Alabama Joins $45M Cash App Settlement Over Fraud Claims
Alabama will receive $595,421 from a $45 million multistate settlement with Cash App parent Block Inc. over claims it misled users and failed to prevent fraud.
The House That Crime Built: Inside Daphne’s Nichols Real Estate and Its Troubling Embrace of Convicted Felons
In the sun-drenched, oak-lined streets of Daphne, Alabama, the real estate market is booming. Families are moving in, property values are soaring, and the image of the quintessential Southern community…
Orange Beach Paid Fired Ex-AG Investigator $5,875 for Four Days Reviewing Police Response to Kennon 911 Call
Orange Beach paid a fired former Alabama Attorney General's Office investigator $5,875 to review the police response to a 2024 domestic violence 911 call involving Mayor Tony Kennon.
Ex-Wife Carla Williams Also Arrested in Mobile Businessman’s $10.5 Million Securities Fraud Case
Carla Williams, ex-wife of indicted businessman Peter Falkner, has surrendered and been arrested on the same securities fraud and conspiracy charges tied to a $10.5 million investment scheme.
Prichard Council Says It May Lack Power to Act on Grand Jury’s Police Overhaul Demand as Mayor Stays Away
Prichard City Council members say Alabama law may require Mayor Carletta Davis' involvement to act on a grand jury's call to remove the police chief and rebuild the department, but…
A Thomasville Couple Took Grieving Families’ Money for Memorials That Never Arrived. They Just Pleaded Guilty.
Anthony Kirven Williams and Teresa Cobb Williams, operators of Williams Granite Memorial in Thomasville, pleaded guilty to theft charges and must pay more than $50,000 in restitution to grieving families.
Alabama Regulators Open Data Center Power Contract Review as Calvert, Prichard and Stockton Projects Loom
State regulators are rewriting how electric contracts for giant data centers get reviewed, with public comments due in August. The outcome could shape projects proposed in Calvert, Prichard and Baldwin…
Daphne Lawmaker Renews Push to Allow Executions for Child Rape Convictions
A state representative from Daphne is reviving a fight to expand Alabama’s death penalty to cover some of the state’s most severe child sex crimes, just days after discussing the…
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Mobile Man’s Murder Conviction
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the murder conviction of a Mobile man who will now spend the rest of his life behind bars, according to the Alabama…
Mobile County DA Candidate Blackwood Disavows Pre-Dawn Robocall, Cries Foul
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile County District Attorney candidate Keith Blackwood said a robocall that jolted voters awake early on Election Day 2022 did not come from his campaign, and he…