Suspect Shot and Killed in Standoff with Lee County Deputies and State Troopers
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says it is investigating an officer-involved shooting that led to the death of the suspect.
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Alabama Asks Court to Dismiss Part of Suit Over Prisons
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama is asking a federal court to dismiss part of the Justice Department's lawsuit over conditions in its men's prisons. Attorneys for the state say the federal government hasn’t specified which prisons are…
Search on for Man Accused of Killing Co-Worker at Dirt Pit
DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say they're searching for a suspect after a man shot and killed a fellow worker at a south Alabama dirt pit. Local and federal authorities were searching Wednesday for the suspect, a 45-year-old man from…
Mayor of Tarrant Says Former Police Chief Refused to Hire Black Officers
TARRANT, Ala. (AP) — A Black Alabama mayor accused of assault by the city’s white former police chief claimed Thursday that the two got into a dispute because the chief wouldn’t hire black officers. Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton told a…
Woman Shot on Kelly Circle in Montgomery
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that has left a woman with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
UPDATE: Montgomery Police Conducting Death Investigation
The Montgomery Police Department says a man's death that had been investigated as a homicide has now become a death investigation instead.
Alabama juvenile lifer appeals life without parole sentence
A man sentenced to die in prison for…
Southern Baptists Vote to Probe Leaders' Sex Abuse Response
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist…
Alabama Judge Censured after Cursing, Threatening Defendant
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A state ethics panel on Wednesday censured a municipal judge who cursed and threatened a traffic court defendant, telling her that he would “bust her ass” if she sued his adult son. The Alabama Court of…
Search Underway for Fugitive Xzavier Johnson
The U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force is actively searching for Xzavier Lee Johnson.
