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SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed early Friday morning inside a south Alabama apartment complex, and a 17-year-old suspect is now in custody facing a charge of capital murder, authorities confirmed. […]

Madison County ranks second statewide in death sentences imposed since 2012, according to a new analysis. By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A new analysis by the Alabama Reflector shows that the use of the death penalty […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A former Alabama fire chief is facing serious felony charges after investigators say he stole tens of thousands of dollars from a small-town volunteer fire department entrusted to serve its community. […]

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 […]