Crime

A disturbing story out of Brookwood, Alabama has left many local families shaken. According to the victims, two masked men came into the victims yard and attacked a young man taking their dog outside for a walk. The assailants were hiding out in the neighborhood off Crimson Ridge road in Brookwood.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department needs your help identifying a suspect in a hit-and-run.

What is our society becoming? I have no doubt that this sort of thing could happen in Tuscaloosa, Northport, Moundville, Coker, Gordo, Jasper or Cottondale one day. It has happened multiple times in the last few years.

A bizarre message from the Blount County Sheriff's office has gotten lots of attention on Thanksgiving Eve. The message, HERE, alerts folks with missing packages from Fed Ex to remain patient and calm. They currently have deputies en route to find out why hundreds (some estimates say 300-400) of packages have been thrown off a ravine.

Why Alabama? Tuscaloosa? Northport? Birmingham? More on that later. Yes, a famous killer of two children, Paula Sims, is on her way to Alabama.

Here's the latest attempt from former Alabama and NFL superstar Henry Ruggs III and his attorneys to keep him out of jail. You get what you pay for, as they say. Clearly, Henry Ruggs, who spent a few years living here in Tuscaloosa, is paying them plenty of money. Ruggs lawyers are arguing that turning over medical records are a violation of "doctor-patient privilege".

A GoFundMe page has been created to help his family in their time of need. Kei’lans mother is seeking new living arrangements for herself and her daughters.

It sounds obvious, but doing this one simple thing is the best way to keep yourself safe from criminals in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

We all know it's important to lock our car doors, as anything left in an unlocked vehicle could be stolen; however, even locked cars aren't safe in Tuscaloosa.

According to a release from the Tuscaloosa Police Department, Terrance Cordale Walker, 31, and Pattrius Marquis Allen, 29 allegedly walked to the pharmacy section of the CVS Pharmacy on Veterans Memorial Parkway demanding medication.