Two men who have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a 2019 double homicide at an outdoor party near the campus of Alabama State University. Both were sentenced by Circuit Judge Brooke Reid to 25 years in prison, District Attorney Daryl Bailey said. On Aug. 15, 2019, Anthony Thomas Jr. and Charlie Jackson committed a […]
Hispanic-owned businesses in Montgomery, Alabama, are being “hunted’ by criminals, city officials said this week after three people were killed in a grocery store shooting that officials say may be connected to a string of targeted crimes. To “those in our Latino and Hispanic communities … we see you, we hear you, and we are […]
An Alabama Realtor who has shown hundreds of houses recently experienced something she had never encountered throughout her career in real estate. A squatter was living in the home she was showing. Courtney Hartsfield, a Realtor from the Tyler Hughes Realty Group with Horizon Realty based in Madison, Alabama, was showing a house to out-of-state […]
Bloody Tuesday’s tale, 60 years on, remains still to be widely recognized for its horrors. For reasons of pain, on the parts of those bloodied and beaten, and shame, for Tuscaloosans who allowed or even urged the “daymare” to unfold, as well as failures from media, the events of June 9, 1964 have been talked […]
Jamie Ray Mills will be executed by the State of Alabama on Thursday, May 30 in connection with the murders of an elderly couple in June 2004. An Alabama man was executed Thursday for the 2004 murders of an elderly couple who were beaten to death and robbed of $140 and some medication. Jamie Ray […]
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man received a lethal injection Thursday for the 2004 deaths of an elderly couple who police said were attacked with a hammer, machete and tire tool during a robbery at their home. Jamie Ray Mills, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. after a three-drug injection at a southwest […]
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs is being accused of animal cruelty in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is expected to face misdemeanor charges, according to a report from the Tuscaloosa Patch. The Patch, citing civil documents it acquired in Tuscaloosa County District Court, says a petition states a dog was found left on the back […]
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A supposed member of a white supremacist group was arrested Sunday after swastikas and hate messages were spray painted on five Sylvan Park area homes in Nashville last year. A 19-year-old from Alabama, who was not named by police, is the suspect in the case. Surveillance video from the vandalism showed two people in masks […]
A supposed member of a white supremacist group was arrested Sunday after swastikas and hate messages were spray painted on five Sylvan Park area homes in Nashville last year. A 19-year-old from Alabama, who was not named by police, is the suspect in the case. Surveillance video from the vandalism showed two people in masks […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is seeking a new election at a Mercedes-Benz vehicle plant in Alabama after losing a vote there last week, according to a petition filed on Friday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The union accused Mercedes of engaging “in a relentless anti-union campaign” including the firing of employees […]
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is seeking a new election at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama after losing a vote there last week, according to a petition filed on Friday with the National Labor Relations Board. The union accused Mercedes of engaging “in a relentless anti-union campaign” including the […]