Crime

By The Associated Press A man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for faking his own death in Alabama to avoid criminal charges of impregnating a teenage girl in his home state of Mississippi. Jacob Blair […]

By Carol Robinson Tears flowed on both sides of a Jefferson County courtroom Monday as a 24-year-old Birmingham woman learned her fate for a street racing crash that killed an innocent Jefferson County grandmother. Carmesia Flannigan, […]

By Carol Robinson  A Birmingham man pleaded guilty Monday in the 2020 killing of a 62-year-old woman who was caught in crossfire on the city’s east side. Lovelle Travis, 29, was set to go on trial […]

A Birmingham woman has been convicted in the 2020 shooting death of her 21-year-old son. A Jefferson County jury on Thursday found 48-year-old Micia Sharika Gamble guilty of murder in shooting death of Tim’Darius Gamble. […]

by DAVID HOOKSTEAD Alleged UVA murderer Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. has been arrested. During a late Monday morning press conference, the University of Virginia police announced that Jones has been taken into custody. It’s not known at this […]

By Howard Koplowitz “State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith,” a Netflix documentary recounting the case of a woman who claimed she shot and killed the man who raped her in self-defense, was released on the streaming service […]

By Carol Robinson  Nearly 50 pounds of marijuana worth more than a quarter of a million dollars was seized at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Investigators with the Birmingham Police Department Special Enforcement Division’s Vice and Narcotics […]

By Carol Robinson and Howard Koplowitz Tarrant City Council member Tommy Bryant was arrested Monday after he reportedly attacked Mayor Wayman Newton, according to the mayor. The incident happened following Monday’s City Council meeting. Newton said […]

By The Associated Press A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner in June is fighting a court-ordered mental evaluation requested by prosecutors. Robert Findlay […]