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TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Two people are dead following an early morning shooting in Talladega on Sunday. According to the Talladega County Coroner’s Office, officers with Talladega Police responded to reports of a shooting at Talladega Downs Apartments around 3:00 a.m. Officers arrived to discover 22-year-old Montrelle Dontae Johnson and 23-year-old Djuante Nyjuwan Dickerson […]

Jacksonville, AL – The Jacksonville Police released an update on the officer involved shooting that resulted in an officer injury earlier last week. The suspect involved in a police pursuit and officer-involved shooting Saturday has been released from UAB Hospital and been arrested on a charge of attempted murder, according to Jacksonville Police Chief Marcus Wood. Broderick Javon Vines, […]

Mar. 20—Jacksonville police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with an incident Saturday. A traffic stop that turned violent Saturday morning ended with both the suspect and the officer involved in the hospital. Broderick Javon Vines of Anniston was released from UAB Hospital in Birmingham the same day...

ALPINE, Ala. – The Talladega County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) is asking for the community’s help in finding a stolen station wagon. A 1959 AMC Rambler Rebel station wagon was reported stolen in the Alpine area on Saturday, March 18. Anyone with information on the vehicle’s location can...

A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, federal investigators said Monday.

OXFORD — The Choccolocco Monsters baseball team is becoming the Chattahoochee Monsters and leaving the confines of Choccolocco Park in Oxford for the fields at Golden Park in Columbus, Ga. Scott Brand, president and general manager of the team, made the announcement during a press conference in Columbus on...

Jacksonville, AL– A Jacksonville officer is recovering in the hospital after he was ran over by a driver while assisting another police department during a vehicle chase. The incident began on Saturday, March 18 in Weaver, Alabama. Authorities say a 22-year-old driver fled from a traffic stop in Weaver...

A Latin American woman living in the United States of America was the winner of $2 million dollars last weekend. Brittaney Dominguez paid a ticket while visiting her friend in Fayetteville, Alabama's Talladega County.

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Bethel University shooter Annie Unsell took four first-place medals in the recent. SASP Collegiate Nationals held in Talladega, Alabama. The event was held at the CMP Talladega. Marksmanship Park. The sophomore from Jemison, Alabama won medals in the Rimfire Pistol, Iron Rifle, Optics Rifle and. Pistol...

ANNISTON, Ala. (WBRC) - New details from the National Transportation Safety Board on the March 9 Norfolk Southern Railway Train Derailment out of Calhoun County. Two locomotives and 29 railcars were involved, according to the NTSB report. A total of three tank cars carrying hazardous materials derailed in the accident, but the cars remained intact and did not release any hazardous materials, according to NTSB.

Anniston, AL – Earlier in the month of March, the severe storms with extremely high winds blew a tree over into a power line that ignited the home of Robin Brown and family. The resulting fire ravaged the home causing sever damage. The house is unlivable. If it can be repaired it will obviously take several […]

The man suspected of committing four homicides in Jefferson and St. Clair counties on Tuesday was arrested Friday in connection with the killings of a man and a woman in Birmingham. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office issued an arrest warrant Friday for capital murder for Daniel P. Watson, 28,...

Mar. 17—An assault case in the news last week due to missing evidence has been dismissed, according to court documents. A case in which a man, Jonathan Poss, of Weaver, was charged with assault in 2018 was dismissed Thursday by Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Weems. Counsel for the defense made the motion to dismiss.

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March 20, 1948: The date fell on a Saturday during a 12-year period (1940-52) when The Star didn’t publish on that day of the week. March 20, 1998, in The Star: A tie vote last night defeated a motion to put Johnson Elementary School up for sale after two Anniston school board members argued that they need a long-term plan before taking such a final step. The no votes were from Don Ledford and Dr. James Daniel. Also this date: Close to two dozen Alabama hospitals have websites and the number is growing, according to the Alabama Hospital Association. “It’s an exciting new way to get information to the people,” said Brian Bourke, a spokesman for the AHA. Jacksonville Hospital’s web page has been up and running for a little while, but a restructuring is planned to provide more information. Both RMC and Stringfellow are in the process of creating their web sites, with RMC’s to be operational by late April or early May. Judy Gould, an RMC vice president, said a web page will be a resource for recruiting physicians to the area. “A lot of [physician] candidates would say, ‘Can I email you or look at your web page?’ That’s when I thought maybe we should get with the times,” Gould said. Stringfellow’s site won’t be online until the end of the year, and the page is expected to be about the corporation that operates the facility, Health Management Associates, and not Stringfellow itself.

TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Childersburg man Thursday morning. According to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Robert McMillian Jr., 67, was critically injured when the 1995 GMC Sierra that he was driving left the roadway and struck a culvert before overturning in a creek. He was airlifted to […]

OXFORD — Barry Britt has been on a journey that no one would ever seek out. The love of his life — his wife, Patti — succumbed to Alzheimer’s last December after a years-long battle against the disease that chips away a little bit of a person’s life, memory and the ability to function each day.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (WBRC) - The city of Talladega is using funds from the Community Development Block Grant to demolish dozens of homes in Ward 2. The goal is to restore a sense of pride in these communities by removing abandoned and dilapidated homes. “The Community Development Block Grant is knocking...

HOOVER — The top three in Oxford’s batting order all had big days Monday as the Yellow Jackets swept a doubleheader with Central-Phenix City, 13-0 and 12-1 at Hoover High School. Leadoff hitter Nick Richardson went 3-for-3 with a double, three runs and an RBI in the opener,...