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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 […]
VICTOR HERNANDEZ GARCIA
A Muscle Shoals man, Victor Hernandez Garcia, 32, of 2219 East 6th St., is in jail after a drug bust by a multi-agency drug investigation comprised of the following departments:Colbert County Drug Task ForceColbert County Sheriff’s DepartmentMuscle Shoals Police DepartmentRussellville Police DepartmentMadison County Narcotics UnitALEADEA
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Authorities say one man drowned after the boat he and another man were in capsized Wednesday morning.The incident was reported to police and firefighters at 8:10 am, according to authorities.The incident occurred near O’Neal Bridge and McFarland Park.Some first responders speculated the two men may have struck a pylon or something causing the boat […]
DR. DANNY LEE
With Vivity lenses, you could minimize the need for those pesky reading glasses. And now, if you live in the Shoals area, you won’t have to travel to have the procedure performed.
Danny Lee, MD, a board certified ophthalmologist has brought Vivity High Tech eyes to the Shoals. “It is as […]
FLORENCE– A pedestrian on a mechanized scooter was struck Friday night in Downtown Florence.
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FLORENCE– The Renderings of Youth art exhibit opened recently at Kennedy- Douglass and will continue through the end of the month. This exhibit features the work of students grades 7-12 from Colbert, Lauderdale, and Franklin counties, and was founded by Florence art educator Jerry Foster 30 years ago.
The public is invited to meet […]
THOMAS WAYNE MITCHELL
FLORENCE- Lauderdale County authorities have arrested a Florence man on felony child abuse charges.
Lauderdale County Investigators say, Thomas Wayne Mitchell, 27, of 114 N. Main Street, Florence, was arrested for child abuse after he was indicted by a Lauderdale County Grand Jury in August.
Mitchell was released from the Lauderdale […]
OFFICER JASON NOVAK
FLORENCE – An off-duty Florence police officer died in a wreck overnight, officials said.Officer Jason K. Novak, 51, died in the hospital almost two hours after the wreck on Pine Street at approximately 12:30 a.m. today, Police Chief Ron Tyler said.
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MATTHEW MARTIN JOHNSON
FLORENCE- Authorities arrested a Leighton man over the weekend for theft from a heating and cooling firm.
According to police, Matthew Martin Johnson, 46, of 800 Duncan Lane, Leighton, was arrested Saturday for first-degree theft.
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Florence police are at the scene of the Residence Inn by Marriott on Tuesday searching for suspect
FLORENCE – Police are at the Residence Inn by Marriott Florence investigating the scene after a suspect shot at a police officer early Tuesday morning and fled in that direction, authorities said.
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NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER
FLORENCE – North Alabama Medical Center is transitioning from a zero-visitor protocol to limited visitor restrictions, officials said.The restrictions, which were established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now allow one support person per patient during visiting hours, hospital officials said.
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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 […]
FLORENCE– The Florence Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding an overnight shooting that left one Florence man dead and another man injured.
Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, Florence Police Dispatch received a call of “Shots Fired” in the Cypress Pointe area of west Florence.
Responding officers were advised that a man […]
CEDRIC TAYLOR
FLORENCE – Police said they arrested a man Thursday night who led police on a short chase and had drugs in his vehicle.
Cedric Taylor, 32, was arrested following the 11:10 p.m. incident, Florence police Sgt. Robbie Howard said.
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FLORENCE – A 54-year-old Florence man is accused in a vehicle burglary that occurred at North Alabama Medical Center, authorities said. Carl D. Pigg faces charges of breaking and entering a motor vehicle and second-degree theft of property, Florence police Sgt. Greg Cobb said. “After speaking to the victim, contact was made with security […]
DERRICK TURNLEY
FLORENCE – Investigators are awaiting the results from an autopsy in the weekend shooting death of a Florence man.
Florence police identified the victim as Jeffery C. Cherry. He was killed in the Saturday morning shooting at a west Florence residence.
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FLORENCE– Several first responders and firefighters are still on the scene of a fatal house fire in Lauderdale County where one man died.
The incident occurred at 3320 Florence Boulevard.
Crews responded to the scene around 8:45 am Monday.
The Lauderdale County Coroner confirms one man died in the blaze.
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BIRMINGHAM– A Florence man was shot and killed at a Birmingham night club shortly after midnight on Sunday morning.
According to homicide detectives, Frederick Asher, 25, of Florence was pronounced dead on arrival at UAB Hospital.
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CHANCE CROSSETT AND CARSON MAHAN
FLORENCE– Authorities have arrested two men after they reportedly went on a weekend car burglary spree.
According to investigators, on Friday evening of November 15, 2019, and in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 16, 2019, Officers with the Florence Police Department responded to the area of Alexander […]
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