Crime

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 […]

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 […]