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The board held 41 parole hearings Tuesday, granting five paroles and denying 36.

The hearings will remain closed to public attendance because of COVID-19.

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department identified six of the seven people who were found shot to death in a burning home in rural Morgan County late Thursday night. Six of the victims were adults and the seventh is a 17-year-old girl. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office released a statement Friday afternoon with the identities of … Continued

Seven people were found dead in a horrific scene at a home in rural Morgan County late Thursday night after gunshots were reported. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office Friday morning said its deputies responded to the scene Thursday night. At approximately 11:23 p.m. deputies responded to a gunshots call in the 500 block of Talacuh … Continued

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles announced in a statement to the press that it will hold parole hearings for twenty violent offenders this week. Among them one murderer, three sex offenders, and eight who were convicted of robbery. Deashton Luvoris Hayes is a two-time convicted robber. He was sentenced in 2010 to two … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, November 11, 2016, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that the State is offering a $5,000 reward to be issued to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who is responsible for setting wildfires. Governor Bentley said, “The extreme drought conditions are … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama is a warm and wet state. Since the middle of this summer however it has been warmer than usual and very dry. 90 degree temperatures have persisted later into October than ever before and rains have been few and very lite (if at all) over much of the … Continued