You just don’t expect to see a massive python snake in Steele, Alabama – at least not in the wild. That’s just the issue Steele Fire Department faced this week when reports of a 12-foot python began ...

A yellow Burmese python is pictured in an AL.com file photo. This is not the python mentioned in the lawsuit. (AL.com) A former inmate of a south Alabama jail has filed suit against authorities in ...

A three-month operation aimed at taking violent criminals off the streets in western Jefferson County led to the arrests of 126 suspects - 18 of which are gang members - as well as the seizure of ...