Public safety Birmingham community leaders talk gun violence solutions The panel discussed how Alabama's lack of gun laws might influence the environment, and what can be done to reverse trends toward gun violence. Jacob HolmesNovember 14, 2024
Governor Governor awards grant to provide forensics training through JSU The university will use the grant to conduct training sessions for smaller and rural law enforcement agencies. StaffDecember 11, 2020
News Birmingham task force releases recommendations for police reform “It is important to understand that reform does not happen in one day," Woodfin said. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 10, 2020
Health Death of 94-year-old man in Alabama prison highlights struggle to control COVID-19 AODC has struggled to control the virus, which has infected at least 1,033 incarcerated people and at least 729 workers. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 10, 2020
News DOJ sues Alabama over violence, “unconstitutional” conditions in state prisons The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections Eddie BurkhalterDecember 9, 2020
News Report shows disparities in Alabama’s criminal justice system Those who can't afford to pay for their own defense are more likely to be convicted, the report found. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 8, 2020
Elections Federal judge rules against challenge of Alabama’s felon voting law The lawsuit alleged that Alabama's law was racially discriminatory and imposed cruel and unusual punishment. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 7, 2020
News Suspected drug traffickers jailed in St. Clair County Matt Mullinax, Christopher Baird, Sean Michael Brantley and Nathan Parke Bateman were all arrested following a lengthy undercover investigation. Brandon MoseleyNovember 19, 2020
News Governor appoints State Sen. Cam Ward as Bureau of Pardons and Paroles director Ward is to replace current director Charlie Graddick, who announced on Nov. 2 that he planned to resign on Nov. 30. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 17, 2020
News Report: Black men in Alabama prisons three times more likely to die by homicide Incarcerated Black people in the state are being murdered at just more than three times the rate of white people. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 13, 2020
Courts Illinois man sentenced on drug trafficking charges Ortega was found guilty of operating a drug trafficking ring that stretched all the way from Mexico to Alabama. Brandon MoseleyNovember 13, 2020