MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An inmate died Tuesday after an apparent assault at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed. Tyrone Billups, 39, died from injuries sustained in an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault, a prison spokeswoman wrote…
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday reversed course and will allow reporters to witness jury selection in the corruption trial of a longtime north Alabama sheriff. Retired Criminal Appeals Judge Pamela Baschab, who is presiding over the case…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a traffic collision. The collision resulted in one death.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a longtime Alabama sheriff accused of theft and ethics charges, but news outlets and the public were barred from attending jury selection. Potential jurors reported Monday for the…
A manhunt is underway for an attempted murder suspect. Montgomery Police are actively searching for 28-year-old Kevin Jenkins, Junior. Jenkins is wanted in connection with an assault on his girlfriend last Monday in the 3500 block of Coachman Road. Anyone…
Montgomery Police say a teenage girl was shot and killed Monday afternoon. The victim is identified as 17-year-old Leiah Holmes of Montgomery. Police say Holmes was transported to a hospital where she later died. The shooting happened in the 4200…
Acton Bowen in 2019 pleaded guilty to 28 counts involving six boys between the ages of 13 and 16. The charges include sexual abuse, sodomy, enticing a child for sex and traveling to meet a child for sexual abuse.
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff accused of theft and ethics charges is set to stand trial nearly two years after he was indicted. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely. He…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Selma man is found dead at his home in Selma Friday morning. Now his roommate is charged with his murder. Capt. Natasha Fowlkes says 25 year old Corey…
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected the appeal of a man convicted of murder and sentenced to die for the shooting deaths of six people on a farm in Crenshaw County in 2002.
