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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 […]

By Carol Robinson  A north Alabama attorney and former judicial candidate has been sentenced to prison for the theft of $250,000 from her clients. DeKalb County Circuit Judge Jeremy Taylor sentenced 43-year-old Teresa Darwin Phillips […]

By Carol Robinson An Alabama judge has been indicted on 18 felony charges. Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judge Gilbert P. Self, 62, of Florence, is charged with use of office for personal gain or for the gain […]

By Carol Robinson  A former travel sports team coach in Hoover has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison on sex charges involving two victims, including a minor. Meagan Billingsley Deese, 32, of Shelby County, was initially […]

By William Thornton  A DeKalb County substitute teacher has been charged with engaging in a sex act with a student. The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office Friday announced the arrest of Kristen Jade Ford, 30, on a […]

By William Thornton  The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said it has seized 32 dogs that were in poor health, and charges may follow. The incident happened on Friday, when the sheriff’s office said its patrol division […]

By Howard Koplowitz One of the stars of the reality television show “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” has been arrested on a domestic violence charge in Madison County. Martell Holt, 41, was held in the Madison County […]

By Ivana Hrynkiw The first witness didn’t know where the heart was. Nor did the second. Nor the third. No answers as to the location of Brandon Clay Dotson’s heart came during a Friday morning hearing at the […]

By Howard Koplowitz | A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night in north Alabama, authorities said. The incident occurred on Williams Avenue North in Fort Payne, the city’s police department said on its Facebook page. “Officers […]