Police in Alabaster are investigating the death of a 6-month-old girl who was attacked and killed by her great-grandparent's dog last week.

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, which is ...

Cutting-edge DNA genealogy technology is breathing new life into decades-old murder investigations in Alabama, offering hope ...

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out.

The following are uniform incident and offense reports from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office from Feb. 15-21: Feb. 15 -Dangerous drugs-synthetic narcotics-possession (three total counts), use or ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey released a statement Sunday morning following the severe weather that hit the state over the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set an April execution date for a man who dropped his appeals and asked to be put to death for the 2010 rape and murder of a woman. James Osgood, 55, will be ...

according to court records. A jury unanimously recommended Osgood be sentenced to death and the judge accepted the recommendation. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals confirmed Osgood’s ...

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) FILE – In this Nov. 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern ...

Sammy Marks, 71, was stabbed to death at his home on West Alabama near Mandell Street in the Montrose area. His on-again, off-again girlfriend, 53-year-old Sandra Rios, was arrested and charged ...

Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution ...