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Attorney speaks on what permanent gag order means in Mac Marquette murder case
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - A Morgan County judge has made the temporary gag order on the Mac Marquette murder case a permanent one. Marquette is the former Decatur police officer charged with the murder of Steve Perkins during an overnight truck repossession in September of last year. District Attorney Scott...
Update: Expect damaging winds and quarter-sized hail with thunderstorms to hit North Alabama Monday
On Monday at 2:08 a.m. an updated severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid until 2:45 a.m. for Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and Morgan counties. The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch). "At 2:07 a.m., a severe thunderstorm...
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against defendant in Alabama ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ murders
Morgan County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against one of two men charged with capital murder in the brutal 2020 shootings of seven people. Frederic Allen Rogers, 26, of Woodville, is charged with capital murder in the June 4, 2020 killings in a house on Talucah Road in Valhermoso Springs in eastern Morgan County.
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