Can't we all just get along? Well, out of court we can, this week in Calhoun County. Folks previously asked to show up for jury duty don't have to, for all affected parties have settled out of court, officials said. Read the full story
Anniston police arrested Randy Kirkland, 61, at his home, also on McKleroy Avenue, around 9:45 a.m., according to an arrest report. Read the full story
"I complained about it and helped get it named a public nuisance. I was helping to clean my neighborhood up. I think somebody got mad at me because of that.” Read the full story
Anniston is the new Calhoun County when it comes to accommodating female inmates. The city jail had room for them; the county jail did not, so Wednesday was a 5-block moving day for 127 of them. Read the full story
Anniston police arrested Randy Kirkland, 61, at his home, also on McKleroy Avenue, around 9:45 a.m., according to an arrest report.
"I complained about it and helped get it named a public nuisance. I was helping to clean my neighborhood up. I think somebody got mad at me because of that.”
Anniston is the new Calhoun County when it comes to accommodating female inmates. The city jail had room for them; the county jail did not, so Wednesday was a 5-block moving day for 127 of them.
Anniston police were searching for a Chicago teen who allegedly assaulted a corrections officer and escaped from the Coosa Valley Juvenile Detention Center in Anniston on Tuesday, officials said.
Deputies of the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man and a woman Friday on charges of unlawful possession of multiple drugs, according to filed reports.
Sometimes, yes, you do have to make a federal case out of it. U.S. Attorney Jay Town, the lead federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Alabama, put that lesson across to area law enforcement officers Tuesday so they can put even more muscle behind the charges they file in certain kinds of cases.
Cleburne County authorities captured a fugitive Tuesday who they said had been on the run in Fruithurst for two days.
Anniston police on Monday were investigating two unrelated first-degree assaults from the weekend. One involved a shotgun, the other involved a moving vehicle.
Two brothers Monday were charged with murder in connection to the death of a Jacksonville woman earlier this month, officials said.
Anniston police charged two men and a woman on Thursday with robbing a man at gunpoint and knifepoint on Willingham Drive, putting him in the trunk of a car and then releasing him in a parking lot earlier this week.
A Pleasant Grove teen charged with murder in the death of an Anniston man could face a maximum punishment of three years for the crime if a Calhoun County judge approves an application for youthful offender status.
Sabrina Duncan, 50, faces a charge of second-degree aggravated assault, according to police.
It appears the victim met a woman over some sort of social media, Anniston police Sgt. Kyle Price said. Police said the victim arranged to meet her and was picked up by a man and a woman he didn’t know.
In unrelated incidents, Anniston residents reported gunshots hitting five occupied buildings and one occupied vehicle, according to police reports.
Police on Saturday discovered what is believed to be additional remains of Kelsey Abigail Williams, a 26-year-old Jacksonville woman, in a burned-out van authorities had been search for.
An Anniston bail bondsman remained suspended from his license on Friday after he was charged last month with propositioning female clients in lieu of money for the third time in three years, officials said.
In one case, officers arrested 21-year-old Jordan Brown of Anniston on a charge of aggravated assault.
The 30-year-old man was charged with one count of rape in the first degree. The incident was originally reported on Feb. 1.
An argument between two men over the cost of tickets to Talladega Superspeedway culminated in a felony assault and menacing complaint on Sunday, according to a police report filed at the time.
Elysia Ruth Dyson, 32, was indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in April.
Pauline Michelle Trammell, 38, was indicted on a charge of negligent homicide on April 17 but was not arrested until May 10 in connection with the death of 81-year-old Norris William Parton, according to court records.
A 77-year-old Anniston woman reported gunshots into her home Tuesday morning, according to police.
A $10 million hotel project planned for Anniston might miss its January 2019 deadline for construction, city officials said on Wednesday, after one of the two developers remained jailed in Mississippi on attempted kidnapping and escape charges.
A forensic expert identified a woman found dead in Glencoe on Saturday as a 26-year-old Jacksonville resident, officials said.
