Friday Nov 27 | Everything Alabama
Jefferson County hopeful homicides halved in 2009
So far, seven people have been slain in Jefferson County in 2009, down from 13 last year.
Brighton police charge Bessemer 16-year-old with capital murder
House District 56 voters have an election today
There's a special runoff election today to fill the unexpired term of state Rep.
Convicted murderer Carr sentenced to life in Jefferson County court in Bessemer
A 22-year-old man convicted in the 2007 murders of two people in Brighton was sentenced today to life in prison without parole.
Brighton man, 75, missing since Saturday, found safe in woods
Rescue workers carry William Thomas Camp for treatment. Authorities have located a 75-year-old Alzheimer's patient missing since Saturday night.
Brighton man, 75, still missing after aerial search
A 75 year old man from Brighton remains missing, despite aerial searches for him.
At midnight Friday Sheriff Mike Hale closed the Bessemer jail and gave those near four dozen deputies their walking papers.
VIDEO: Sheriff budget cuts could impact Brighton, Lipscomb
They include closing the Bessemer Jail and placing 45 deputies and 27 civilians on unpaid leave.
Police and sheriff's deputies investigate Monday night shooting in Brighton
Brighton police and Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a Monday night shooting that left one man wounded, according to a sheriff's spokesman.
Flooding in Brighton: St. Julian Street
At the end of the block neighbors say the storm sewer is stopped up and water has no place to go.
Five Families Displaced by Flooding
People who live in low areas or near waterways got just what they didn't need today- more rain.
Continue reading "Suspect captured in connection with Brighton murder"
After a week-long search, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and U.S. Marshals have captured a suspect sought in the murder of a Brighton man.
Detectives Say Three Recent Homicides are Related
Three homicides in just over a month, all within a few blocks of each other, have turned Brighton and the outer lying area into a war zone.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's office is assisting the Brighton Police Dept. in the city's latest homicide.
Continue reading "Man convicted of capital murder in 2007 Brighton slayings"
A 24-year-old Birmingham man was convicted today of capital murder in the Nov. 2, 2007, shooting deaths of Carl Moneyham and Donna Green in Brighton, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office.
Arrest made in sleeping womana s murder in Brighton
A Capital Murder suspect has been arrested in connection with a Brighton homicide.
Arrest made in sleeping womana s murder in Brighton
A Capital Murder suspect has been arrested in connection with a Brighton homicide.
Sleeping Brighton woman killed in drive-by gunfire
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent drive-by shooting that killed a 38-year-old woman who was asleep in bed.
Instead of sheriff's deputies, what would Jefferson County look like with the National Guard on the streets? With 40 percent of his department wiped out this morning in court, Sheriff Mike Hale says he would have to cut 300 deputies, which would leave a major hole in his staff and compromise public safety.
Jefferson County deputies, U.S. marshals arrest man in fatal shooting of sleeping Brighton woman
Jeremy Dewayne Craig arrested this morning in death of Della Mae Banks. A 23-year-old man was taken into custody this morning in connection with the fatal shooting of a Brighton woman killed this week while asleep in her bed.