The Birmingham Police Department said 30-year-old Cornelius Dontae Houston was charged with capital murder and three counts ...

Law enforcement agencies across St. Clair County arrested a dozen people on various felony charges, including three people ...

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 ...

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

A local youth group volunteer from Troy was arrested last month on child pornography charges. Pike County District Attorney ...

Atlanta police said in a news release Friday that a man who ordered a ride in Houston County before Jackson’s disappearance has been identified and is a person of interest in the case. The man was in ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) announced Friday that she’ll be opening a new regional office in Dothan. The office, located at the Federal Building downtown, will serve Sen.

MONTGOMERY — The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against three deputies working at the jail ...

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

A 40-year-old male inmate has died at the Bexar County jail. Last year, there were 13 deaths at the jail. A deputy conducting face-to-face observation checks at the infirmary on Thursday found ...

Tompkins said the problem goes beyond the Macon County jail. “The mental health system in Alabama is so broken that we’re not getting the mental health treatment quick enough to prevent crime ...

John Reed was fatally attacked by a cellmate at an Alabama ... at an Alabama jail, and deputies failed to stop it, according to a lawsuit. John Reed was booked into the Macon County Jail on ...