From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating the city’s first murder of 2025 — less than a week into the new year. Chief Kenta Fulford says officers responded to a shots fired call in the area of Keller Alley at around 8:30 Saturday night. Officers received a 2nd call while in route — about a gunshot victim on…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– An early morning structure fire in Selma shuts down one of the city’s busiest streets Monday morning. The battle to contain the fire waged on for several hours — before fire fighters were able to put it out. The house had been boarded up. And it was believed to have been vacant. Fire officials say…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The National Voting Rights Museum in Selma is vandalized over the weekend. And now a police investigation is underway to try and find the culprit. Someone went on the grounds of the museum — and splashed black paint on two of the murals. The Selma Police Department is looking into the incident. Investigators are scouring…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A missing person case in Perry County has become a murder investigation in Dallas County. And now authorities need your help to find a wanted suspect in the case. It started as a missing person case in Perry County when 23 year old Christian Moore was reported missing last week by his family. But that…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Selma Police Department is in state of flux — amid a series of suspensions — and changes in leadership — at the top of the department. Over the last several weeks — there’s been a shake up in leadership at the Selma Police Department. Police Chief Kenta Fulford remains on paid leave. And the…
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 woman is dead — and a man is behind bars — after an argument turns deadly in Selma. It’s the first murder in the city of Selma in 2024 — as well as the city’s first murder arrest. Selma Police detectives quickly made an arrest in the city’s 1st homicide of the new year….
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Dallas County and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Offices — team up — to take down a major theft ring. Deputies arrested two people in the case — and recovered tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen property. Dallas County Sheriff Mike Granthum says information about equipment stolen out of Mississippi — lead investigators to…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– An inmate at the Dallas County Jail is found dead in his cell — now an investigation is underway to find out what happened? Sheriff Mike Granthum says 26 year old inmate John Murray, Jr. of Selma was found in his cell unresponsive last week. Granthum says an independent agency was brought in — to…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Two separate missing persons cases — are under investigation in Demopolis. Police are searching for two men — who went missing in the city last month. Twenty-eight year Damon Gibson disappeared three weeks ago. He was last seen at Demopolis Fitness Center. And Investigator — Sgt. Paul Johnson says — the circumstances surrounding his disappearance…
