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By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS FLORENCE, Ala. — Former Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self was found guilty Friday morning on 17 charges related to the misuse of public funds following a state audit that uncovered more than $140,000 in improper spending. Jurors determined […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HOOVER, Ala. — A Hoover man is facing charges after police say he assaulted a school bus driver Thursday morning while attempting to board the bus in a residential neighborhood. Police responded around 7:31 a.m. to […]

CULLMAN, Ala. (WBRC) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that a Cullman County judge granted a temporary restraining order against Aurora IV and Wellness, a mobile infusion clinic accused of giving patients “dangerous, unapproved weight-loss drugs.” Marshall’s […]

Officials face up to 20 years in prison for alleged misuse of taxpayer money By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS STAFFPublished November 4, 2025 The Mayor of Brooksville, Mississippi, and the town’s former city clerk have been arrested on charges […]

82-year-old Aldorthia Burrell was caught in crossfire outside her Birmingham home; community mourns a life lost to senseless gunfire. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 17-year-old boy has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 82-year-old Aldorthia Burrell, […]

Authorities say driver was speeding and under the influence in July wreck that claimed young athletes’ lives By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS (LEFT) Kamden Ryan Willis, 19, has been charged with two counts of reckless murder […]

Family urges awareness after freak accident leaves child with serious injuries By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS STAFFPublished November 4, 2025 A 9-year-old Black boy from Jena, Louisiana, is recovering after suffering severe burns when his metal necklace became entangled […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. — Four men are in custody following a north Alabama sting operation targeting individuals accused of attempting to exploit children online, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office announced. The investigation, titled “Operation […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Authorities have confirmed that human remains found more than two years ago in Montgomery belong to Jordan Lashelle Fitzpatrick, a missing Alabama teenager whose disappearance gripped the Tuskegee community. The Montgomery County District […]

By  SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Jefferson County jury on Monday sentenced Antonio Shaw, 32, to life without the possibility of parole for a deadly shooting that killed two men, injured a third, and narrowly missed a 1-year-old boy […]