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Man Faces Life in Prison for 2016 Attempted Murder, Kidnapping

District Attorney Daryl Bailey announced today that a Montgomery County man has been convicted of Attempted Murder, Robbery First Degree, Kidnapping First Degree, and Criminal Mischief First Degree for the 2016 kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder of a Montgomery woman. Kerstin Reese and two co-defendants burst into the victim’s home armed with guns during the night of September 6, 2016,…

Andalusia Man Leads Police on Chase Around City

An Andalusia man was arrested today after leading police on a chase around the east side of Andalusia. Christopher Terry Clinton, 42, of Andalusia, was taken into custody just after 4:30 PM this afternoon after Officer Lucas Maddox attempted a traffic stop on him. The attempted traffic stop occurred around 12:40 PM. Clinton managed to evade officers after a short…

Report: Retiring Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier Arrested in Daphne

Spencer Collier mug shot – from WKRG/Mobile   According to a Mobile TV station, retiring Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier was arrested in Baldwin County today for allegedly making a false report. WKRG-TV reports Collier, who was the first-ever secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) lives in the nearby Baldwin County town of Fairhope. His retirement as Selma…

Nearly 50 New Jobs Coming to Elmore County

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $150,000 grant to help improve medical services in Elmore County while also creating 49 new jobs. The Community Development Block Grant funds awarded by Ivey will be used to provide infrastructure for River Region Medical Center, a 32,000-square-foot complex that will be constructed in Wetumpka. The center will offer multiple medical services under a…

East Alabama Woman Arrested and Charged with Husband’s Murder

On Thursday, June 13, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call in reference to a gunshot victim that had been discovered outside of a home in the 500 block of Lee Road 436 in Phenix City Responding deputies found a male laying in the front yard of the home suffering from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen….

Brothers Arrested in Early Morning Troy Shooting

The Troy Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred just after 2am Sunday morning at a restaurant in the 100 block of U.S. 231 North. One victim, a 22-year-old male, was struck multiple times in the lower leg after several rounds were fired into the vehicle he was sitting in. He was transported to Troy Regional Medical Center with…

BIG3 and State Farm Announces New Partnership for 2019 Season

BIG3 announced today that State Farm has signed a major sponsorship deal to become the exclusive official insurer of the professional 3-on-3 basketball league founded by producer, actor and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz. The sponsorship includes State Farm branding throughout BIG3 arenas in all 18 cities the league visits this summer, including on basket stanchion pads, center court jumbotrons, and courtside…

Biscuits Clinch First half Championship for First Time in Team History

For the first time in their 16-year history, the Montgomery Biscuits have won a First Half Championship. Their 4-2 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts on Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium means that the Biscuits will now play postseason baseball for a team-record fifth-straight season as the First Half winners of the North Division. The Biscuits struck first on Thursday night,…

Grandmother Sues Alabama DHR after Baby Girl’s Death

A woman is suing the Alabama Department of Human Resources, saying social workers never should have allowed her daughter to continue caring for her 11-month-old granddaughter. The lawsuit was filed in Monroe County. News outlets report Michaela Cunningham says state workers knew the 11-month-old girl was being abused before she was killed. She had been diagnosed with Shaken Baby Syndrome,…

Update: Three People Killed in Covington County Crash Identified

Alabama State Troopers have identified a mother and son from Georgia who were killed in a head-on collision in Covington County while traveling to the beach. State troopers say 8-year-old Larenz Graham and his mother, 35-year-old Landie Romulus, were killed Monday when a northbound vehicle on highway 55 crossed the median and hit their car as they were traveling south….