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TUSCUMBIA WOMAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN TRAFFIC DEATH

NEWS ALERT 🚨 By WB Franks

Staff Writer

TUSCUMBIA – A woman who authorities said had alcohol and drugs in her system at the time of a fatal Colbert County crash pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, according to court records.A Colbert County grand jury recently indicted Emma Claire […]

LAUDERDALE COUNTYWATERLOO MAN DIES IN AFTERNOON CRASH

NEWS ALERT 🚨 A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, has claimed the life of a Waterloo man. Jefferey G. Joiner, 60, was critically injured when the 2006 Lincoln Zephyr he was driving left the roadway, struck a ditch, a utility pole and then a tree. The Lincoln caught […]

COUNCIL VOTES DOWN DEMOLITION CONTRACT, FUTURE OF NEW CITY HALL UNCERTAIN

NEWS ALERT 🚨 FLORENCE

By WB FranksStaff Writer

The city council may have taken a wrecking ball to a plan to demolish the parking deck at the corner of Tennessee and Pine streets Tuesday night when the council voted to turn down a contract for the project.By a 4-2 vote, the council denied […]

RESTAURANT MANAGER ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES INVOLVING UNDERAGE EMPLOYEE

NEWS ALERT 🚨 FLORENCE

Authorities have confirmed to Shoals Insider that a fast food restaurant manager was arrested last week and charged with multiple sex crimes involving an underage employee.

Police have identified the suspect as Garrett David Wilkins, 38 years old, of Florence.

On September 25, 2024, detectives opened an investigation involving […]

MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASH ON Hatch Blvd.

TRAFFIC ALERT 🚨 SHEFFIELD

MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASH ON HATCH

Firefighters, police, and ambulances responded to the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on Hatch Boulevard in front of Oakwood Cemetery in Sheffield.

The incident occurred at around 5:45 pm Monday near the intersection of Darby Avenue and Hatch Blvd.

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TUSCUMBIA SHEFFIELD MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS

NEWS ALERT 🚨 An inmate who was facing trial on a trafficking of methamphetamine charge in Lauderdale County this week has instead pleaded guilty to a lesser offense.Robert William Redding Jr., 38, of Sheffield, will serve 15 years in prison after pleading Thursday to possession of a controlled substance with intent […]

TROOPERS RELEASE INFORMATION ON FATAL CRASH

NEWS ALERT 🚨 TUSCUMBIA

A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:37 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, has claimed the life of a Tuscumbia teen. The 17-year-old was fatally injured when the 2007 Toyota Camry that the juvenile was a passenger in, left the roadway and struck an embankment. After the initial impact, the […]

LOUISIANA MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE

NEWS ALERT 🚨 TUSCUMBIA Authorities have confirmed to Shoals Insider that a Louisiana man is in custody in the Colbert County Jail after leading deputies on a chase that reached speeds of over 100 mph at around 9pm Monday. Jesse Juhas, 24, of Madeville, Louisiana, was arrested on Hwy 72 near Hollywood Drive in […]

Athens man arrested for hacking SEC

    WASHINGTON – Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, Alabama, was arrested this morning, in Athens, in connection with a January 2024 unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account, formerly known as Twitter, in which hackers posted a fake message from the SEC Chair that caused the value of […]

PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN CRASH

NEWS ALERT FLORENCE

PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN CRASH

A single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, has claimed the life of a Florence woman.

The pedestrian, Joyce Mansell, 72, was fatally injured when she was struck in the roadway by the 1996 Toyota 4Runner driven by Michael H. […]

LAWRENCE COUNTY MARINE POLICE RELEASE FINDINGS IN WHEELER DAM DROWNING. CONCLUSION: TROLLING MOTOR FAILED

NEWS ALERT 🚨 A marine-related accident that occurred at approximately 2 p.m. Saturday has claimed the life of a Lewisburg, Tenn., man. Dennis Neal, 72, drowned after the 1977 Hurricane fishing boat that he was onboard overturned. Neal, Timothy Hazelwood, 44, and a 14-year-old all of Lewisburg, Tenn., were onboard the 1977 Hurricane fishing […]

TUSCUMBIA MAN CHARGED IN DEATH OF DAUGHTER SEEKS CONTINUANCE

NEWS ALERT 🚨 TUSCUMBIA MAN CHARGED IN DEATH OF DAUGHTER SEEKS CONTINUANCEA man charged in the death of his daughter is asking for a postponement of his trial that is scheduled to begin Monday, according to court records.Christopher Brent Malone, 45, and Amy Malone, 39, who is the child’s mother, both are set for […]

MAN HAS DROWNED BELOW WHEELER DAM

NEWS ALERT 🚨 LAWRENCE COUNTY.

The Shoals Insider has been informed by the Alabama Marine Police a man has drowned in the Tennessee River below Wheeler Dam.

Update:

AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY DROWNING VICTIM.

Lawrence County Coroner Scott Norwood has identified the man who drowned Saturday afternoon in the Tennessee River at […]

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MAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING FLORENCE POLICE OFFICER

NEWS ALERT 🚨 FLORENCE

A suspect has been arrested and charged with assaulting a Florence police officer after an altercation at a local residence.

FPD released the following statement regarding the incident:

On Monday, October 7, 2024, at around 6 PM, officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of North Franklin […]

Body found in Sweetwater creek identified

NEWS ALERT 🚨 Florence police have identified the missing man who was found last Friday in Sweetwater Creek. On Friday, October 4, 2024, at around 1:30 PM, a deceased male was located lying in Sweetwater Creek. The male has been identified as Clarance Spann, 69 years of age of Florence. Spann was reported missing […]

FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IN PEDESTRIAN DEATH

A former Tuscumbia police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 death of a pedestrian struck by a police cruiser the officer was driving while intoxicated.Jay Steward received the sentence in the Oct. 10, 2022, death of Terry Hinton, who was struck and […]

Form to use for a train blocking an intersection.

Use this form to report when a train is blocking a highway-rail grade crossing. Please report only once for each blocked crossing. There are no federal laws or regulations pertaining to blocked crossings. Therefore, this information is only being used to track the location and impacts of blocked crossings. FRA’s purpose of collecting this […]

MUSCLE SHOALS MAN WITH REPORTED MEDICAL CONDITION STRIKES MULTIPLE VEHICLES AT WALMART

Muscle Shoals – -, The Shoals Insider has confirmed that as many as 8 vehicles were struck Friday evening as one man reportedly had a medical episode in the Muscle Shoals Walmart parking lot. Some vehicles were more severely damaged than others. Several MSPD officers were on the scene within minutes of the incident. […]

MOTORCYCLIST RECOVERING AFTER MORNING CRASH

NEWS ALERT 🚨 Tuscumbia, Alabama.

A Leighton man is recovering in Huntsville Hospital after an early Saturday morning motorcycle crash at 6th Street and Commons in Tuscumbia near Hines Tire.

The driver of the motorcycle suffered a fractured shoulder and some internal thoracic injury. It is unknown how long he will have to […]