This video is no longer available.The main suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Halloway is now a father. Joran Van der Sloot’s daughter was born Sunday in Peru. He got married in prison in July. A month later, he was sent to a prison in the Andes after authorities say he threatened to kill the warden. Van der Sloot is serving a…
Birmingham police say two girls who were reported missing form Chilton County have been found safe. Lt. Sean Edwards said Wednesday that the teens told investigators they jumped on to a cargo train and rode it to Birmingham. The two 14-year-old girls were reported missing over the weekend. Edwards says the two told police they slept outside and panhandled before…
Alabama First Lady Dianne Bentley is leading a candlelight vigil at the state Capitol to bring attention to victims of domestic violence.
A group studying overcrowding in Alabama’s prisons has found that arrests are declining and sentences are getting shorter. But Alabama’s prisons remain at nearly double their designed capacity. The Council of State Governments Justice Center presented the statistics to the Alabama Prison Reform Task Force. Research manager Andrew Barbee says felony arrests declined about 21 percent from 2009 to 2013….
This video is no longer available.The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a new Alabama law that places additional requirements on a minor seeking an abortion without parental approval. The ACLU says the Alabama law goes beyond any parental consent law in the nation. It provides that when a girl seeks judicial approval for an abortion without her parents’ consent,…
Crime is something that everyone wants to prevent or reduce in the City of Montgomery and one church decided to take on the issue head on.
The board of education met tonight but it wasn’t just any other school board meeting. Tempers flared and two public speakers had to be removed by security.
Before the rides light up the night sky and the smell of funnel cakes fill the air, there is a lot of work to be done.
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State leaders are continuing to look into the problems with Alabama’s prison system
The state’s recently created prison reform task force met at the state house today.
