Crime

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Bessemer woman has been arrested and charged in connection with the kidnapping and pistol-whipping of her ex-boyfriend, marking the second arrest in a violent incident police say was motivated by […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A suspect has been charged in the weekend shooting death of a 55-year-old man outside a southwest Birmingham convenience store, marking the second homicide at the same location in less than two months, police […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BIRMINGHAM — A family already grieving one loss was struck by another tragedy Saturday night when a Tennessee father of seven and his elderly relative were killed during a domestic shooting […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BESSEMER — Three people are behind bars and facing capital murder charges after authorities say they brutally beat and robbed a Bessemer man in an attack so violent that investigators believe […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS AUTAUGA COUNTY — A Prattville man is being held on a $1.1 million cash-only bond after authorities arrested him Thursday on more than 32 felony charges tied to an extensive child […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Staff LAMAR COUNTY — A 19-year-old Alabama teen who gained significant public support online has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of his unarmed stepfather, an incident prosecutors say could easily […]

BY SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS LEE COUNTY — An Alabama mother is behind bars after authorities say she tried to fatally smother her 4-month-old daughter inside a Phenix City home early Monday morning. Lee County sheriff’s […]

BY SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys used his monthly media briefing this week to outline recent enforcement efforts and renew his push to change Alabama’s permitless carry law, which he argued continued to […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS CULLMAN — A 74-year-old Alabama attorney accused of repeatedly poisoning her husband is now at the center of a widening criminal investigation that also involves a key witness who allegedly swallowed […]