Lipscomb News

Go back, back, back in time, and put yourself in a grammar school class of, say, 25 students.

Jabari Leon Bascomb fatally beat his victim 15 times with a broken rifle. A Lipscomb, Alabama, teenager pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge of intentional murder for a 2007 case in which he beat the victim 15 times with a broken rifle in a Huffman home.

A preliminary hearing on Lipscomb and Wenonah area homes possibly damaged by blasting at a nearby rock quarry was continued to next week after three hours of testimony today.

A man killed this morning in a wreck on Interstate 20/59 South at Valley Road in Fairfield has been identified as James Everson.

Listen Live A Jefferson County Jury Friday afternoon, convicted 20-year old Lakendall Sims of capital murder in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year old woman.

Lipscomb Police Chief Conlin Payne will go on trial this summer on charges of child abuse.

A convicted rapist who now faces capital murder charges is scheduled to be back in court Monday.

Lipscomb fire fighter John Lawrence is being honored with the 2008 Fire Fighter of the Year Award.

Published: Monday, January 12, 2009 at 1:16 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 12, 2009 at 1:16 p.m. A petition asking Birmingham to annex a small west Jefferson County town awaits action from city officials ...

"What is the cost of a life," Brighton mayor Angelo Hinkle asks. "You can't put a value on that." Strapped for resources and struggling to protect its citizens, the Brighton Fire Department says it needs to ...

Lipscomb Police Chief Conlin Payne pleaded not guilty today to a charge of child abuse in Jefferson County Circuit Court.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies have arrested two men in a string of armed robberies aimed at Hispanic victims, authorities said today.