An investigation is underway after an inmate was found dead in his cell at the Jefferson County Jail in Bessemer. D’Koleman ...

The dispute began in Feb. 2024 when Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin filed a complaint against Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway.

Louie E. Smoke was a Vietnam veteran. Hired by Sheriff Mel Bailey, Smoke served under three sheriffs before retiring in 2002.

Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a robbery report on October 4, 2025, at a food truck on the ...

A 24-year-old inmate, D’Koleman Juvan Harris, was found unresponsive in a two-person cell at the Jefferson County Jail in ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — For the first time, the mother of two people hit by an off-duty Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol is speaking ...

The Alabama chapter of the Missing in America Project honored 16 veterans on Thursday. Their previously unclaimed cremated ...

A Birmingham man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in east Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Eric Jonta Crayton. He was 35. The wreck happened at 1:55 ...

Two additional arrests have been made in connection with a Jefferson County shooting that led to the death of Cleveland High School cheerleader Kimber Mills and left three others injured.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Four people, including two teenagers, were injured in a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at an outdoor gathering in Jefferson County, according to the ...

A St. Louis teenager fatally shot his neighbor after accusing him of stealing $20 from his wallet earlier this month, police ...