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Ivey announces Lauderdale, Morgan County district judge appointments

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey announced appointments Monday to fill vacancies in two North Alabama district judgeship positions. William D. Motlow III was named District...

Mitchell appointed Jackson County circuit judge

MONTGOMERY -- Matthew C. Mitchell has been appointed Circuit Judge for Jackson County, Gov. Kay Ivey announced.  A graduate of Samford University and the...

Madison County Judicial Commission accepting applications for District Court judge

HUNTSVILLE -- The Madison County Judicial Commission will accept applications this month to fill a District Court judge position. Circuit Judge Danna Pate, chair of...

Burgess resentenced to life without parole for 1993 Morgan County murder

DECATUR -- Roy Burgess Jr. has been resentenced to life without parole for the brutal 1993 capital murder of 16-year-old Kevin Ray Gardner, Attorney General...

Decatur police officer enters not guilty plea in Perkins’ murder

DECATUR – Mac Bailey Marquette, the former Decatur police officer who was charged with murder in the shooting death of city resident Stephen Perkins,...

Former DeKalb County judicial candidate sentenced for felony convictions

MONTGOMERY – A former DeKalb County attorney and judicial candidate was sentenced for her involvement in multiple crimes, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today. Teresa...

Ski trip, beach trip listed in indictment of Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Self

MONTGOMERY – Circuit Judge Gilbert P. Self has been arrested on charges that include allegedly using public funds to pay for a ski trip,...

‘Justice served’: Smith executed; first to die by nitrogen gas

ATMORE -- "Justice has been served." At 8:25 p.m. Thursday, Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead after his execution in the murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth...

Athens Pardons & Paroles Office provides solid core for growing future

ATHENS – In 2022, Athens was listed as the third-fasted growing town in Alabama. On top of that, Limestone County is experiencing the highest population...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama Legislature’s maps

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the State of Alabama’s emergency request that the court reinstate Alabama’s partisan congressional map that the GOP...