From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Wilcox Co. Sheriff’s Office is reaching out to the public for help to solve a 2023 homicide. A $5,000 reward is now being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the murder of Charles Beverley of Camden. Wilcox Co. Sheriff Larry Colston says Beverley was found dead at his home — back…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A drive-by shooting at a Selma apartment complex leaves one person dead and three others injured. The shooting happened at around eight o’clock last night at the Chanticleer Apartments on the 1200 block of Woodrow Avenue. Lt. Ray Blanks says 59 year old Edwina Russaw was killed in the shooting — and three others were…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating the city’s third homicide of the year following a weekend shooting. Interim Chief Natasha Fowlkes — says 57 year old Kevin Wade Shark — was found shot to death inside his home barbershop. The incident happened on the 200 block of Cresthaven Court — at around 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Fowlkes…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Dallas County man is dead — following a Saturday night shootout — in the Pine Glenn subdivision of the Selmont community. Sheriff Mike Granthum says the investigation into the shooting remains ongoing — and investigators are pursuing every lead in the case. “It was just like a wild, wild west,” said Granthum. “I mean…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma family continues to grief over the murder of 23 year old family member — who was found dead back in May. People who lose their lives in a homicide — are not the only victims. Grieving loved ones — are murder victims too. Four months after her 23 year old son Joseph Goodwin…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma man is dead — and another is behind bars — following a shooting in Selma yesterday evening. Lt. Ray Blanks says 23 year old Javoris Ladson is charged with murder — in the death of 23 year Qwadevine Walker. He says Walker was shot multiple times on the 300 block of Gaines Avenue…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Marion man is dead — and a murder investigation is now underway — after a stabbing at a Marion apartment complex. It’s the first murder committed in the city of Marion — in the past several years. Police Chief Tony Bufford — says officers responded to Lincoln Heights Apartments following a 9-1-1 call Monday…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating a pair of shootings over the weekend in the Queen City — that left two people dead. Chief Kenta Fulford says the two homicides happened about five hours apart from each other. The first one happened at Minter Terrace apartments on the 2500 block of Minter Avenue. Police found the victim…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke. He had suffered what was described as…
MONTGOMERY – The AHSAA is saddened to learn of the death of school football coaching legend and Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame member James Robert “Jim” Chafin, 92. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27. “Coach Jim Chafin was a major positive influence on the lives of so many, especially in Montgomery,” AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese said. “He was…
