BOOTH, Ala. — As a child, Prattville native Jeffrey Lee remembers playing in cotton fields. These days, his own son and daughter run in a much different crop.

A West Point man is facing drug distribution charges.

This summer’s wastewater spill at River Valley Ingredients’ plant near Hanceville dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of wastewater into the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River and killed at least 175,000 fish along 50 miles of the river.

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a "very strong culprit."

A distraught woman was arrested Wednesday on drug charges after she asked Limestone County deputies to test her methamphetamine for purity, an official said.

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tuscaloosa city leaders are studying updates to the city code to regulate and permit the sale of items containing industrial hemp levels of THC.

ATHENS (AP) — Five Alabama inmates are facing charges stemming from the discovery of methamphetamine in a county jail.