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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Body Found in Sweetwater Creek, Florence, Alabama

Police are conducting a death investigation after a male body was found at the creek on Sweetwater Drive between Patton and State Street. Florence police and the Lauderdale County Coroner Kim Jones are currently on the scene. Jones tells Shoals Insider that the body will be sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences […]

Sheffield High School Homecoming Parade 2024

MUSCLE SHOALS ARREST MADE IN SATURDAY NIGHT HIT-AND-RUN IN FRONT OF COLBERT DHR

NEWS ALERT 🚨Muscle Shoals Police have made an arrest in the Saturday night hit-and-run that claimed the life of a 25-year-old woman.On Saturday at approximately 7:35 p.m. the Muscle Shoals Police Department was dispatched to a call in reference to a vehicle striking a pedestrian on George Wallace Blvd between Patriots Drive and 6th […]

Florence Man Busted With 1,000 Fentanyl Pills

FLORENCE, Al. — A man was arrested Tuesday after authorities seized more than 1,000 fentanyl pills during a search of his home, police said.

Florence Police Department agents, along with the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at 1814 Nassau Blvd in Florence.

Officers found approximately 152 grams, or about 1,600 […]

SUSPECT LEADS POLICE ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE

FLORENCE

SUSPECT LEADS POLICE ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE

On Friday, July 5, 2024, at around 1:30 AM, a Florence police officer observed a black Hyundai Sonata make an improper turn on Cloverdale Road. The vehicle accelerated to speeds of over 90 MPH. Officers pursued the vehicle.

The vehicle continued to try to elude officers […]

POLICE ARREST FUGITIVE SUSPECTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD

SHEFFIELD

On Friday, Detectives with the Sheffield Police Department received information from the Vernal City Police Department in Utah regarding a male identified as Damien Zachary Marshall who held warrants for 2 counts of sodomy on a child as well as a count for sexual abuse of a child.

Upon […]

POLICE INVESTIGATE MURDER-SUICIDE

NEWS Alert SHEFFIELD

Authorities have confirmed to Shoals Insider that two men have died as a result of a possible murder-suicide in a Sheffield neighborhood.

On Tuesday, July 2nd, at approximately 10PM, the Sheffield Police Department was dispatched to the 500 block of Wilson Dam Avenue for a possible suicide.

When officers arrived, […]

COLBERT COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

A Jarmon Lane resident stands charged with drug trafficking after agents with the Colbert County Drug Task Force executed

a search warrant at his residence and found over two and a half ounces of crystal methamphetamine. This according to Task Force Director Curtis Burns, who said police had received numerous complaints of people […]

ALABAMA AG MARSHALL ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF MUSCLE SHOALS MAN IN CASE INVOLVING MULTIPLE PROPERTY CRIMES

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictment of a Muscle Shoals man in a case involving multiple property crimes. Gregory Clay Kirk, 58, of Muscle Shoals, was arrested and booked into the Madison County Jail on Thursday. His bond is set at $475,000.

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JUDGE REVOKES MANSLAUGHTER SUSPECT’S BOND

On Tuesday, Lauderdale County District Court Judge Carole Medley revoked the bond of Robert Earl Jones, 57, of Hickory Hills Road in Florence, who was out on bond for the charge of manslaughter after a December 30th crash claimed the life of his wife Regina Leigh Jones, 62.

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MOTHER ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO DROWN SON IN BATHTUB INDICTED BY GRAND JURY

The case of a Sheffield mother that police say tried to drown her 10-year-old son in the bathtub after pouring bleach on the young child, will now move forward after she was indicted by a Colbert County grand jury.

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MAYOR ANNOUNCES NEW $65 MILLION ATHLETIC AND EVENT CENTER DEVELOPMENT

The Mayor of the City of Muscle Shoals announced on Monday the development of a new 66-acre mixed-use development in the city that will include multi-sport athletic facilities and a complex with the ability to host indoor and outdoor events adjacent to major retailers.

Mayor Mike Lockhart stated the new city-owned development located at […]