Jennifer Horton

Birmingham's mass shooting in 5 Points South served as the backdrop at an event at the White House focused on combatting violent gun crime Thursday.

Hoover resident Mohammad Mohammad pleaded not guilty to a single racketeering murder charge in federal court.

Daniel Lee Allan Brown is charged with deprivation of rights under the color of law.

An eighth defendant agreed to plead guilty in the ongoing civil rights investigation into the death of inmate Tony Mitchell in the Walker County Jail.

The Irondale man who attempted to detonate an explosive device at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office earlier this year was sentenced to federal prison Thursday.

The Lipscomb City Council called an emergency meeting Monday to repeal a bingo ordinance that’s been in place for some time.  The action came hours before a hearing over whether to extend a restraining order filed by the state last week that froze the city’s assets following multiple attempts to shut down what the AG’s Office calls illegal bingo operations in Lipscomb. 

The City of Lipscomb will be able to make payroll this week, according to court records.

As 2024 comes to a close, violent crime in the City of Birmingham is down 7.5%, according to Birmingham Police statistics.

The Speedy Trial Act, a bill drafted by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, would allocate new resources for already backlogged criminal courts across the state. 

The City of Brighton is on the clock. It’s the latest municipality in Jefferson County under the microscope for electronic bingo, or what some consider gambling.