Crime

By: SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Jefferson County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a brutal 2018 crime spree in Birmingham that included holding a gun to a toddler’s head, shooting […]

By: SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Birmingham salon owner and two employees are facing serious charges after a dispute over the cost of a client’s braids turned into a physical confrontation—an incident that was captured on […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The family of two young sisters killed in a tragic Tuscaloosa shooting is asking the community for help as they prepare to lay the girls to rest. Kaliyah Houston, 20, and Christasia Prewitt, 16, were […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Two Georgia residents are facing charges in Alabama after police say they ran an organized scam that targeted elderly people, tricking them into opening cellphone accounts and then abandoning them at […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A former mayor of Oakman — who also serves as a Walker County sheriff’s deputy — has been indicted on two misdemeanor charges of use of office for personal gain, according to […]

By Katie Tercek and Gray News staff CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) – A 10-year-old Ohio girl, who is one of two children accused of the attempted murder and rape of a 5-year-old girl, was placed on home detention after […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Brighton woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of a man who police say was involved in a domestic dispute with her sister. Brittney Watson, 26, is […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS FLORENCE, Ala. — Former Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self was found guilty Friday morning on 17 charges related to the misuse of public funds following a state audit that uncovered more than $140,000 in improper spending. Jurors determined […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HOOVER, Ala. — A Hoover man is facing charges after police say he assaulted a school bus driver Thursday morning while attempting to board the bus in a residential neighborhood. Police responded around 7:31 a.m. to […]