Alabama’s Drivers License Division will begin offering services on Saturdays at three of its locations. Saturday services will be available for first driver license issuances, out-of-state transfers, and knowledge and road skills tests. The agency says reinstatement services will not be offered during Saturday hours. Customers can handle those services by phone during regular hours Monday through Friday. The number…
The yearly process of Alabama Agency heads going before the joint House/Senate legislative budget committees is underway in Montgomery. The biggest public safety agencies went before the joint committee today, both asking for increases. Corrections Commission Jeff Dunn pointed to a court ordered personnel assessment that called for an increase of between 1,800 and 2,000 new prison guards…but he…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency folks have passed along some advice about staying safe–and alive!–over the holiday: Avoid driving and/or boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If you are impaired, do not drive or operate a boat. Designate a sober driver in advance, call a cab, use public transportation or call a sober friend or family…
Alabama State Troopers are investigating what caused a deadly four-car crash in Macon County Wednesday morning. Troopers say 71-year-old James McCorvey of Columbus, Georgia and 39-year-old Derrick Shelton of Prattville died in that crash Highway 80, east of Tuskegee. Authorities say McCorvey sideswiped an SUV before hitting Shelton’s car. McCorvery was not wearing a seatbelt and both men died at…
Authorities say a new search has turned up potential evidence in the case of an Alabama woman who disappeared three decades ago. News outlets reported Thursday that Elmore County District Attorney Randall Houston says searchers found the potential evidence connected to the disappearance of Traci Pittman Kegley in a pond within a 300-acre (121-hectare) search area. The material will be…
If you drive Alabama’s roads, it’s hard not to notice who you don’t see much of: Alabama state troopers. You can drive for at least an hour in any direction without ever seeing one. It could be because they’re hiding, but most likely, it’s because there aren’t enough of them. Alabama only has 243 troopers on the job. That’s among…
Amber Alert issued for 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas 50-year-old Tad Cummins suspected of abducting 15-year old girl The State of Alabama has issued a Child Abduction Emergency, Amber Alert on behalf of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The TBI and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency need help locating Mary Catherine “Elizabeth” Thomas. She is a white female, 15-years of age, 5′…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by his former law enforcement secretary who publicly accused Bentley of having an affair with a staffer. Bentley and current Law Enforcement Secretary Stan Stabler, in a joint filing last week, asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Spencer Collier.Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley Collier sued…
An estranged couple has been found dead in what authorities describe as a murder-suicide in Flomaton. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, 43-year-old Cory Blackmon Cole was found dead in her home Tuesday after Flomaton Police received a report of a domestic altercation at the residence. Her cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy. Authorities then…
Gov. Robert Bentley’s nonprofit group wants out of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the governor’s former law enforcement secretary. The Alabama Council for Excellent Government filed a motion Tuesday seeking to be dismissed as a defendant in the civil case. Former Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier filed a lawsuit against Bentley and his former political adviser Rebekah Mason accusing…
