A 4-year-old boy's parents face multiple charges, including first-degree assault, after the child shot himself in the family's reptile-filled home.

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Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Capt. Falon Hurst to replace former Sheriff Matthew Wade, who retired earlier this week. “This community is my home,” Hurst wrote in announcing his appointment on Facebook.

Alabama lawmakers today raised doubts that a bill to create a fee that people would pay to make international cash transfers ...

When I got the call from my chief deputy that morning telling me that we have a 4-year-old child in the hospital with a ...

Investigators filed capital murder charges on Friday against a man in the shooting death of a 21-year-old Alabama State ...

The appointments include judges in Calhoun and Montgomery counties, and sheriffs in Perry and Calhoun counties.

There's a new acting sheriff in Calhoun County. The Alabama Sheriffs Association said Lynde Meeder was sworn in Tuesday as ...

Falon C. Hurst says he is deeply honored and humbled to serve as the sheriff and is grateful for the confidence placed in him ...

Blount County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a press conference Tuesday after two parents were charged with their son being shot ...

Right now, anyone who is at least 18 years old and has been a resident in the state of Alabama for one day can run for ...

Married Alabama school employee Amy Nicole Wigginton, 41, allegedly confessed to having sex with a student on school grounds ...