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By Howard Koplowitz A substitute teacher in north Alabama was arrested for allegedly engaging in a sex act with a student under 19 years old, authorities announced Friday. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint […]

BY JUAN LOZANO, ACACIA CORONADO AND JIM VERTUNO HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter at a Texas megachurch had a history of mental illness and brought their young son to the attack that was carried out using an AR-style rifle and ended […]

By Carol Robinson  An 8-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by his roommate just eight days after he became a patient at a south Alabama behavioral facility for children, according to a lawsuit filed today. The 56-pound […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Bass Reeves, a legendary lawman of the American frontier, is the focus of a new Paramount+ series titled “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” starring David Oyelowo. Reeves, a formerly enslaved person turned U.S. […]

By William Thornton  A former Huntsville City Schools employee was arrested Sunday after an indictment for sex acts with a student. According to jail records, Duane Edward Yarbrough, 58, was arrested Sunday and later released on […]

By Carol Robinson A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a Birmingham teen in the 2023 shooting death of a 34-year-old father and the wounding of his young son. The indictments for capital murder and first-degree […]

By Howard Koplowitz  The missing Montgomery teenager who turned up dead last week was fatally shot in the head by accident while he and four others opened fire on a home, a detective testified Monday. Michael Anthony Cole […]

By Warren Kulo Three women are charged with murder after Mobile police say they beat and shot a woman to death Sunday evening. Officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 600 block of […]

By Carol Robinson  Authorities are trying to identify a man whose decomposing remains were found in Birmingham more than one week ago. The discovery was made Jan. 21. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, someone […]