Crime

By Carol Robinson Authorities have released the name of a woman found dead in her Jefferson County home in an apparent domestic shooting. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Lakechia Rena Bryant. The 46-year-old […]

By Warren Kulo Gulf Shores police arrested 42 more people during the fourth week of spring break, bringing the total of spring break-related arrests to 232 — more than half of those for underage possession of […]

By Carol Robinson UPDATE: Ariel Davis has been found alive and is at an undisclosed hospital. No other details have been released. EARLIER: A search is underway for a 27-year-old Jefferson County woman who has been […]

By Greg Garrison  A retired Alabama Episcopal priest is set to go to trial soon for allegedly raping a child at a New Hampshire Boy Scout camp 48 years ago. Richard R. Losch, 90, a former […]

By John Sharp A 35-year-old Mobile woman faces four counts of chemical endangerment of a child and other offenses after authorities discovered a 3-year-old child inside her house on Sunday carrying a blue backpack with cocaine […]

A 13-year-old boy was critically injured when he was shot while riding in a vehicle through Midfield Saturday night. Corey Young, a student at Fultondale Elementary School, had spent an evening with his parents and […]

By Howard Koplowitz A day care worker has been charged with murder in the death of an infant found unresponsive earlier this week at an Alabama day care. Versa Mae Simmons, 68, of Demopolis, was arrested […]

By Carol Robinson A suspect has been charged in the weekend shooting death of a 49-year-old man in Bessemer. Michael J. Larkin, 34, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of Andre Taylor. Officers were dispatched […]

By Carol Robinson Authorities have released the names of two men killed in separate weekend homicides in Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Andre Taylor, 49, and Ingermar Liquori Kuwait Cleggett, […]