Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, is sponsoring a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Alabama voters to decide ...

Man indicted for murder-for-hire related to body burning and burial Bibb County, AL John Wesley Collum, 57, faces a capital murder-for-hire indictment for involvement in the death of Oscar De Santiago ...

Governor Ivey's funding will support energy-efficient upgrades for homes in West Alabama, allowing families to save on steep ...

Bibb County Jail detainees listen to a speaker during the Just Walk Away initiative at the Bibb County Jail in this file ...

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate found unresponsive inside the Bibb County Jail. The ...

Jones said deputies found the 51-year-old inmate unresponsive on the floor of a jail cell around 5:53 p.m. Deputies tried CPR ...

Despite new programs meant to reduce the jail population by 150 people, Sheriff David Davis says the facility now holds more inmates than when reforms launched.

Former civil rights leader Jamil Al-Amin, once known as H. Rap Brown, died in federal prison Sunday. Al-Amin was convicted in 2002 for killing Fulton County Deputy Ricky Kinchen. His family and ...

Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” depicted in the new HBO documentary about Alabama prisons. They held a press ...

Despite concerns that the Georgia Promise Scholarship would accelerate student departures from Bibb County public schools, officials say district enrollment has remained steady so far this year — ...