Dallas County Sheriff Mike Granthum says investigators need the the public’s help to identify a masked robber. Sheriff Granthum says the suspect entered the Marathon gas station on Highway 80 East Sunday night with a gun and demanded money. He says surveillance footage shows the suspect hopped over the counter, grabbed cash and ran out of the store. Anyone with…
Dallas County EMA Director Toya Stiles has announced a list of storm shelters opening across the county. Burnsville (behind Fire Station) 8609 Alabama Highway 14 E, Selma, AL 36703 Orrville (behind Keith High School) 1274 Co Rd 115, Orrville, AL 36767 City Shelter: 1609 JL Chestnut Ave, Selma, AL Tipton (Jim Minor Garden Homes) 2534 Brown Street, Selma, AL 36701 Valley…
A ribbon cutting was held this morning for a county road in Dallas County that was in desperate need of repairs. According to county commissioners, County Road 205 in Marion Junction became extremely dangerous due to decay and erosion. The road hindered first responders and other services from making it to area homes. “I had to pick many of the…
In Bibb County, one man has been sentenced to 85 years in jail. District Attorney Michael Jackson says Manley Bray was sentenced to 85 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of intentional murder and abuse of a corpse for the murder of two men back in July of 2015. Bray was convicted of killing 19-year-old Tevin Rutledge…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jarvis Moss, 38, of Selma, was sentenced to 30 months (2 years and 6 months) in prison for possession of a Smith & Wesson, .38 caliber pistol. On May 30, Moss pled guilty and admitted in court that on July 29, 2018, a Selma police officer…
From a Foundation News Release: “Black Belt Community Foundation Launches First Re-Granting Cycle for Its Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Process Work supported by W.K. Kellogg Foundation for Selma and Dallas County SELMA, AL – October 19, 2018: In 2017, BBCF was granted funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as part of its nationwide Truth, Racial Healing…
Charges have been filed in against a man and a woman in the brutal death of a 23-month-old child. The child was pronounced dead shortly after being brought to the Vaughn Memorial Hospital Emergency Room in Selma in August 2017. An autopsy conducted by the Alabama Department of Forensic Science determined that child’s death was caused by multiple blunt force…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The solar eclipse is creating a lot of excitement around the country but school officials in Dallas County have decided not to let students view the eclipse directly. Superintendent Hattie Shelton says she didn’t want to take the chance of someone damaging their eyes. She says resources have been provided for teachers and students so…
The non-profit PEW Charitable Trusts are out with a report identifying schools in danger of flooding. The report includes an interactive map of Alabama with a list of the number of schools in each county that is in a flood danger area. The Dallas County School system has the largest number of those schools—three of the system’s 22 schools. Montgomery…
Authorities are investigating the stabbing of two inmates at the Dallas County Jail. District Attorney Michael Jackson says the jail was on lockdown Tuesday after the stabbings. He identified the inmates as Kenyatta Dukes and Michael Morton. Information wasn’t immediately available on the extent of their injuries and the circumstances surrounding the stabbings. ___ (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All…
