Stephens was booked into the Madison County Jail and is being charged with two counts of reckless murder, two counts of assault, DUI and one count of reckless endangerment.
Six months after granting the ability for medical cannabis dispensaries to open in the city of Athens some residents now want city leaders to rethink the decision.
The Sheriff’s Office now has a new way to detect drugs and prevent them from coming into its facility. Leaders have added a K9 unit named Tango. He is a 1-year-old German Shepherd, who is certified and trained in narcotics detection.
A man who was arrested in August 2022 after he allegedly ran a woman over with his car, was indicted for murder by a Morgan County grand jury on April 14.
According to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, Robert Reyer, 67, was last seen around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday wearing black sweatpants, black and brown raincoat, glasses and a black walking cane. He was seen in the area of Blackburn Road in Athens.
Officers with the Athens Police Department were dispatched to a local apartment on May 12 for an unresponsive two-year-old. The child was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Citizens and officers with sheriff's offices in North Alabama, including Morgan County, Limestone County, and Huntsville, will gather and pay homage to those who gave their lives in the line of duty.
According to an official with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, Chas Stiles, 77, was arrested Monday and charged with human trafficking, sodomy, sexual abuse and enticing a child for immoral purposes.
A total of six people were arrested at the club Saturday. Two of the six were arrested for operating a nightclub without a business license or liquor license in a dry part of Morgan County.
According to a spokesperson for Decatur City Schools, parents were waiting in the carline when a driver suffered a medical issue and drove through the grassy area and hit a section of the canopy.
According to a Facebook post from the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, James Carwile walked off a work detail outside of the Limestone County Detention Center.
School system records showed Lt. Col. Michael Snyder resigned in March after multiple school officials accused him of disciplining two students by allowing them to fight each other.
According to a Facebook post by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office deputies took Brandon Grizzard, 40, into custody at the jail when he attempted to flee.
According to a spokesperson for the City of Athens, deputies with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from Athens Fire, removed the inmate from the roof safely.
According to a press release from the Decatur Police Department, Nicquan Forbes used an “AR15 style weapon” to shoot at a building in the area of Clearview Street and Morgan Avenue on April 23.
A Hartselle man was arrested by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service for an alleged armed robbery and trafficking of fentanyl.