Alabama could be close to ending its one-of-a-kind practice of allowing judges to hand down death sentences despite a jury's recommendation for life in prison. The state Senate approved a bill Thursday that would end the state's status as the…
Montgomery Police Department has technology that was unveiled in 2009 still useful in 2017
Prosecutors say the murder trial of an Alabama police officer should be held in the capital. The district attorney's office filed a motion Tuesday opposing a defense request to move Officer Aaron Smith's trial out of Montgomery. Prosecutors say there's…
Police in Houston are responding to reports of shots fired inside a hospital at Houston's Texas Medical Center. Houston police spokesman Kese Smith says authorities have no immediate word of anyone being wounded. He says authorities began receiving reports shortly…
The Supreme Court is freeing Alabama to try again to execute a convicted killer who has been on death row for more than 30 years. The justices on Tuesday turned down an appeal from inmate Tommy Arthur. In November, the…
The Montgomery Police Department arrested Decarsio Shorts, 20, of Montgomery in connection to sexual assault and robbery involving two victims. The first incident occurred on Tuesday, February 14, in the 2600 block of Zelda Road and a second assault involving…
Sheriff's officials say three teenagers are charged with murder in the gunshot killing of a Mobile County woman, including her 13-year-old great-grandson. Authorities say the youths are being held in the death of 69-year-old…
An inmate was fatally stabbed during an altercation with another inmate at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore on Thursday, according to Department of Corrections officials. The stabbing happened at approximately 9:40 a.m. when corrections…
Andalusia Police Department Investigator Cody Warren says 30-year-old Brandon K. Sanders and 36-year-old Sabrina N. Alston, both of Andalusia were arrested this afternoon for the burglary of two local businesses…
Attorney General Steven T. Marshall announced that Walter S. Hill, former mayor of the Town of Mosses in Lowndes County, has been sentenced to serve time in prison on a felony ethics violation for use of his office for personal…
