Tradegy

By Howard Koplowitz The sister of a Black man killed by a white Montgomery police officer eight years ago said the plea deal that will free the former officer from prison is a miscarriage of justice. […]

By Carol Robinson  Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said an explosive device detonated outside his office over the weekend. The detonation took place in Saturday’s early morning hours near the intersection of Washington Avenue and South […]

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 […]