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By Carol Robinson A 30-year-old Auburn woman has been sentenced to prison for setting fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery in 2021. Xiaoqin Yan is a citizen of China who was in the U.S. on a […]

By Carol Robinson  A lab technician for Shelby County Community Corrections is facing two felony ethics charges. Adrian Travarius Davis, 37, of Clanton, is charged with two counts of bribery as a public servant. According to […]

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 […]