An Alabama man pleaded guilty on Tuesday after threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat for prosecuting and processing Donald Trump’s election interference charges in Georgia. The threats against Willis and Labat, who are both Black, are part of a disturbing trend of Trump supporters threatening violence against government officials who’ve […]
A man wanted in connection to three slayings in Oklahoma and Alabama was arrested in Arkansas on Thursday morning, authorities said. Stacy Lee Drake, 50, “was located and arrested this morning in Arkansas by the Morrilton Police Department and Arkansas State Police,” according to a statement by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Stacy Lee […]
MORRILTON, Ark. – Police in Morrilton said they are searching for an Alabama man wanted in connection to multiple homicides across two states after he was seen at a local hotel Tuesday. Officials with the Morrilton Police Department said the suspect, 50-year-old Stacy Drake from Birmingham, was seen on surveillance footage at a hotel in […]
ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over the election-interference investigation into former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and […]
VERONA — The Dairy Queen in Verona received a bomb threat Friday night, according to the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities have determined the call originated from an Alabama state prison, a press release said. At 9:26 p.m. on Friday, the sheriff’s office said a caller phoned the Dairy Queen, located at 79 Lee Highway, […]
Kansas City Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs was arrested Sunday in connection with a burglary charge in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he is already facing charges of animal cruelty after police seized two malnourished dogs. According to jail records, Buggs was arrested on a charge of second-degree domestic violence burglary and posted a $5,000 surety bond. A photo […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Visitors to the USS ALABAMA Battleship will see a new feature when they step aboard. The feature: a new teak deck. According to a press release, the USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park is celebrating the completion of the repair that comes after the deck experienced “over 80 years of wear,” by […]
Jun. 16—BETHEL — A New Hampshire motorcyclist was killed Saturday evening when an allegedly intoxicated Alabama man pulled his vehicle onto Route 26 into the biker’s path, according to an Oxford County Sheriff’s Office press release. David Roy, 61, of Berlin, New Hampshire was traveling north on his 2014 Honda CTX 700 motorcycle sometime before […]
The Kansas City Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged burglary in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he is already facing charges of animal cruelty after police seized two malnourished dogs. According to jail records, Buggs was arrested on a charge of second-degree domestic violence burglary and posted a $5,000 surety bond. A […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,377 in the week ending June 8, down from 2,586 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 242,000 last […]
PRATTVILLE − A Butler County man will serve eight consecutive life sentences in prison for the kidnapping and rape of two Prattville teenagers in a crime that shocked this community. Circuit Judge Joy Booth handed down the eight consecutive life terms for Michael Jerome Butler of Greenville in a Thursday morning sentencing hearing that was […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A North Alabama doctor and her wife pleaded guilty to multiple healthcare fraud charges, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2022, Francene Aretha Gayle and her wife, Schara Monique Davis were both charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and healthcare fraud. MCSO: Man arrested after investigation into car […]