June 7, 2018 Alabama sheriff who bought beach house after pocketing $750G from inmate food fund gets voted out Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, who pocketed money set aside for inmate food provisions, lost his reelection bid on Tuesday.
June 3, 2018 Alabama death row inmate apparently commits suicide by hanging himself in jail cell Jeffrey Lynn Borden, 57, was found “hanging by a bed sheet in his cell at approximately 2:30 a.m. during a security check" on Sunday and pronounced dead at 3p.m. this afternoon. His body has been turned over to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
May 30, 2018 Judge tells Alabama to release lethal injection information Alabama officials were ordered Wednesday to release information about the state’s lethal injection procedure as a federal judge granted news organizations’ request to unseal records in the wake of an aborted execution.
May 28, 2018 Alberto maintains strength as it makes landfall on Florida panhandle The first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season is maintaining its strength as it approaches the Florida panhandle.
May 27, 2018 Gulf Coast braces for impact as Alberto threatens flash floods The first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season intensified Sunday off the west coast of Florida, as the threat of rain and rough surf kept some vacationers off beaches along the eastern Gulf Coast during the busy Memorial Day Weekend.
May 27, 2018 Storm Alberto prompts emergency declarations in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi The governors of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi have each declared a state of emergency in their states as Subtropical Storm Alberto spreads north and west.
May 25, 2018 Alabama man hit with more than 6,500 child porn charges An Alabama man has been jailed for allegedly running a child pornography production operation involving at least ten children from the area in which he lives, resulting in thousands of charges, police say.
May 24, 2018 Gym sign saying ‘Tired of being fat and ugly? Just be ugly’ under fire Scott Campbell, the owner of Pell City Fitness, said he’s not taking down a sign that reads: “Tired of being fat and ugly? Just be ugly!”
May 22, 2018 Alabama town terrorized by 'poop train' gets free Febreze samples The so-called New York City "poop train" — a trainload of human waste — finally left the small Alabama town it was stranded in, but the smell of excretion was so strong that Febreze stepped in to freshen up the area.
May 12, 2018 Alabama man paralyzed, 'fighting for his life' after coral snake bite, family says An Alabama who was recently bitten by a venomous coral snake is now fighting for his life, his family said.
