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Former Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy appeared in court on Wednesday on sexual assault and sodomy charges.   Thomas Pierson, 38, was arrested for sexual assault, battery, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment and four counts for violation of oath

The Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office, ATF and the Tallassee Police Department have identified a “vehicle of interest” in connection with the Mount Vernon Textile Mills fire in Tallassee on the night of Wednesday, May 4.

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A motion for a bond hearing is scheduled for three young men accused of beating three family members to death in Upatoi. The hearing is set for Friday morning for 15-year-old Rufus Burkes, 17-year-old Javarceay Tapley and

Greer police have charged four Riverside Middle School students in a child porn investigation and a fifth teen was charged by deputies, according to investigators.

A jury has been set in the ethics trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard following a three-day selection process.

Motivational speaker, Siran Stacy, a former football player for Alabama and the Philadelphia Eagles gave some encouraging words to students at Carver High School on Monday during an assembly. 

Since everything and everyone has to be checked by TSA agents at all airports, sometimes the strangest items appear – like the dead body the TSA at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport came across on Monday. 

This week marks “National Police Week” and the Motor Squad of the Phenix City Police took a trip to Washington D.C. for a Law Enforcement Memorial Service. The service honored those who sacrificed everything in the line