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Alabama investigating secret surveillance of courthouse employee Updated Dec 21, 2020; Who’s been secretly watching a courthouse employee at the Jackson County Courthouse in Scottsboro? The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to look into the discovery of a security camera allegedly trained on a county courthouse employee, according to a statement Monday by the Jackson County Commission. In the statement, the four district commissioners called it inappropriate surveillance. “The commissioners take this allegation very seriously and are providin...

Jackson County Commission Chairman resigns Jackson County Commission Chairman resigns By Anna Mahan | December 22, 2020 at 3:51 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 4:52 PM SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WAFF) - A Jackson County Chairman resigned Tuesday afternoon. Chairman Tim Guffey submitted a letter of resignation and the commission voted to accept that resignation at a special meeting called Tuesday afternoon. Vice-Chairman Jason Venable, who represents District 2, will now act as interim chair. Although the circumstance regarding the resignation was not discussed, this meeting comes one day after co...

District Commissioners announce inappropriate surveillance allegation investigation of Jackson County employee Latest details on inappropriate surveillance investigation By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | December 21, 2020 at 10:03 AM CST - Updated December 21 at 12:37 PM JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating an allegation of inappropriate surveillance at the Jackson County Courthouse. On Monday, the four Jackson County District Commissioners announced they had been advised by ALEA that an investigation was underway involving a Jackson County employee....

During their Dec. 14 meeting, the Jackson County Commission discussed adjustments to the Jackson County’s holiday schedule as well as the purchase of equipment for various departments. Due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the state and county, the commission approved the addition of Dec. 28 and Dec. 29 as holidays for the county. This will allow for the courthouse to be closed for a total of 12 days during the Christmas Holiday in an attempt by the commission to address the spread of COVID-19. A commission meeting scheduled for Dec. 28 was moved to Jan. 4 to accommodate the change. The com...