
The Calera Police Department said suspects in a theft at Walmart abandoned two kids after a wrong-way high-speed chase down Interstate 65 Sunday afternoon.

District Attorney CJ Robinson, of the Nineteenth Circuit, announced the “Hug-a-Thug” policies are over after the sentencing of a career criminal in Chilton County.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Saturday evening in Chilton County.

During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Smith offered his assessment of I-65 traffic problems plaguing parts of his district and expressed his hope for attention from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).

Plans for a large agriculture center in central Alabama have fallen through, with leaders unable to agree on final details about a project that was delayed during the pandemic and projected to cost about $150 million.