A man who pleaded guilty in August to his part in a 2019 shootout at the intersection of U.S. Highways 82 and 43 in Northport was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday. Mikheal Gilliam was charged with three counts…
A former Fayette County probation officer is guilty of custodial sexual misconduct and of using his position for personal gain, 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin announced today. Michael Steven Painter, 51, of Haleyville, will have his sentencing hearing…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A former Alabama sheriff who resigned last year says he is innocent of federal charges that he used improper loans to pay personal expenses including gambling debts. News outlets report former Clarke County Sheriff William Ray…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama teenager accused of killing five members of his family when he was 14 has asked for a new attorney. News outlets reported one of Mason Sisk's defense attorneys filed a motion Tuesday to withdraw…
A Vernon man accused of killing his ex-wife in 2015 was found guilty by a jury, 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin announced Wednesday. Brandon Sykes, 40, was found guilty Tuesday of three counts of capital murder in the…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A jury has found that no defamation occurred in dueling lawsuits between former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and the woman who accused him of molesting her when she was 14.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Testimony has concluded in the dueling defamation lawsuits brought by former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct when she was a teen. Circuit Judge John Rochester told jurors…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The wife of an Alabama police officer who was shot to death during an argument at home was sentenced to 20 years in prison after claiming she killed her husband accidentally. Stephanie Keller asked for mercy…
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - A judge has delayed the trial of a New Orleans man charged with stealing a chair-shaped Confederate monument from an Alabama cemetery in a bizarre ransom scheme. Jason Warnick had been scheduled to stand trial next…
