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Father and Son Jump an Elmore County Bridge Trying to Evade Law Enforcement

A father and son in Elmore County are in trouble after authorities said they jumped off of a bridge while running from officers. We’re told it happened early Sunday morning in front of the Russel Plant on Highway 14. Sheriff Bill Franklin said the two men took off following a traffic stop… then jumped off Callow Creek Bridge. The father…

The Big Ride for EB: Father Raising Awareness for Rare Disorder in Memory of His Son

on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. | H-W Photo/Katelyn Metzger Robb Freed: A father on a mission. Freed, who resides in Upstate New York,  has been through the Rockies, Yellowstone National Park, across the Gulf of Mexico… through the plains of Kansas, from sea to sea and now, Montgomery, Alabama… all to raise awareness for Epidermolysis Bullosa. This is his second…

Son Charged with Killing Father On Family Vacation

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a family was driving back from a Florida vacation to their home in Birmingham, Alabama, when a feud between a father and a son ended in homicide. GBI Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricketson said they decided to leave Orlando early because of fighting between the father, 40-year-old Daniel Lee Young, and son, 21-year-old…

Butler County Schools host Million Father March Day

Dads enjoying lunch with some Greenville High students. The Million Father March started in Chicago in 2004, as a way to get dads involved in their kids’ education. It quickly grew to a nationwide movement, and now there are Million Father Marches in almost every state. And there’s one more participating school system in Alabama. Butler County schools began planning for…