Category Archives: Local News

The United States Marshal’s Gulf Coast Fugitive Taskforce is searching for two fugitives wanted for capital murder.  On April 27, an adult male was shot and killed at 3230 Virginia Pines Lane in Montgomery, AL. 

According to Major JD Hawk of the Columbus Police Department, a dog was shot during a pursuit of a suspect fleeing police on foot early Tuesday afternoon.

A crash involving two commercial vehicles is causing major delays in Tuscaloosa County. The crash happened just after 9 a.m. on I-59/20 north at mile marker 82 near Vance. Both northbound lanes are blocked. One person has been injured.

According to authorities, Robert Stackowitz escaped from a Carroll County Correctional Institute in 1968. He was serving a 17-year sentence from a 1966 robbery-by-force sentence. 

A wildfire started in an impact area near Main Post last week from military training activities and continues to burn.  The fire is contained within the firebreaks of the impact area.  The smoke did not impact populated

Firefighters face many risks during their jobs, but, ironically, the most dangerous part of running into a burning building isn’t the flames, it’s the smoke. It billows off furniture, appliances and carpets in toxic waves of cancer-causing

The mother of a Crawford high school student charged with sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography has been arrested in connection to the case.

The Phenix City Police Department is asking the public for help to identify a theft suspect. According to police, the theft happened on Sunday, May 8 at the Circle K located at 3724 S. Railroad St. 

After 14 years behind bars, a 63-year-old West Point, GA man is less than four months from returning home to his family.

Each of the events below occurred on the same date in history, May 10.