A year after skeletal remains were found submerged for decades in an Alabama creek, investigators said they have closed the investigation into the Auburn University student who went missing in 1976. On Tuesday, Troup County (Georgia) Sheriff James Woodruff said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation could not determine the cause...

A Kentucky pediatrician admitted in federal court Monday that she tried to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband during a contentious custody battle. Stephanie M. Russell, 53, of Louisville, entered a plea of guilty to two counts of a federal indictment charging her with using a facility in interstate commerce, or causing another person to travel in interstate commerce, in the attempted murder-for-hire of her ex-husband, as well as aiding and abetting interstate stalking of her ex-husband.

An Alabama man was killed Monday after a piece of metal road debris struck his SUV, state troopers said. Jason H. Fields, 41, of Gardendale, Alabama, was killed when the debris struck the windshield of his 2021 Ford Bronco. He was driving on Interstate 65, just south of Warrior at approximately 11 a.m.

A traffic stop by sheriff’s deputies led to the discovery of what investigators say was a school worker engaged in a sexual relationship with a teen student. The now former Alabama school worker was pulled over just before midnight Saturday by deputies with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies identified the driver as Makayla Ann Anderton, 26.

Three people were killed Sunday morning in a chain reaction collisions involving multiple vehicles, Alabama state troopers said. The multi-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 9:45 a.m. Sunday, and claimed the lives of three people, troopers said. The crash began when the 2015 Ford F150 driven by John P. Kiley, 60,...

An Alabama man has been taken into custody after he reportedly carjacked a vehicle in Mississippi with an adult and three children inside. During the early hours of Sunday, April 21, 2024, the George County Sheriff’s Office responded to a distress call from a female reporting a vehicle theft with her children and an adult passenger inside.

A 5-year-old Alabama child was killed Monday morning when the SUV in which the child was struck a ditch and flipped into a creek, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 6:10 a.m. Monday, and claimed the life of a Locust Fork child. The 5-year-old child was fatally...

A wreck on an Alabama road killed a man Saturday, state troopers said. The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 5:37 p.m. Saturday, and claimed the life of a Columbus, Georgi, man. Carlton Horace Davis, 65, was fatally injured when the 2020 Kia Sportage he was driving collided head-on with the...

An Alabama man was killed Friday when his pickup truck struck a tree, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 12:10 p.m. Friday, and claimed the life of a Montgomery man. Jockey J. Howard, 36, was fatally injured when the 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche, he was driving left the...

An Alabama state prison warden and his wife were arrested Friday on drug charges, state officials said. Chadwick Crabtree, warden of the Limestone Correctional Facility, along with his wife Melissa Crabtree were arrested after warrants were executed at their residence. Both were charged with marijuana possession, possession of a controlled...

An elderly Alabama man who was reported missing apparently drove to Kentucky where his truck was found abandoned earlier this week, authorities said. He remains missing. An abandoned vehicle was reported to the Caldwell County (Kentucky) Sheriff’s Department in a field adjacent to the Trusty Cemetery on Trusty Cemetery Road.

Authorities said a man’s dead body was found floating in an Alabama lake Friday morning, prompting an investigation into the man’s identity. The discovery was made at approximately 11 a.m. Friday on Lake Guntersville, Marshall County Coroner Cody Nugent told local media. Nugent said the man was only...

An Alabama man was killed Thursday after his van flipped over and struck a tree, state troopers said. The single-vehicle accident happened just before 8 a.m. Thursday and claimed the life of Brandon R. Watson, 35, of Madison, Alabama, state troopers said. Watson’s 2019 Chevrolet van left the road on...

An Alabama man vanished after he got into a car with someone else on Monday night, police said. Law enforcement investigators say Isaiah Lamar McMullin was seen on a security camera getting into a silver, four-door passenger car in Wetumpka, Alabama, and hasn’t been seen from since. Deputies with...

Mississippi SheriffDeputies are trying to help one little piggy go “wee, wee, wee all of the way home” after ending up at a Mississippi Baptist church. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office often posts photos of lost dogs and cats in hopes of reuniting the owners with their furry family members.

An accident with a school bus on an Alabama highway has left one person dead, authorities said. The accident happened Thursday morning on Alabama 40, east of Henagar, officials with the DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency reported. The bus involved was from the DeKalb County School District. No students were...

An Alabama woman was killed while she sat in the middle of a road in the early morning hours Wednesday when she was struck and killed by a passing motorist, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian occurred at approximately 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, and claimed the life of...

An Alabama teen was arrested Wednesday after police say he was found to have a gun in his vehicle at a high school. Opelika Police School Resource Officers received information regarding a possible firearm being inside a vehicle in the parking lot of Opelika High School, located at 1700 Lafayette Parkway.

An Alabama truck driver was killed Tuesday when his tractor-trailer overturned and burst into flames, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, has claimed the life of a Boaz, Alabama, man. Stephen A. Zmolek Jr., 40, was fatally injured when the 2015 Freightliner...