ATMORE, Ala. ( WALA) - Atmore Mayor Jim Staff announced his retirement, effective at the end of May. Staff was elected mayor ...

Alabama is building a 4,000-bed prison in Elmore County and plans to build another 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County.

Atmore Mayor Jim Staff announced Tuesday he is retiring. According to a City of Atmore news release, Staff’s retirement is effective at the end of May. “It has ...

Demetrius T. Frazier, convicted of murdering a Detroit teen in 1992, was executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama after an unusual ...

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama executed a man on Thursday who was convicted in the 1991 rape, robbery and murder of a Birmingham ...

Poarch Creek Indians tribe cuts the ribbon on its new, 23,000-sq.-ft. beef-processing facility and retail store.

Atmore police officers are currently engaged in a standoff. Several News 5 viewers said the standoff is near the intersection at Brown Street and Carver Avenue. A WKRG crew ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Michigan resident Beverly Leaf stands in solidarity with Carol Frazier, mother of Demetrius Frazier, as she ...

After SWAT members used tear gas, the suspect walked out of the residence at approximately 11:40 p.m. Monday and was taken ...

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

A tense standoff in Atmore ended with the arrest of a 46-year-old man who allegedly fired multiple rounds at a police officer ...

After 24 years of dedicated service to the City of Atmore, Mayor Jim Staff today announced his retirement, effective at the ...