Muscle Shoals
CRIME & SAFETY
2 dead after alleged murder-suicide in Sheffield
Two people are dead after what police believe to be a murder-suicide in Colbert County. According to Sheffield Police, officers were dispatched to 516 Wilson Dam Avenue for a possible suicide about 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Police say they observed a Tuscumbia man, identified as 43-year-old Tommy Ray Burcham, lying...
Man Arrested After 21-Year-Old Alabama Mother Found Dead
FAYETTE COUNTY, Ala. (WDNews) – Laci Whitson, a 21-year-old mother from Fayette County, Alabama was found dead on June 30. Michael Wade Tucker, the last person to be seen with Whitson, has been charged with her death. Whitson was reported missing by family members after she was last seen...
Two Lawrence County men arrested after alleged shootout
LAWRENCE CO., Ala. (WAFF) - Two Lawrence County men are behind bars after authorities say they were involved in a gunfight at an apartment complex in North Courtland Tuesday. Court records state Texas Shelby and Brandon Webb began shooting at each other with handguns when a passerby almost got caught in the crossfire.
‘I keep waiting for him to call me’: Family of 21-year-old drowning victim reminisce on his life
SHEFFIELD, Ala. (WAFF) - A family and community is in mourning after 21-year-old Kiel McCoy died in a drowning accident on June 19 in Sheffield. Angel McCoy said she spoke with her son Kiel McCoy the morning before he drowned. “I keep waiting for him to call me,” McCoy explained,...
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