Dekalb County News

Like the federal stimulus program or not, it is paying off for at least one community in DeKalb County.

The use of a stolen credit card to pay for a room at the Microtel Inn in Albertville led to the arrest of a man and woman.

A man accused of sending more than 1,600 sexually explicit text messages - commonly known as "sexting" - to a teenage girl is out on bond.

A man has been arrested in a text messaging case happening in northeast Alabama.

FORT PAYNE -- A man accused of sending more than 1,600 sexually explicit text messages -- commonly known as 'sexting' -- to a teenage girl is out on bond.

Authorities finally closed the book Friday on a 23-year-old Fort Payne murder case.

A DeKalb County man accused of sending numerous sexually explicit cell phone text messages to a 15-year-old girl has been released from the County Jail here on a $15,000 bond.

An 18-month-old child was found dead in an inflatable pool on Monday, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris.

A thin sheet of weathered tin is all that stands at the heads of graves of two DeKalb County veterans with few answers coming as to the whereabouts of tombstones ordered nearly a year ago.

There's good news and bad news about Sylvania Gap Road. The bad news is that it isn't likely to re-open in 2009.

Two suspects arrested last week for distributing child pornography will stay in jail for now.

DeKalb County deputies teamed up with Boaz city police last week to make a second arrest in a child porn investigation.

A man facing child pornography charges is behind bars. Deputies seized four computers and hundreds of discs with sexual images of children.

Media release from Sheriff Jimmy Harris of Dekalb County: On June 16, 2009, Investigators with the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office were contacted by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Boaz Police Department concerning the dissemination of child pornography.

When Fort Payne police responded to a Sunday morning call, they found underage drinking, a large crowd and loud music, according to Police Commissioner Ron Ogletree's office.

Police broke up two separate alleged house parties in Fort Payne over the weekend, resulting in the combined arrests of 26 people, most of them juveniles charged with underage drinking.

Times-Tribune Staff Report The DeKalb County, Ala., Times-Journal reported Tuesday that Kevin Hughes Reynolds, of London, was unhurt in the early morning hours of Monday when a motorcycle collided with the side of the transfer truck he was driving.

A Dekalb County Deputy makes an arrest and finds a methamphetamine lab, during a routine call.

DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris is continuing his efforts to meet with communities across the county and address their concerns throughought the summer, according to a statement from the Sheriff's Office.

Jacob Croft is emerging as a dominant presence on the baseball field for Sylvania High School, and the bad news for Ram opponents is he still has two seasons to play.