People with severe mental illness are arrested and incarcerated at a higher rate than those without, which costs taxpayers ...

A major focus for the county is public safety, particularly in relation to the county jail, volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services (EMS). The jail expansion project aims to ...

Sammy Jackson, who was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Alabama and Alabama A&M University, was found shot ...

Housekeepers rushed to rescue a teenage girl who was forced into a man’s room at an Alabama hotel, police said. Now, 46-year-old Stephen Ayers — who was a resident at the hotel — is charged with first ...

A man is accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a teen girl at an Alabama ... Dothan Police Chief William E. Benny said in the release. Ayers is being held without bond at the Houston County ...