Crime

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, AL — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed documents this week urging the courts to allow the murder trial of former Decatur Police Officer Mac Marquette to proceed, rejecting Marquette’s […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Reuben Waithaka, a 73-year-old man from Kenya, disappeared just one day after arriving in Calera, Alabama to attend his grandson’s high school graduation. Weeks later, his family is still searching for answers. Waithaka […]

ALEA and Fire Marshal Investigating Unpermitted Display SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS staff TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, AL — A Fourth of July celebration on Lake Martin turned dangerous when fireworks exploded on a pontoon boat, injuring six men and prompting a multi-agency investigation. […]

By William Thornton A man accused of shooting a Morgan County woman last week told a 911 dispatcher he killed her moments before police arrived to arrest him, according to court documents. Wyatt Braxton Young, 25, […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS FLORENCE, Ala. — The Lauderdale County District Attorney’s Office has confirmed disturbing new details in the murder case of Autumn Strickland, a 38-year-old woman whose remains were discovered in a burn […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Earl Joe Nelson and Mario D. Willis, two African American superintendents whose school districts are both about an hour from Jackson, Mississippi, have been indicted for allegedly stealing public school funds, arranging fake […]

Nationwide — The family of Torreon Williams, 24, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against a funeral home in Chesapeake, Virginia, after they discovered maggots in his casket during an open viewing back in 2022. They […]