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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 […]

DECATUR MAN DIES IN HIT AND RUN

NEWS ALERT 🚨 LAWRENCE COUNTY

A single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that occurred at approximately 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, has claimed the life of a Decatur man.

The pedestrian, Matthew Anderson Ryan Kelley, 31, who was lying in the roadway, was fatally injured when he was struck by an unknown vehicle that […]

FLORENCE MAN ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ANIMAL CRUELTY

On Sunday, Florence police officers responded to an animal welfare check at the bridge near the 300 block of Minniehaha Street. A witness stated he heard an animal that sounded like it was in distress.

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AUTHORITIES RELEASE IDENTITY OF MAN FOUND DECEASED AT BUDGET INN

Authorities have released the identity of a man who was found deceased at a Florence motel and is the subject of a death investigation.

Last Saturday, on March 23, 2024, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Florence Police responded to Budget Inn on Florence Boulevard to the report of an unresponsive person.

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FORMER SHEFFIELD RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL ABUSE

A former Sheffield resident pleaded guilty Thursday in Colbert County Circuit Court to two sexual abuse charges in exchange for a 24-month prison sentence.

According to court records, John Thomas Sledge, 70, of 385 Jones Road in Russellville, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in the first and second degrees with the sentence to […]

CLOVERDALE

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN WIFE’S DEATH

Authorities have arrested a man in the shooting death of his wife.

On Tuesday, at around 8:00 a.m., Lauderdale County deputies responded to the 4000 block of County Rd 10, north of the Cloverdale community on a welfare check.

Once on scene deputies located a […]

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO THREE ARREST

Authorities arrested three people after finding a cache of contraband during a traffic stop.

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A MO BROOKS STORY

Alabama’s leading Political Columnist Steve Flowers

Over the years I have shared a lot of stories about Alabama’s colorful political figures. We have had some characters like Big Jim Folsom and George Wallace. Big Jim was gregarious and fun loving. Wallace was a political genius and without question the most prolific politician in Alabama […]

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Lexington man gets 2 years in work release for deadly ATV crash

FLORENCE — A Lexington man who drove an all-terrain vehicle involved in a deadly crash in 2017 will serve two years in the Lauderdale County Work Release program.

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AUTHORITIES SEEK MAN ON PAROLE FROM A ROBBERY WHO LEFT REHAB

TOMMY LEE BATES

Authorities are seeking a man who is on parole from a 2008 Lauderdale County robbery and left a residential facility. Tommy Lee Bates was dismissed from the Shepherd’s Fold Substance Abuse program on Feb. 10 for failing to abide by the facility’s requirements, said Terry Abbott, communications director for the Alabama […]

TUSCUMBIA MAN DIES IN CRASH

HATTON– A Tuscumbia man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 157 late Monday afternoon in the Hatton Community.

According to State Troopers, 46-year-old Wesley David Whitfield was killed when the 2002 Chevy S-10 truck he was driving struck the rear-end of a 2009 Sierra truck and utility trailer.

The […]

Man faces drug charges after fleeing police

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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Nextran Truck Center in Tuscumbia Named Mack 2019 North American Dealer of the Year

(Left to right) Martin Weissburg, president, Mack Trucks; Dennis McDaniel, regional vice president, Southeast, Mack Trucks; Jon Pritchett, president and CEO, Nextran; Jonathan Randall, senior vice president, North American sales and marketing, Mack Trucks at the Mack 2019 Dealer of the Year Awards Ceremony. Photo: Mack Trucks

TUSCUMBIA – Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia […]

UPDATE: POLICE HAVE SECOND PERSON OF INTEREST IN NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING

PERSON OF INTEREST #2

FLORENCE– Police have added a new person of interest in the Saturday nightclub shooting at Brass Monkey that sent one person to the hospital with ricochet injuries.

The incident occurred reportedly after someone became angered at the club’s dress code over sagging pants and the argument escalated into shots being […]

POLICE SEARCH FOR PERSON OF INTEREST IN NIGHT CLUB SHOOTING

FLORENCE– Police are searching for a person of interest (POI) in a Saturday night shooting.

According to police at approximately 9:30 pm officers with the Florence Police Department and Deputies with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department responded to a Shots Fired call at the Brass Monkey night club on Darby Drive.

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TWO ARRESTED IN EARLY MORNING DRUG BUST

LEIGHTON–Colbert County authorities have arrested two people in an early morning drug bust.

The Colbert County Sheriff’s Department and the Colbert County Drug Task Force raided a home off of Jarmon Lane this morning.

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NEW DISTILLERY COMING TO FLORENCE

FLORENCE– High Ridge Spirits, a micro-distillery, plans to open in East Florence at 1401 Huntsville Road this fall.

Vodka, gin, and moonshine will be made the old-fashioned way at the new distillery.

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TWO BODIES FOUND IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY

LEXINGTON–The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after the bodies of a man and woman were found near Lexington.

Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton says the bodies were found at a home on Lauderdale County Road 456.

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FRANKLIN COUNTY AUTHORITIES MAKE LARGE METH BUST

Confiscated Methamphetamine and Cocaine

RUSSELLVILLE– Police have taken a major player in the drug trafficking scene off the streets of Franklin County.

According to Investigators with the Franklin and Marion County Sheriff’s Offices, 36-year-old Marcos A. Funez was taken into custody in the city of Russellville.

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