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Officials investigate death of 2-year-old Harpersville boy, Drayden McGowan

August 28, 2010

The Alabama Department of Forensic Science will be performing an autopsy to determine the cause of the child's death. ? ? The Shelby County Sheriff’s office is helping to investigate the death of a 2-year-old Harpersville boy who was pronounced dead…

New Hope man stabbed, killed during property dispute

August 28, 2010

A New Hope woman is in jail and facing murder charges after police say she stabbed her neighbor during a dispute over a property line Thursday afternoon. According to a release from Madison County Sheriff’s Investigator Brent Patterson, deputies responded to Washington Avenue in New Hope…

They never found young mother’s body, but now Melinda McGhee is officially dead

August 27, 2010

"After seven years, you get a death certificate, and March was seven years. That doesn’t mean the case is closed. Melinda’s case is still open," a relative said. View full size (Press-Register/G.M. Andrews) …

Unmarked car near bank helps police nab suspected bank robber

August 26, 2010

Shortly after 1:30 p.m., a woman walked into the Wachovia bank at Max Luther Drive and Memorial Parkway and handed a note to the teller demanding money, police said. ? Dave Dieter / The Huntsville Times A Huntsville police officer talks with a woman taken into…

ABI inquiry completed in fatal Dothan police shooting

August 25, 2010

District Attorney Doug Valeska said agents with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation have completed their inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a drug suspect by Dothan police last month.

Birmingham police: Ensley child not wounded by gunfire

August 24, 2010

Police said there was a puncture wound between the child's eyes and swelling in the back of his head. Birmingham police officers place one of two brothers they’ve detained in a patrol car. The officers are investigating a child’s head injury?on…

Cause of oil spill subject of Houston hearings this week

August 23, 2010

HOUSTON — Federal investigators are hearing testimony from BP executives in a joint probe into the cause of the explosion that led to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard) This image provided by the U…

Vehicle plows into crowd at California 200 desert race, killing 8

August 15, 2010

Tens of thousands of people attend the California 200, in which dune buggy-style vehicles take jumps and other obstacles on the off-road course. The crowd gathers next to the track with little-or-no barrier between them and the vehicles. LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. — A vehicle plowed into…

T.R. Miller High School mourns principal killed in high-speed crash

August 13, 2010

Word of the deaths spread quickly Wednesday, and by Thursday morning, students wore black and gathered for prayer at the front of the school. Donald Rotch typically greeted them there each morning, walkie-talkie in hand. View full size (Press-Register/Connie Baggett) Students gather at TR Miller High …

Brewton police chief: Officer acted within chase policy; family of man involved questions actions

August 12, 2010

Brewton Police Chief Monte McGougin today defended the high-speed chase that ended Wednesday evening in the death of two area men — one the longtime principal at T.R. Miller High and another a 1990 graduate of the school — while family members called the pursuit "needless….

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