But what is Alabama less-known for? The Blackberry was named the official state fruit in 2004 after third-graders at a Fairhope school campaigned for it. The state tree fruit for Alabama is the peach.

Like most states, Alabama has lots of designated symbols, such as a state flower – the camellia – and bird – yellowhammer. But did you know our state honors several insects, as well?

ALABAMA (WHNT) — Every state in the U.S. has its own set of symbols, and Alabama is no different, but some of those symbols may surprise people. In Alabama, most people are probably familiar ...

Ivey said after signing the bill into law. The cookie now joins the Yellowhammer bird, the Camellia flower, the song “Alabama” and many other official state symbols.

But in at least five other Southern states, symbols of the old Confederacy form part of the state flags themselves. Adopted in 1895, the state flag of Alabama is a simple crimson “X,” also ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A north Alabama lawmaker has pre-filed three bills for this year’s legislative session that take aim at the state’s coat of arms as well as language in some laws that ...

Ivey's ad is a defense of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, which she signed into law 11 months ago. The same law is subject to an ongoing legal spat between the state and the city of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A north Alabama lawmaker has pre-filed three bills for this year’s legislative session that take aim at the state’s coat of arms as well as language in some laws that ...