Parrish News

A Parrish, Ala., man wanted in connection with the Oct. 12 murder of a Walker County man during a robbery at the victim's home was arrested at a motel here and returned to Walker County.

Melinda Nelson was moved to tears Tuesday morning when social workers and bankers presented her with a car.

Authorities are investigating the death of a "person of interest" in the July 29 Parrish truck bombing.

PARRISH -- A murder-for-hire scheme was the motive behind a plot that left a Parrish man seriously injured when a remote control bomb exploded in his truck, authorities said.

PARRISH -- A murder-for-hire scheme was the motive behind a plot that left a Parrish man seriously injured when a remote control bomb exploded in his truck, authorities said.

Authorities have identified the victim of a car bombing in Parrish as Frank Gene Weems Jr.

Parrish, Ala. - Authorities from the federal, state, and local levels were working Thursday evening to find and arrest whoever targeted a Walker County man with a car bomb.

Authorities are investigating a car bomb explosion that seriously injured a man outside a home in Parrish.

WSFA 12 News' sister station WBRC Fox 6 confirms the explosion in Walker County.

A U.S. Army honor guard carries the coffin of Spc. Charles D. 'Dusty' Parrish of Jasper, Alabama, after its arrival Thursday morning at the Alabama Air National Guard base in Birmingham from Dover, Del.

The body of Army Spc. Charles D. "Dusty" Parrish is due to arrive Thursday morning at Birmingham International Airport and he is to be buried Saturday afternoon in his hometown of Jasper.

Solemn voices echoed throughout Eastside Baptist Church as hundreds of loved ones and friends honored the life of 23-year-old, Jasper native and Army Specialist Charles "dusty" Parrish.

The body of a 23-year-old soldier killed in Iraq has returned home to Alabama. The plane carrying U.S. Army Cpl.

Funeral arrangements have now been set for an Alabama soldier killed in Iraq. SPC Charles D. Parrish, 23, of Jasper, died June 4, 2009 in Balad, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade.

JASPER -- A 23-year-old soldier from Jasper died when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade attack in northern Iraq, just about a month shy of his expected return, his mother said.

An Alabama service member died Thursday from wounds suffered when his vehicle ran over a road side bomb in Iraq.

Case details are below. Maurice Shanklin : Police say 23-year-old Maurice Shanklin lives in Parrish, hangs out in Jasper, and is wanted by authorities in Fultondale.