Author: Todd Stacy (Todd Stacy)

The newest PBS documentary project from Ken Burns focuses on the Holocaust and specifically the United States' response before during and after the Nazi mass murder of Jews.

The National Hurricane Center said Ian is expected to become a hurricane on Monday and reach major hurricane strength Tuesday. Flash and urban flooding is possible in the Florida Keys and Florida peninsula through midweek, and then heavy rainfall was possible for north Florida, the Florida panhandle and the southeast United States later this week.

Huffaker ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections to locate and preserve all evidence related to the attempted execution, including notes, emails, texts, and used medical supplies such as syringes, swabs, scalpels, and IV-lines. He also granted a request from Miller's attorney to visit him and photograph what they said are, "injuries from the attempted execution."

Todd's guests include Alabama Dept. of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis, Outdoor Alabama Commissioner Chris Blankenship, and Dr. Dan Puckett, Professor of History Troy University and expert on the Holocaust and its effects on Alabama.

The public perception of Lee as a hermit is wrong, Flynt, a former history professor at Auburn University, said. No, she didn't do media interviews and she guarded her privacy zealously, but she also was warm and kind to friends that included a former first lady, Lady Bird Johnson, Flynt said. And Lee was “deeply religious” in a way many people aren't, he said.

This week on Capitol Journal we had a special episode focused on the issue of opioid abuse in Alabama – how to prevent young people from becoming addicted and what treatment options are available.

The judge asked the state Monday whether it was ready to use the method at Miller's execution. A state attorney replied that it was "very likely" it could use nitrogen hypoxia next week, but said the state prison commissioner has the final decision.

Mobile-based Shoe Station, Inc. is the winner in the largest category of $20 million or more in annual sales. CEO Brent Barkin's father, Terry Barkin, started the company in 1984 and it has grown to have 22 stores in five states across the South.

Troy University has named its School of Accountancy in honor of William H. Carr, an Enterprise native and founder of Car, Riggs & Ingram, one of the fastest growing accounting firms in the country. 

By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Georgia reclaimed the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, and Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Arkansas moved into the top 10 after an upset-filled weekend across the country. The defending national champion Bulldogs, who started the season at No. 3 in the AP...

Did you see the latest episode of Capitol Journal? We covered the latest budget hearings, which included presentations from the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the state's district attorneys.

This week on Capitol Journal – we’re talking tourism as Alabama boasts another record breaking year for visitors to the state.

NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for weeks, if not months.