Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and agreed to pay $1 billion for a scheme to conceal a deadly defect in millions of its air bag inflators. Takata admits to hiding problems that…
A man free on bond while awaiting trial in the slaying of an Auburn University football player has been arrested again on unrelated charges. Police in Dadeville arrested 24-year-old Markale Deandre Hart of Camp Hill on Sunday. A police statement…
The Prattville Police Department is searching for unknown subjects wanted in reference to a Theft of Property Investigation. Two have been identified and two remain at large. The listed females are wanted for questioning in regards to a felony shoplifting…
The Tuskegee Police Department and Macon County Sheriff’s Department has notified CrimeStoppers that Michael Anthony Norris has been taken into custody. Norris was suspected of shooting 19-year old Kentavious Deon McDaniel. Norris was arrested on Thursday, February 22, on County…
Montgomery police  arrested Keith Barnes, 38, of Deatsville in reference to an ongoing investigation that began on February 21, involving a teenage female victim. During the course of the investigation MPD determined that Barnes…
A suburban Philadelphia judge has ruled that a jury from outside the area will hear the sexual assault case against actor Bill Cosby. Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill ruled Monday. He says the jury will be sequestered during the trial.…
Neil Fingleton, a 7-foot 7-inch actor who played the giant Mag the Mighty in "Game of Thrones" has died at 36. The Tall Persons Club says Fingleton, who was Britain's tallest man, died Saturday. British media reported the cause as…
Montgomery County Sheriffs Office responded to a call of a vehicle fire off Marler Road in Pike Road. There they found a body in the trunk of the burning car. The fire was immediately put out by volunteer fire fighters.…
Dozens of people surrounded the Baptist South Hospital fountain Sunday afternoon to support…
Officials in Bullock County are investigating a wreck that left 2 people dead after a short police chase. The victims have been identified as 73-year-old Hattie Walker and 25-year-old Bryant Harris. State troopers say the wreck happened when Harris refused…
Saturday marks 1 year since Greg Gunn was killed by Montgomery Police Officer Aaron Smith just a few feet away from his home. A vigil was held for Gunn in…
Excitement builds as high school girls from across the River Region stand in a line that stretches around the building. The time is finally here to find their very own prom…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The Gee's Bend Ferry is getting a million dollar upgrade that will make it the only ferry of its kind in the entire country. A million…
A Taco Bell treat that has a shell made entirely of fried chicken will vanish from the fast-food chain's menu despite its popularity. Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch says the Naked Chicken Chalupa always was planned as a limited-time offer…
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says it has awarded $10,000 to the anonymous tipster who provided the location of fugitives suspected in the deaths of four women in a bloody rampage across three Southern states. An agency news release…
The 908th Airlift Wing's Auburn plane has been with the unit for 31 years. In that time, it's flown across the globe, even earning a purple heart when it was shot…
Analysts at the Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump's travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States. A draft document obtained by The Associated Press…
Police in coastal Alabama's beach cities are informing the public about a "zero tolerance" policy of misbehavior during Spring Break. Media outlets report the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores police departments issued warning letters to the public this week via…
News organizations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Politico were blocked from joining an informal, on the record White House press briefing on Friday. Several news organizations were allowed in, including the conservative website Breitbart…
An alleged bank robber who took 11 people hostage in a Tuscaloosa credit union last month has been charged. A federal grand jury indicted 18-year-old Cedrick Lamar Collins on Friday with one count of bank robbery and two counts of…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it plans to start awarding contracts by mid-April for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. The agency said Friday on a website for federal contactors that a request for bids would be published on…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will receive a $1.09 million federal grant to repower the Gee’s Bend passenger-vehicle ferry from a diesel propulsion powered vessel to a zero emissions battery-electric powered vessel. This will be the first zero-emission passenger-vehicle…
A judge has set bond for $500,000 for a man accused of killing his 68-year-old mother in northeast Alabama. The Gadsden Time reports (http://bit.ly/2mfNdgr ) that 48-year-old Larry Bodily remains jailed in Cherokee County on charges of murder and third-degree…
Hundreds of high school and middle school students converged on the Troy University campus for Trojan Art Day. Students were able to be part of workshops and demonstrations that are led by Troy University's Department of Art and Design. They…
Maine's Republican governor has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to ramp up prosecution of drug crimes and says the U.S. Attorney's Office isn't actively pursuing drug dealers. The Associated Press obtained a copy of a Jan. 26 letter in which…
