Alabama

Hoover Police Department (HOOVER, Ala.) — Alabama police are continuing their search for a woman who went missing after she called 911 saying she saw a toddler walking on the side of a highway. The Hoover Police Department said 25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell made a 911 call on Wednesday to report that she saw a […]

Courtesy of Kelly Shannon (NEW YORK) — Kelly Shannon was excited when she found out she was pregnant. With a daughter under the age of 2, Shannon and her husband had been actively trying for a second child. The Alabama couple’s happiness quickly turned to heartbreak when testing revealed just three days before Christmas there […]

Phil Dowdell/Facebook (DADEVILLE, Ala.) — Four people were killed and 28 others were injured in a shooting in a rural Alabama town late Saturday. The shooting took place at a crowded birthday party in the small town of Dadeville, located approximately 60 miles northeast of Montgomery, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Here’s what […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) — A police officer in Huntsville, Alabama, has died, and another remains hospitalized in critical condition, after being shot while responding to a shooting call Tuesday, police said. “This is a devastating loss for the our department, the Huntsville community and the State of Alabama,” Huntsville Police Chief Kirk Giles said […]

The failing septic tank buried behind Mautree Burke’s home causes sewage to rise to the surface of her backyard. — USDA (NEW YORK) — After years of dealing with unsanitary wastewater conditions in and outside of their homes, some residents in the predominately African American Black Belt region of Alabama allege the state agency tasked […]