Dawson, AL

4:45 p.m. UPDATE: Officials confirm to WAAY 31 that the body of a missing swimmer last seen Sunday afternoon has been recovered. He has been identified as 49-year-old Donald Craig Stinnett. Watch WAAY 31 News at 5 and 6 p.m. for updates, and find more here on WAAYTV.com. From earlier:

POWELL COMMUNITY, Ala.-- On Sunday, June 21 around 7:00 p.m, emergency personnel in DeKalb and Jackson Counties were advised of a missing swimmer in the Powell Community. On Monday afternoon, DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Deputy Director Michael Posey confirmed that the rescue had transitioned to a recovery effort.

FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WAFF) - One woman drowned after floodwaters swept her vehicle off of the road in Fort Payne. Coroner Tom Wilson says 22-year-old Makayla Ross drowned when she lost control of her car near Airport Road. There was a flash flood warning issued for DeKalb County yesterday.

FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WAFF) - Deputies arrested a Rainsville man on June 17 after they found him in possession of child pornography. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested and charged Gregory Allen Shankles with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. According to deputies, they got a tip...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a State of Emergency for DeKalb County and seven other counties. Issued Monday morning, it is retroactive to 10 a.m. June 18. in response to Tropical Storm Claudette recovery efforts. Also included in the State of Emergency are: Baldwin, Butler, Cherokee, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe...

A Colorado-based company has asked an Alabama airport to rezone about 88 acres for a proposed plant that would turn dead chickens and chicken parts into animal food. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. wrote to the Gadsden Airport Authority on Friday, asking it to rezone the property from light to heavy industrial use, The Gadsden Times reported. This is the company’s first formal request involving the land, according to the newspaper.

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — A Colorado-based company has asked an Alabama airport to rezone about 88 acres for a proposed plant that would turn dead chickens and chicken parts into animal food. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. wrote to the Gadsden Airport Authority on Friday, asking it to rezone the property from...

Employees at the Mueller Water Products plant in Albertville returned to work on Monday, nearly one week after the workplace shooting inside the fire hydrant factory. Two people killed, two others wounded and still recovering in the hospital. The suspected shooter is dead, after killing himself hours after the incident.

Albertville police said investigators are still looking for why last week’s deadly workplace shooting at Albertville’s Mueller Water Products plant happened, where two workers were killed. Police Chief Jamie Smith said this afternoon that detectives “have already logged numerous hours investigating and have interviewed numerous people with several more to...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – A recovery operation is over after crews located the body of a missing swimmer that disappeared on the DeKalb and Jackson County line. DeKalb County EMA director Anthony Clifton confirmed the man’s body was found around 2 p.m. Monday. The DeKalb County Coroner’s Officer identified the...

Pilgrim's Pride has officially approached the Gadsden Airport Authority by letter about 88 acres of airport property for the construction of a "state-of-the-art" rendering plant. The letter is dated June 16, and is the first formal request made public from the company related to buying or leasing the property, and...

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – Hydrofest will be back on Lake Guntersville this weekend, bringing the excitement and thrills of “The South’s Fastest Water.”. Several classes of jet-skis and hydroplane boats will race Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27. The gates will open at 9 a.m. and tickets are on sale now. They can be purchased online or at the gates.

JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - Jackson County rescue crews recovered the body of a missing swimmer who never came up from the water over the weekend. According to deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Donald Craig Stinnett, 49, was found in the creek Monday afternoon. Officials with the Sheriff’s...

RAINSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) – Authorities in northeast Alabama got a tip about child pornography being downloaded in DeKalb County. The Sheriff reports that a task force searched a home at 98 County Road in Rainsville. As a result, they charged 39 year old Gregory Allen Shankles with ten counts of...

Multiple crews are working to find a missing swimmer near the border between Jackson County and DeKalb County. Jackson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Rocky Harnen said crews began the search late Sunday afternoon around 7 p.m., then the search suspended at dark. Dispatchers received a call about a person in...

GADSDEN, Ala. (WBRC) - For months, we’ve heard from residents and business owners in Gadsden about the possibility of a chicken rendering plant coming to the airport. Pilgrim’s Pride has officially requested 88 acres of land from the Gadsden Airport Authority. Jason Wilson, city councilor for District 5, believes Pilgrim’s...