From the West Alabama Newsroom– The city of Demopolis is adding an ambulance service to the fire department in an effort to improve emergency service in the city. Mayor John Laney says the city plans on buying the ambulance by the end of the week. He says the ambulance will complement the existing county-wide ambulance service. He says it means…
Demopolis police say a man’s body has been discovered. Police Chief Tommie Reese tells Alabama News Network that the body of 36-year-old Joseph Knowles, Jr, was found in a wooded part of a yard on Wild Honey Court Monday afternoon. The body was sent to the State Department of Forensics for an autopsy. Officials say a forensics report shows that…
Demopolis Police are investigating a homicide after they say a small child claimed someone killed his mother. Demopolis Public Chief Tommie Reese said that a police officer was attempting to serve papers to someone at 1514 Queensbury Lane, when a small child in the residence stated that someone killed his mother. The officer found 29-year-old Shannon Sharell Steele in a…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Demopolis city leaders have asked for an opinion from the Attorney General about their plans to repair a damaged Confederate monument. The monument to the Confederate war dead in downtown Demopolis was damaged after a police officer ran into it with his car. City leaders voted to repair and alter the monument as a memorial…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Demopolis man is behind bars after a deadly shooting in Gallion over the weekend. Police Chief Tommie Reese says 19 year old Dalton Jowers of Demopolis has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a teenage female. “The victim is a juvenile by her age and we’re not releasing the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ahsaa.com) — Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa High School’s veteran offense posted 42 points in the first half en route to a 42-7 win over Demopolis as the two teams opened the 2016 prep football season at Cramton Bowl in the first of three games in the 11th annual Champions Challenge high school football classic. The AHSAA Champions Challenge has been hosted…
Friday, April 1st, Demopolis Police Department School Resource Officers responded to a call of a student in possession of a gun at school. DPD School Resource Officers and Demopolis City School Officials were able to take possession of a .38 Caliber handgun and take the student into custody. The juvenile student has been charged with Possession of a Deadly Weapon…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Authorities in Demopolis need your help to try and solve a fatal hit and run accident — and a murder. Demopolis Police continue to investigate the city’s first murder of the year. They say Ray Rowser, Jr. was shot and killed at a trailer on Blacks Drive back in October. “Any small details that somebody…
