Crime and Courts

As tariffs create ripples in the auto industry, a Mercedes-Benz is weighing its options after $1.2 billion in losses.

As law enforcement digs deeper, the story of a Gallion resident unfolds, intertwining past actions with current laws and community safety.

The courtroom drama is heating up in Bibb County — but can a fair jury be found in a community so affected by the case? The defense doesn't think so.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox warned visitors to the Druid City on Monday that while all are welcome to come and enjoy all the city has to offer, they should plan to either behave or wind up in jail.

A spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa Police Department said they received more than 70 calls for service in the Strip area after A-Day on Saturday, prompting them to shut down the bar-and-restaurant district before sunset.

Police in Tuscaloosa have closed the Strip after crowds in the bar-and-restaurant-filled district near the University of Alabama campus got too rowdy on Saturday afternoon.

A judge in Fayette County has sentenced a sex criminal there to life in prison after he pleaded guilty late last year to the first-degree rape of a minor.

A jury in Tuscaloosa County has convicted a local man of murder for a 2023 fatal shooting here in the city, District Attorney Hays Webb announced on Friday.

A Tuscaloosa man and his wife have been arrested after an investigation found evidence that he was sexually abusing their adopted child, and she knew about it.

Officer Miguel Edwards is back at home, but the echoes of last week’s gunfire resonate through the Greensboro community. A reminder of the risks our law enforcement faces daily.