Crime

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HAMPTON, Va. — Authorities are investigating a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of a Virginia mother and her 3-year-old daughter after flames engulfed a family home early in the […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS TALLADEGA, Ala. — A Talladega family is grieving the loss of an 18-year-old recent high school graduate who was shot and killed just weeks after receiving his diploma. According to the […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS PRATTVILLE, Ala. — A food delivery driver has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Prattville girl who died after a drowning incident at a residence […]

On April 5, Ezekiel Lamar Jackson posted a request on Nextdoor asking for someone to clean his Canton, Georgia apartment. Fifteen people responded. Fourteen of them were men or represented cleaning companies. Jackson only replied […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Georgia family’s graduation celebration turned into heartbreak after a father, his son, and the son’s girlfriend were killed when a large tree fell onto their car. James K. Walker, 65, […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Birmingham man is under arrest after Homewood police said he threw five kittens from a moving vehicle on Interstate 65 near Lakeshore Parkway. Police identified the suspect as Thomas Ronald […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS An Alabama mother is facing attempted murder charges after authorities accused her of locking herself and her three children inside a running car in a garage. Alicia Cade, of Springville, was […]

by SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A 16-year-old Black girl from Charlotte, North Carolina, was found dead on church property more than a week after she was reported missing. Juliana Nzita was reported missing on April 28, […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Beverly Sasberry, a 64-year-old Jacksonville woman, is facing felony animal cruelty charges after police say she intentionally drove over 11 ducklings because she was upset, they had made a mess near […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Ochra Manakaja, a 31-year-old woman from Flagstaff, Arizona, is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say she admitted to killing her 15-month-old son and storing his body in a freezer for […]