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Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Three EF-2 and one EF-1 storm have been confirmed.
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Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 8:32 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Randall Robertson, 61, was killed when the vehicle he was driving left the road and struck a tree.
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Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 11:21 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Photos from the Rogersville Volunteer Fire Department show that a portion of the building’s roof was taken off.
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Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 11:54 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Lamarcus Ricks turned himself in on Oct. 28 after authorities seized multiple dogs from a property in Tuscumbia and nearly 68 dogs from a property in Center Star, Alabama.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Wade Smith
Steward’s bond was set at $300,000 and he was released on March 21.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:24 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office has presented an indictment to an inmate for allegedly supplying a lethal amount of fentanyl to another inmate.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:52 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Former Moulton Water Superintendent Jerry Johnson allegedly gave a form with a forged signature to an employee at the Moulton City Hall.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 10:35 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a press release from the police department, Thomas Armstead sent multiple obscene videos and images to a juvenile between July 2022 and February 2023.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 12:53 PM CDT
|By Zach Shrivers
Bronnie Grissom, 32, is formally charged with sexual abuse and other sex crimes
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 6:30 AM CDT
|By Wade Smith and Nick Kremer
Casey White's legal defense team filed a motion asking the court to change the venue of the trial due to the vast media coverage of the escape.
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Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:42 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Court documents show the child was just over a year old.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:45 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
A pedestrian in Florence was struck and killed in a car crash Tuesday night on Veterans Drive.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 2:01 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Colbert County Sheriff Eric Balentine confirms the child was found in Mississippi on March 14
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 1:04 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Eric Puryear was a deputy with the sheriff’s office until he was fired in January.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 11:11 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
An official with the sheriff’s office said the three inmates used a “device” to start a fire that melted and damaged an interior window that separated the pod they were in from the hallway.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
According to a spokesperson for the Florence Police Department, Chaunquonecia Vasjhaud Smith was indicted for chemical endangerment of a child after the death of a baby.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 12:59 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
The Red Bay Police Department received a call from the Red Bay emergency room explaining a domestic violence incident that occurred Feb. 18.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 12:42 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
The minor told police that Jeffrey Butler had been forcing him to perform sexual acts for over a year and a half.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 11:32 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
Police say the principal found a 9mm pistol in the student's vehicle Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 12:13 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
According to the police department spokesperson, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is conducting the investigation.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:45 AM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office identified the deceased as Dustin Pettus, 42 of Florence.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 4:03 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
An eight-year-old boy in Franklin County was shot and killed Saturday after finding a gun that had been taken out of his parent's car.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
Severe weather throughout North Alabama has caused power outages.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 4:10 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
New evidence and tips have led investigators to charge an Indiana man with attempted murder and arson for a house fire that occurred in 2020.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 8:12 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
The Cherokee landfill was ordered to close Tuesday and will remain closed until it meets standards set forth by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:07 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Michael Enlow, 59, was killed when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a Chevrolet Tahoe.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 12:46 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
The funds total $8.7 million and will be distributed to qualified applicants, according to the governor’s office.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 9:54 AM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a spokesperson for the police department, Britteny Carroll was arrested on an indictment from a 2021 domestic violence incident.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 7:32 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
Court documents show that Rickey Ball was permitted to leave the Lauderdale County Work Release Center on Sept. 14 to search for a job. Ball left the facility but never returned.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 10:49 PM CST
|By Savannah Sapp
$50M project brings new residences and small businesses.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 9:06 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
A man from Baton Rouge Louisiana was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Colbert County Saturday morning.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 9:03 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
Derrick Richardson is accused of having sexual contact with a girl who was under the age of 12 when he was 16 or older. The alleged incidents occurred between 1997 and 1998.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 7:56 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
The suspect is accused of killing and abusing the corpse of a woman who he had at least one child with in August 2022.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 1:29 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
Samuel Fuqua was indicted for murder on Jan. 5 and his bond was set at $250,000.
LIST: School systems in north Alabama closing, remote learning Thursday due to severe weather threat
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 6:54 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
Click here to see the most updated list of school closings for Thursday
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 10:19 AM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
Agencies that assist domestic violence victims received funding through Alabama’s Domestic Violence Trust Fund, as announced by Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 4:21 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer and Matthew King
The Colbert County coroner has confirmed that the body of a 63-year-old man who was lost in a boat crash on Jan. 28 has been found.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 7:44 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
The body of a Lawrence County man who had been missing since Jan. 25 was found in Bankhead National Forest Saturday.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 2:29 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
The home was declared a total loss.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2023 at 10:08 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
Three firefighters were taken to Helen Keller Hospital where they were treated for burns.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:01 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the pedestrian was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene on I-65 near mile marker 366.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 5:53 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
A teacher at Hibbett Intermediate School has been placed on administrative leave as a joint investigation is underway.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 3:48 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
A man who was flown to Huntsville Hospital following a car crash in Lawrence County died Monday night.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 3:32 PM CST
|By Jasmyn Cornell
The Florence City Council is expected to vote on a sewer extension agreement for the new Lauderdale County Agricultural Event Center.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 9:33 AM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Quearus Coffey was indicted on capital murder on Feb. 2
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 9:33 AM CST
|By WSFA 12 News Staff
An inmate who was the victim of an assault at Bullock Correctional has died days after the incident.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:45 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
A Florence man has been arrested for using someone else's information to receive money from an ATM in February 2022.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 2:07 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
Officers with the Florence Police Department knew that the stolen bike was Devin's primary way of getting to work and decided to gift him a new one.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 1:09 PM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
deputies responded to a domestic dispute call involving a father and son at a home on County Road 5 after 8 p.m.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM CST
|By Nick Kremer
When officers with the Cherokee Police Department responded to a welfare check call, a suspect at the scene got into a fight with officers and eventually pointed a gun at authorities.