The Lipscomb City Council called an emergency meeting Monday to repeal a bingo ordinance that’s been in place for some time. The action came hours before a hearing over whether to extend a restraining order filed by the state last week that froze the city’s assets following multiple attempts to shut down what the AG’s Office calls illegal bingo operations in Lipscomb.
The Irondale man who attempted to detonate an explosive device at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office earlier this year was sentenced to federal prison Thursday.
State Attorney General Steve Marshall said the facilities must cease operations, including financial transactions connected with the facility or those operating it.
Eight Bessemer cases involving electronic bingo will now be heard by a judge in the Bessemer division. The Alabama Supreme Court reversed a decision by a Bessemer Division judge, who initially dismissed the cases, ruling he didn’t have jurisdiction.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says a high-speed chase and crash involving a stolen vehicle Thursday ended with one person dead and a second injured in what is being investigated as an officer-involved shooting.
The Ohatchee Police Department confirms the suspect has been located and three children police say were abducted Tuesday morning have been located and are safe.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office is asking the Birmingham Water Works Board to turn over a long list of detailed documents related to the utility’s potential rate increase in a move the signals increased scrutiny from the AG’s office of the largest water system in the state.
As expected, widely scattered storms are starting to pop across central Alabama. They could quickly turn strong or severe and produce damaging winds and large hail.
Authorities have charged 70-year-old Robert Findlay Smith with capital murder involving the deaths of three people at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills on Thursday evening, June 16, 2022.
Around 9:47 a.m. St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, Riverside Police and Pell City Police responded to a call of a suicidal man on Depot Street in Riverside.
