
More than three dozen FBI agents, Alabama Homeland Security Task Force agents, U.S. Marshals and local authorities descended on the Prichard Police Department Tuesday morning and arrested a police officer in a long-spanning conspiracy investigation.

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges as he appeared for the first time in court on Thursday and told a media outlet that he rejected a plea deal from federal prosecutors.

The general manager of North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) in Jackson County will be pleading guilty to a bribery charge, according to the terms of a plea agreement filed last week.