Crime

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Two men were killed and a third seriously wounded after an early-morning confrontation at a home under construction escalated into an exchange of gunfire, according to the Albertville Police Department.  […]

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS GULFPORT, Miss. — A Biloxi man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually battering his 11-year-old stepdaughter.  Decruis Tatum, 27, entered the guilty plea before Circuit Court […]

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The death of a 20-year-old Alabama State University student has become a homicide investigation after police arrested her boyfriend on a murder charge. Montgomery police responded shortly before 11 […]

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A late-night domestic dispute ended with a woman suffering a gunshot wound and a 53-year-old Huntsville man behind bars, according to the Huntsville Police Department. Officers initially responded Sunday […]

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama executed Jeremy Tremaine Williams by lethal injection Aug. 13 for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland, concluding an unusually rapid death-penalty case that Williams […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A state inspection uncovered five transportation violations at a Memphis-area daycare after 6-year-old Winter Jones died following hours inside a bus during extreme summer heat. Winter, a Black child […]

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS DURHAM, N.C. — An 18-year-old woman faces three felony charges after investigators alleged that she used abortion medication late in pregnancy and subsequently delivered a premature baby at home. Syeisha Jadan Johnson […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS OAKLAND, Calif. — Kiara Darvonne Bowling, a 31-year-old university student and pageant titleholder, is fighting for her life after a Toyota Camry reportedly driven by two young brothers struck her in […]

  By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A former tire-shop employee is accused of working with a store manager to steal 438 tires valued at nearly $90,000 from the business where both men worked.  […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Huntsville officials are calling for accountability, peaceful conflict resolution and stronger community cooperation following several recent shootings across the city.  The public appeal came days after an Aug. […]