On Friday January 14, 2022 at 8:30pm we received a call of a child being shot in the 500 block of Roanoke Street in the Forestdale community. Deputies arrived and found that the child was being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg. Family members were able to stop the bleeding and stabilize the child before he was transported to the hospital. The initial report is that the 3-year-old child found a loaded firearm belonging to a family member and accidentally wounded himself. The child was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive. Jefferson County investigators are continuing this investigation.
One Dead After Head-On Collision
Shortly before 10:00 AM on Wednesday, January 25th, Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to Highway 79 near McCombs Street in Eastern...