From the West Alabama Newsroom– A death investigation is now underway following a fire early Tuesday morning in Dallas County. Authorities responded to a fire on the 8300 block of County Road 39 at around 1:15 this morning — and found a small camper trailer fully involved. When fire fighters put out the fire they found a deceased man inside…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The ALEA State Bureau of Investigation needs help from the public — in a homicide investigation underway in Perry County. Investigators identified 32 year old Anastassja “Anya” Cooper of Marion — as a person of interest in the case. Sixty-eight year old Jeffery Holifield was found deceased last week — on the 2000 block of…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Camden teen is behind bars tonight — suspected in a shooting that seriously injured two minor children. Sheriff Larry Colston says 17 year old Calvin Higginbottom, Jr. has been charged with three counts of attempted murder — and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle. The shooting happened Thursday night on the 600…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– An investigation into a child sex abuse case involving minor children — continues in Bibb County tonight. Bibb County is one of five Alabama counties included in Fourth Judicial Circuit — where Robert Turner, Jr. is the District Attorney. Action 8 News caught up with Turner at his main office in the Dallas County courthouse….
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A death investigation is underway in Selma — after a man is killed in a shooting — early Sunday morning. Selma police continue to investigate the shooting. And two people have been detained for questioning in the case. Selma police responded to a shooting call — on the 2500 block of Summerfield Road — at…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A 2015 Selma murder case remains unsolved after a decade. Now the victim’s sister and police are reaching out to the public for help — on the anniversary of his murder. Ten years ago Jimmy Griffin, Jr. was found murdered inside his mobile home on Karen Street. Investigators say Griffin had been shot — and…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma man is behind bars tonight — charged in the city’s first homicide of the new year. Lt. Ray Blanks says 31 year old Jadarius Moore of Selma — has been arrested and charged with murder in the case. Moore is accused in the death of 34 year old David Lewis of Huntsville. Lewis…
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…
