TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama couple has been convicted of providing undocumented workers to a poultry processing plant for years. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Deivin Marquitos Escalante-Vasquez and 38-year-old Crystal Gail Escalante were convicted on federal charges this week. They…
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded in Alabama while driving to work, and news outlets report a suspect is in custody. Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman says someone pulled up in a vehicle…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his estranged wife, her unborn child and three other people in north Alabama has been sentenced to death. The decision by Madison County Circuit Judge Chris Comer follows a jury's 11-1…
Montgomery police are investigating two shootings, one left a man with life-threatening injuries.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A coroner says an autopsy confirms an Alabama woman found dead inside a police van parked outside headquarters wasn’t the victim of foul play and didn’t suffer any trauma. Dr. Tyler Berryhill says the examination by…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges have heard arguments over whether an Alabama inmate had the mental capacity to understand paperwork setting up his planned execution next week. Willie B. Smith III is set to receive a lethal injection Oct.…
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a man injured.
Our David Lamb recently discussed crime and education in the Capital City with Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge ruled that prison staffing levels will remain an issue in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Alabama’s corrections system. The U.S. Department of Justice last year sued Alabama saying male inmates live in…
