We break down the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning and discuss what you need to do to prepare.

As the 2025 tornado season approaches, Coal County Emergency Management is taking steps to ensure that its warning system is ready for action.

The Hero of Hope Award highlights Dr. Estes’ role in advancing the Foundation’s vision of a future free from cystic fibrosis.

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

“This case shows that dealers who continue to push illegal drugs in Lee County will wind up spending a lot of time behind bars for their crimes,” said Lee County Sheriff Reggie Rachal ...

A top Lee County elected Republican is calling on Sheriff Carmine Marceno to resign or be removed from office by the governor amid an FBI investigation into the sheriff.State Committeeman Mick ...

Lee County Republican Party state committeeman Michael "Mick" Peters Tuesday called upon embattled Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno to resign or for Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend him. In a ...

The odds are stacked for Alabama basketball this weekend. No. 9 Kentucky leads the series with the Crimson Tide, 114-40. After Tuesday, the fifth-ranked team in the country enters a daunting Rupp ...

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ALVIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Neighbors and school districts are still looking to rebuild more than two weeks after tornadoes ripped ... other Brazoria and Montgomery County neighbors, Gov.