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Deputy shoots, injures man in Buckley Deedee Sun A 70-year-old man is in critical condition after Pierce County deputies opened fire while responding to a 911 call. Police said at around 1:45 p.m, they responded to a 911 call in the 14900 block of 272 Avenue East for a domestic violence incident involving a weapon. When deputies arrived and made contact with the suspect, he was armed with a handgun. One deputy opened fire. Investigators have not released what happened in the mo...

‘We demand justice’: Emotional vigil held for man fatally shot by Birmingham police Updated 9:51 PM; Facebook Share More than 100 people gathered just yards from where Desmon Ray Jr. was fatally shot by Birmingham police on Easter Sunday, remembering better times with the 28-year-old father of six and demanding answers in his death. “It’s a very unfortunate reality that another mother, another father, have to bury their child with no explanation as to why,’ said Eric Hall, co-founder...

Dale M. Brumfield The hanging of John F. Morgan is well known across Jackson County. But what is perhaps less known is the prominent role “spectacle executions” like Morgan’s played not just in West Virginia but throughout the entire American South. On a freezing Dec. 16, 1897, a New York Sun reporter gathered with anywhere from 6,000-10,000 others in a 10-acre lot in Ripley, W.Va. They had arrived on foot, on horseback and in wagons from Calhoun, Mason, Kanawha and Wood counties on rutte...

By Thomas Lane2021-04-15T05:00:00+01:00 Contractors have long been the dirty boys of the building industry and at the back of the field in the race towards net zero. But things are changing on construction sites, and some of the biggest polluters are taking significant steps to reduce their carbon footprint Last year sales of petrol and diesel cars slumped by 39% and 55% respectively while sales of electric cars leapt by 185% to take 6.6% of the market, up from 1.6% in 2019. This transformati...

Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter) By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. It’s more than a game. That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola. The annual fall gridiron meeting at Legion Field between Alabama State...

Alabama’s Magic City Classic different this year, but rivalry the same By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. April 14, 2021 Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter) It’s more than a game. That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic pr...

Shafkat Anowar/AP toggle caption Shafkat Anowar/AP Two boys hold signs at an April 6 news conference, days after a Chicago police officer fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Shafkat Anowar/AP Chicago has released video footage showing the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo, more than two weeks after the 13-year-old was killed during a foot chase in the Little Village neighborhood. A graphic and disturbing video captures what police have described as a...

Chief Patrick Smith said a series of shootings over the past week has the community concerned. He said the department is doing everything it can to address every single incident and bring justice to every single victim. But he says in order to do that, the “no snitch” culture must end.

50-year-old man dies after being shot multiple times on west Jefferson County road Updated 12:02 PM; A 50-year-old man has died following a shooting late Thursday night in western Jefferson County. Sheriff’s deputies responded at 10:30 p.m. to Valley Road near Fairfield Boulevard on a report of someone shot. When they arrived, they found the victim still inside his 2015 Honda Accord. The vehicle, said Sgt. Joni Money, was at a standstill and blocking a lane of traffic. The victim had been sh...

Birmingham City School student killed in drive-by shooting Teen killed in double shooting on 40th Street N. By Randi Hildreth | April 8, 2021 at 6:19 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 6:19 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police are investigating a second deadly shooting this week and it’s another case that involves young victims. A 16-year-old boy is dead and another teen is recovering in the hospital after a drive-by shooting in the Inglenook community. Birmingham City School leade...