Walker County's unemployment rate rose from 3.2 percent to 3.4 percent in January, according to figures from the Alabama ...

Good morning West Alabama. It is Friday, March 21, 2025. This is the 80th day of the year with 285 remaining.

Carpenter is accused of stomping Mitchell while arresting him in 2023 then not being truthful about it when he testified to a ...

On Jan. 22, a grand jury handed down indictments against Carl Lofton Carpenter and James Matthew Handley. Each are charged with deprivation of rights and witness tampering. Carpenter and Handley ...

Walker County Sheriff's Deputy James Handley entered a plea of not guilty in federal court Thursday morning in Birmingham.

The Walker County Commission met Monday morning to address concerns over matters at the sheriff's office, following the indictment of two deputies and the removal of the WCSO Facebook page.

Activists say an Alabama teenager's incarceration in an adult jail violates federal and state laws that require inmates who are minors to be separated from adults. Djovani Jean-Pierre spent his ...

The Walker County Commission held a meeting Monday March 10, 2025, as two law enforcement officers with the Walker County ...

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. — A sheriff in Alabama says he's deactivated his office's Facebook ... with the sheriff's office were indicted in connection with the mistreatment of inmate Tony Mitchell during ...

This comes after two Walker County deputies were indicted last week on federal charges in connection with the death of a jail inmate. Deputies James Mathew Handley and Carl Lofton Carpenter are ...

Three people are dead and one is in critical condition after a shooting at a home in Walker County. Authorities arrived at a Rock Spring home at 7:10 p.m. Saturday after they received a "distress ...