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Alabama sets July execution date for man convicted of killing delivery driver
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The execution date for a man convicted in the 1998 fatal shooting of a delivery driver who had stopped at an ATM has been set for July 18, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, will be put to death by lethal...
Wawa officially opens first location in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Welcome to Wawa. Those words were said for the first time in the state of Alabama as the store officially opened its first store in the state. The store is located on Greeno Road in Fairhope and after years of being a staple in the northeast, Alabama now gets the chance to enjoy all it has to offer.
Alabama prison security guard charged with plotting to smuggle drugs into Kilby Correctional Facility
An Alabama state prison employee has been charged with two crimes after authorities say she planned to smuggle drugs into Kilby Correctional Facility. Tyree Lynette Hoyle, 46, was arrested Wednesday on charges of use of officials position for personal gain and attempt to distribute drugs. Hoyle was a correctional security...
Shackleford denied parole
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied parole to a man sentenced for Lowndes County Convictions in a hearing on April 4. Taurus James Shackleford, 36, is housed at the Elmore Correctional Facility, serving 16 years for a 2021 violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (SORNA). His term includes two […]
Police: 2-year-old Alabama girl dies after drowning in family pool
A 2-year-old Alabama girl drowned at her house Thursday. Officials from the Killen Police Department are investigating after the toddler drowned in the family pool. The incident reportedly happened at a residence on Onslow Drive in Killen. The father reportedly found the girl in the family pool after she managed...
Former MIT researcher who was caught in Alabama on murder charges sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing Yale student
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sentenced Tuesday to 35 years in prison for the killing of a Yale University graduate student found shot outside his car on a Connecticut street. Qinxuan Pan, 33, who pleaded guilty to murder in February, apologized during a hearing in a New Haven courtroom […]
2024 AHSAA softball playoffs: Area tournament schedule, time, location
AHSAAsoftball area tournaments begin this weekend across all classifications. Area tournaments are hosted by the regular season area champion and will start Friday with all games completed by Monday. The winner and runner-up from each area will advance to regionals which begin on May 6. The state tournament is set for May 13-16 in Oxford.
Pursuit ends with Alabama State Trooper vehicle hit on I-65 at Daniel Payne Drive
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is reporting a police chase on Interstate 65 ended with an Alabama State Trooper being hit. A large police presence was on Daniel Payne Drive just off I-65 SB Friday morning as an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency patrol car was towed away. A Vestavia Hills patrol vehicle was also towed from the scene.
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