Birmingham media outlets report the body found in a shallow grave has been identified as missing Trussville woman, Paighton Houston. Jefferson County District Attorney Lynneice Washington told news outlets that a woman’s body was found in a shallow grave behind a residence on Chapel Drive in Hueytown. There had been a heavy police presence at the home for two days…
In Bibb County, one man has been sentenced to 85 years in jail. District Attorney Michael Jackson says Manley Bray was sentenced to 85 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of intentional murder and abuse of a corpse for the murder of two men back in July of 2015. Bray was convicted of killing 19-year-old Tevin Rutledge…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama district attorney has decided to drop the charges against a woman who was indicted for manslaughter after she lost her fetus when she was shot during a fight. Marshae Jones was arrested June 26 after a grand jury concluded she intentionally caused the death of her fetus by initiating a fight with another woman….
Montgomery area authorities are searching for a convicted murderer who escaped from the Alabama Department of Corrections Red Eagle Work Center on Saturday. Jimmy Lee Hill has served 25 years of a life in prison sentence when he escaped. He was convicted of stabbing a woman to death in Jefferson County. If you know where he is call your…
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that former Jefferson County District Attorney Charles Todd Henderson today received a two-year sentence, which was suspended for a term of six months in jail followed by 12 months of probation. Henderson was convicted of first-degree perjury on October 20, 2017. Henderson was elected District Attorney in 2016, but due to his indictment in January…
Above I-59 heading into Birmingham, Late 1970’s (Tim Lennox photo) The American Lung Association has issued an annual report on the air quality above America. In Alabama only a handful of counties have measuring equipment. Those include Montgomery and Elmore Counties, which earned a grade of “A”. Two North Alabama Counties—Jefferson and Madison—received an “F” grade. One key finding: “The…
