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Challen Stephens

Challen Stephens

News Director, Investigative Reporter & Editor at AL.com

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Recent Articles

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Madison officer still faces assault charge and lawsuit

A federal judge on Wednesday cleared Madison Police Officer Eric Parker of federal criminal charges for the takedown of a 57-year-old Indian citizen, but Parker still faces a state charge for assault and a civil lawsuit.  Fellow officers in the...
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Indian grandfather raises questions about police chief

One week into the first trial of Officer Eric Parker, suddenly the court’s inquiry became: Did the chief intimidate or threaten officers who supported Parker?
al.com

Inside the secret inquiry into an Alabama police chief

The federal judge has finally unsealed the transcripts of a secret hearing last September, when a cadre of Madison police officers filed into the federal courthouse in Huntsville to testify against their senior officers.
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Alabama places ‘failing’ label on majority black schools only

African American children account for a third of the 731,000 students in public schools across Alabama. Yet last week they accounted for 92 percent of the students in the state’s newly labeled “failing” schools.
al.com

Three counties account for half the growth in Alabama

Jefferson County, by far the state’s most populous county, has barely changed since 2010. Officially, the Census estimate for Jefferson dropped by just one person from 2014 to 2015.
al.com

Money matters: Life expectancy in Alabama by county and by income

A national study on life expectancy measured against income finds that the men in the lowest income range in Walker and Autauga counties live on average less than 73 years. That’s the shortest life expectancy in the state
al.com

Alabama’s population change over the last five years

Alabama is growing thanks to migration. Many states are not.
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Alabama seeing fewer teen moms

The changes in Alabama mirror the trend nationwide. A recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finds teen pregnancy at a record low.
al.com

Alabama leads nation in death row inmates per capita

An Alabamian is four times as likely as a Texan to end up on death row.
al.com

Which guns are manufactured in Alabama?

The first run of micro pistols in Huntsville came with the shape of the state etched into the stainless barrel and the words “Alabama Inaugural Product.”
al.com

An ugly secret in Alabama: Police dog attacks

Law enforcement releases little information about their K-9s, despite injuries, death.