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MAN IN HIGH-SPEED CHASE CAPTURED

QUINTON MARLOW KEEL

FLORENCE– Lauderdale County authorities have arrested a 23- year-old who led police on a high-speed chase through three counties.

Deputies with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department arrested Quinton Marlow Keel, who apparently fled a court ordered rehab from a 2020 drug case in Lauderdale County.

Police say Keel was in a […]

3 DENIED PAROLE THIS WEEK

Fred Junior Johnson VENNIS OATES DAVID BRYAN HODGE

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied requests this week from three inmates serving on convictions in local crimes, officials said. The board will hear requests Thursday from two other inmates convicted of Shoals crimes.The board denied paroles for David Bryan Hodges, Vennis Minoso Oates […]

Missing Tuscumbia man found alive

Harvey Antuawn Sherrod

TUSCUMBIA- Authorities have confirmed that the missing Tuscumbia man, Antuawn Sherrod, has been located.

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Spirit of Freedom postponed to Veterans Day

FLORENCE – The 39th annual Spirit of Freedom Celebration scheduled for July 4, 2020, at McFarland Park in Florence has been rescheduled. The new date for the event is November 11, 2020, on Veterans Day.

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Man charged with domestic violence, disarming officer

FLORENCE – Police have charged a domestic violence suspect with disarming a law enforcement officer after the man removed an officer’s baton and tried to attack him with it, authorities said.

The incident occurred while Dalton B. Coyer, 30, was being arrested by an officer who responded to a domestic violence call, police Capt. […]

7 inmates in Shoals Area cases have May parole hearing

When the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles resumes parole hearings this month, seven inmates with cases that have Shoals connections will be scheduled for hearings.The board resumes hearings on May 19 after postponing them due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Terry Abbott, communications director for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.

There […]