.  Full story »

FORT DEPOSIT, Ala. -- State banking regulators seized First Lowndes Bank at 5 p.m. and handed it over to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.  Full story »

TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- The commander of the governor's antigambling task force says he tried to raid the VictoryLand casino in Macon County because the local district attorney had made it clear he would not enforce laws against illegal gambling. Full story »

A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder today in connection with a fatal weekend shooting. Meanwhile, police were searching for four other people including a juvenile wanted in the slaying of 26-year-old Christopher Anthino Walters, who was gunned down in the 1200 block of Arlington Street on Sunday afternoon, Mobile police said in a news release. Full story »

JACKSON, Miss. -- The lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy was presented with a $30,000 scholarship on Friday when she appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Full story »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld the election of Pete Wolf III as mayor of Evergreen after a seesaw legal contest over an apparent two-vote victory by incumbent Larry Fluker in 2008. Full story »

A look at recent headlines and it seems teens are getting into more and more trouble lately. Or perhaps it's been that way for a while, it's just that now the teens seem younger, the crimes more outrageous. Check out these cases. Full story »

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Mobile County Health Department said today that it has been notified that the Feb. 27 death of a 6-year-old boy has been attributed to H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. Full story »

Madison County drug agents discovered the pills -- more than 20,000 of them -- and the cash in a storage facility during one of the county's largest investigations into illegal prescription medication sales. Full story »

A South Carolina doctor whose testimony was crucial in the prosecution of owners of a Mobile pharmacy that supplied thousands of dosages of steroids will not have to spend any time in prison, a federal judge ruled today. Full story »

Carbon Hill, Ala., officials look to change civic center rental rules after a "free-for-all" party, a Hyundai supplier breaks ground today, a first-grader is found with a gun at school, and other news headlines from across Alabama. Full story »

Baldwin County Highway Department officials have announced the reopening of Baldwin County 32 between Harry Jones Road and Dry Branch Road. Full story »

When it opens in May, the Navarre Beach pier will reach 1,545 feet into the Gulf. That will be about 5 feet longer than the $16.2 million pier the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources opened at Gulf State Park in July, where anglers can stand so far out into the open water that sailfish have been hoisted over the rails.  Full story »

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- While city revenue is less than expected, spending cuts have kept the budget in line enough to allow municipal employees to get a cost-of-living raise, officials said Thursday.  Full story »