Board of Education selected Board Member Coleman Wallace as board president and Kevin Hoomes unanimously as its vice ...

The state board that approves borrowing and spending on prison construction projects meets Wednesday morning to consider next steps in plans for a new men’s prison in Escambia County. The Alabama ...

Escambia County Commissioners Raymond Wiggins (Dist. 2) and Brandon Smith (Dist. 4) were sworn into office Wednesday morning ...

After a historic election night, some Republicans in the state are looking to revisit the state's congressional district map.

Escambia County has scrapped plans for new public dressing rooms at Casino Beach and is now putting money earmarked for that ...

Rapier, like Figures, was elected from Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The state had already begun enacting voter suppression laws by the time Haralson left Congress in 1877. Those culminated in ...

In the latest FHSAA rankings, Escambia was ranked third (behind St. Augustine and Choctaw, which had already claimed district titles in District 3 and District 2) in Region 1-4A. "That's huge ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, on Tuesday won election to ...

Previous districts drawn by Alabama Republicans diluted Black residents’ voting power, a federal judge ruled last year.

News 5 is Your Local Election Headquarters. Polls for the 2024 General Election opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m. Follow ...

The majority in the U.S. House hangs in balance. It was teetering this week between Republican control that would usher in a ...