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By Warren Kulo A 22-year-old Summerdale man is in jail after he was found by Orange Beach police repeatedly ramming his vehicle into a portable sign alerting spring breakers about drinking and drugs. During the incident, […]

By Carol Robinson  Carlee Russell appeared in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday afternoon, eight months after she vanished from the side of Interstate 459 and sparked a nationwide panic, and asked for mercy as she entered guilty […]

By Carol Robinson A murder charge against a Fairfield man in the 2021 shooting death of a 27-year-old mother of three has been dismissed under the state’s Stand Your Ground law. A Jefferson County grand jury […]

By Warren Kulo Five Alabama men were among 12 suspects taken into custody as the result of an 11-agency effort dubbed “Operation Kessel Run” designed to flush out would-be child sexual predators. Special Agent Chris Williams […]

By William Thornton Hartselle police said a 72-year-old man has been arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material. According to a news release, Roy Wayne Goodwin, 72, of Hartselle, was arrested Thursday. He faces five counts […]

By Carol Robinson Mahogany Jackson, a Birmingham woman tortured for hours before she was fatally shot in the back of her head, likely knew she wasn’t going to survive the abduction, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The 20-year-old […]

By William Thornton Decatur police have arrested a man on multiple charges of possessing child pornography. Christopher Newell Schuknecht, 50, faces five charges of possession of obscene material, according to court records. He is being held […]

By Carol Robinson  A 10-year-old Blount County girl missing for more than 24 hours left a note indicating her intention to run away, authorities said Monday. Alexa Bliss was last known to be at her Blountsville […]

By Warren Kulo A Mobile County man was stabbed and set on fire Wednesday afternoon, with the primary suspect a teenager who had been living with the victim. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office responded to a […]

By Carol Robinson A team of firefighters worked for at least 1 1/2 hours to rescue a U-Haul driver who was trapped under a collapsed concrete beam on Birmingham’s Southside. The rescue operation began about 12:30 […]