Public safety Former Alabama police sergeant sentenced for assaulting arrestee Ryan Phillips, a former sergeant with the Daleville Police Department, previously pleaded guilty. StaffDecember 18, 2024
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
Corruption State Rep: Lee County DA’s past cases should be reviewed by AG, DOJ Rep. Jeremy Gray, D-Opelika, wants the AG’s office or DOJ to examine all of the DA's previous cases for similar issues. Josh MoonNovember 10, 2020
News Terminix agrees to pay $60 million for overcharging customers in Alabama The company systematically overcharged customers and failed in many cases to honor its service contracts, the AG's office said. Micah DanneyNovember 9, 2020
News Former Alabama speaker Mike Hubbard in ADOC custody Hubbard had been jailed at the Lee County Detention Center since Sept. 11 and was taken on Election Day to the Draper Quarantine Intake... Eddie BurkhalterNovember 5, 2020
News Charlie Graddick to resign as director of Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles Charlie Graddick wrote that he has known his tenure would not be long-term and that "now is the time to step aside.” Eddie BurkhalterNovember 2, 2020
National Inmate assault injures two St. Clair prison correctional officers The assaults happened at approximately 7:30 p.m. and both officers were taken to a local hospital and treated for those non-life-threatening injuries. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 30, 2020
News Governor announces $219,000 in grants for ALEA A $168,975 grant will be used toward a federally mandated sexual offender registration and residency program, according to Gov. Kay Ivey’s office. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 29, 2020
Featured Opinion Opinion | A gruesome murder should point Montgomery in a new direction The city didn’t arrive overnight at a place where 16-year-old girls are drinking smoothies after a gruesome murder, and the road out of it... Josh MoonOctober 29, 2020
News Alabama Constable Association: Amendment 2 could defund constables statewide Amendment 2, if approved, would delete language protecting how constables are funded statewide. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 27, 2020