The Alabama Senate has approved a prison construction plan in an effort to relieve prison construction and violence. Senators voted 23-11 for the bill Thursday after nearly three hours of debate. The proposal now heads to the Alabama House of…
An appellate court has ruled that Alabama cannot execute a 66-year-old inmate, saying dementia has left him unable to understand his death sentence. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Vernon Madison is incompetent to be executed.…
Attorney General Steven T. Marshall announced the arrest today of Conecuh County Commissioner John William Andrews Jr. for six counts of unlawful distribution of marijuana, a controlled substance. Andrews was arrested by law enforcements agents from the Attorney General's Office…
He's one lawmaker and he's waging a nearly two-decade battle to repeal Alabama's death penalty. Democratic state Sen. Hank Sanders has unsuccessfully introduced bills year after year to end capital punishment in his Southern state. The 74-year-old opponent of the…
Two men are facing multiple child sex charges in Prattville. Court records say 32-year-old Gavriel James Vadimas and 36-year-old Shaun Patrick Stewart were both arrested. Police say Vadimas was taken into custody after investigators found videos showing children at his…
United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., of Wetumpka, Alabama, has announced his resignation effective midnight March 10, 2017. After his resignation, he plans on joining the private law firm Morris, Haynes, Wheeles, Knowles, and Nelson, and will continue to…
Alexis Shantell Boswell was taken into custody late last night in Jackson, Alabama by the Jackson Police Department. The Troy Police Department was contacted just before midnight by Jackson Police Department who advised them that they had Boswell in custody.…
On March 3 around 2:45 p.m., MPD responded to a domestic disturbance call in the 4200 block of Phelan Court. Once at the scene, officers encountered the suspect. The suspect is said to have physically assaulted an officer as MPD placed…
An arrest has been made in connection with threats made to at least eight Jewish community centers nationwide and the Anti-Defamation League's headquarters in New York City. Federal authorities in New York said Friday that Juan Thompson has been arrested.…
An Andalusia man is in jail after being arrested for identity theft. 44-year-old Michael D. Giles was arrested and charged with four counts of identity theft, ten counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and one count of 1st…
