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PRESS RELEASE Huntsville Police are encouraging residents to take simple precautions after noticing an uptick in car break-ins and stolen items. From January through June 2025, there were 435 reported car break-ins, compared to 385 […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn Police Department has arrested Harold Rashad Dabney III, of Montgomery, in connection to the death of Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle, 59, a retired Auburn University veterinary professor who […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Four African American girls were sadly killed in a house fire in Columbus County, North Carolina, after flames tore through their home in the early hours of the morning. Six children were inside […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Birmingham activist has been arrested and charged in connection with a fire set inside the Homewood Walmart on Lakeshore Parkway during protests over the police shooting of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples. Mercutio Southall, […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Staff PIEDMONT, Ala. — A Georgia couple, Marcus Ragland and Ashley Hawkins, were killed Saturday in a devastating crash at Indian Mountain ATV Park in Cherokee County that also injured seven of their 11 children, according to officials. […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Chappel Lee, an African American male nurse from Atlanta, Georgia, has been arrested nearly a year after allegedly raping 73-year-old patient Eva Lay while she was hospitalized in her final weeks. He now […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Father and son Charles and Dillon Cook, who are from Mobile, have been accused of stealing $774,000 from an elderly woman’s retirement account after gaining her trust through their lawn care business and […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — New FBI statistics show that Huntsville’s crime rate has been steadily climbing over the past five years, leaving the city well above national norms in key categories. Between 2019 […]

Attorney argues manslaughter, not murder, in case that shocked community By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS NORTH ALABAMA — A community is mourning the loss of a beloved high school football coach who was fatally shot earlier this month, […]

Family disputes account, demands release of bodycam footage By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HOMEWOOD, Ala. — The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has ruled that the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples by a Homewood police officer was legally justified, closing […]