Mining Accident

Birmingham, AL 12/02/2016 Just after 11:00 am this morning deputies were called to a coal mining facility in the 8300 block of Taylor’s Ferry Road to investigate a report of an adult male injured by mining equipment. Information on the scene is that the victim...

Blind Date Ends with Car Chase

Birmingham, AL 11/28/2016 A Walker County woman’s blind date ended abruptly when the car she was riding in was stopped for a traffic violation. Just after 8:00 pm on Saturday, November 26, a deputy stopped a Mazda at I-22 and Cherry Avenue. The car was occupied by a...

Pinson Woman Arrested After Early Morning Chase

Birmingham, AL 11/18/2016 Just after 2:30 am this morning a deputy attempted to stop a 2012 Chevrolet truck for running a stop sign at Clay-Palmerdale Road and Alabama Highway 75. The driver of the truck refused to stop and a chase ensued. The chase traveled north on...

Missing Person Update

Birmingham, AL 11/17/2016 The search for 82-year-old Nora Wilson Hughes of Trafford reported missing Tuesday has now become a death investigation. Shortly after 2:00 pm today volunteer searchers accompanied by Sheriff’s Office K9 search teams located her body in a...