You know you’ve arrived in Selma when you cross over the Edmund Pettus Bridge and one of the first places many people stop is the Selma Welcome Center. “We try to tell people what Selma has to offer,” explained greeter Terry Hewitt. He’s worked as a greeter for seven years, but is actually from up north. He’s lived in Selma…
An American Eagle flight with 65 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Selma, Alabama, after the pilot noticed a burning smell in the cabin and cockpit. American Airlines said in a statement that the plane landed safely Wednesday morning in Selma at the site of a former Air Force base that now serves as an industrial park and…
March 5th marked the 52nd Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma. Hundreds of people gathered in Selma to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge 52 years after the original protestors marched in the Civil Rights Movement. Some people who marched during that time were there to cross the bridge again, and were so thankful their efforts weren’t forgotten. “We were scared,…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has approved a $5,000 reward to help find the person responsible for killing a Selma mother and her daughter with cerebral palsy in a house fire last month. Fire officials determined the Dec. 8 fire that killed 44-year-old Katrina Moore and her 20-year-old daughter Coleman Moore was intentionally set after lab results tested positive for arson….
UPDATE: State Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled the blaze an act of arson. The Selma Police Department is asking anyone with information to call the Secret Witness Line at (334) 874-2190 or Crimestoppers at 1-866-442-7463. From the West Alabama Newsroom– A mother and daughter are dead after a house fire early Thursday morning in Selma. Fire officials say a…
One man is dead after police say he was shot during an attack on a police officer at the Selma City Jail. Selma police say the man was being booked into the jail when he attacked a clerk with a box cutter. A police officer then tried to intervene and subdue the man. During the altercation he tried to grab…
The Dallas County coroner says a decomposing body of a man was found in a wooded area off River Road, by a landowner who was preparing his land for hunting. Investigators have not yet identified the body. The body is being sent to the department of forensics. Check back with Alabama News Network for more on this developing story. Categories:…
Selma Mayor George Evans, in partnership with the Veteran Experience Office of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, will hold a Veterans Community Connection Day event on October 14, from 2 to 6:30 p.m., at the Selma Convention Center, located at 211 Washington St. The event will include a Salute to Vietnam Veterans from 2 – 2:30 p.m., who will be recognized…
A prosecutor says a 14-year-old is in custody in connection with the shooting of a 13-year-old in Selma. Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson said the shooting happened Tuesday night after a middle school football game. Jackson says police are investigating whether the shooting was related to a gang initiation. He says the 13-year-old was listed in critical condition but…
A Selma High School teacher is now facing sex charges after police say she had a relationship with a student. Authorities say Charlaina Lee Wilson had intercourse with a 15-year-old student multiple times and at different locations, including on school grounds. Wilson is charged with school employee engaging in a sex acts with a student under the age of 19 years,…
