Crime and Courts

A guilty plea from an Aliceville, Alabama man will keep him behind bars for 30 years.

Authorities are trying to locate two different drivers from separate incidents involving a police chase. The two police chases happened within a half hour of each other and both involved Exit 76 off Interstate 20/59. Tuscaloosa Police say that both of these vehicle pursuits were stopped by officers who felt that the public would be at risk if the pursuits continued.

Why Alabama? Tuscaloosa? Northport? Birmingham? More on that later. Yes, a famous killer of two children, Paula Sims, is on her way to Alabama.

A teen killed this past weekend in Montgomery has been identified.

Defense attorneys are seeking to subpoena four witnesses for a second hearing in the Jamea Harris capital murder case later this month.

The sentencing phase for Koran Lewis, the third suspect convicted in the 2017 murder of Jennifer Nevin, is taking place this week in Tuscaloosa.

"She was the most beautiful, loving and sweet person I had ever met" The words of Winchester Hagans from East Alabama near Notasulga, Alabama. The love of his life? Her name was Hannah Ford. In a cruel twist, as they searched for the perfect place to tie the knot, Hannah was killed. It was a terrible car accident. It happened on that same day they finally were able to find a wedding venue.

Here's the latest attempt from former Alabama and NFL superstar Henry Ruggs III and his attorneys to keep him out of jail. You get what you pay for, as they say. Clearly, Henry Ruggs, who spent a few years living here in Tuscaloosa, is paying them plenty of money. Ruggs lawyers are arguing that turning over medical records are a violation of "doctor-patient privilege".

An Alabama man has been arrested by authorities and charged with killing his own mother and killing a next-door neighbor.

A former correctional officer with the Pickens County Sheriff's Office has been arrested on several charges including criminal solicitation to commit second-degree rape, second-degree sexual abuse, and electronic solicitation of a child.