Southbound lanes near Exit 6 shut down Wednesday evening after a fiery crash left one person dead near Morgan Road.

Bobby Earl Griffin, serving a life term since 2012, was found unresponsive Saturday night at Donaldson prison. Coroners found no signs of trauma.

Nicholas Ratliff, 36, was gunned down near 9th Avenue North in December. Investigators now want answers about a torched vehicle.

A 14-year-old was among roughly two dozen students searched at lunch, one mother says, as Bessemer police pull the officer from campus.

A dispute over a $15,000 stolen Escalade ended in a fatal shooting outside Plush Bar & Grill.

Montracious Devon Harris, 33, was found unresponsive in his single-man cell at Donaldson on Saturday. An autopsy was set for Monday.

A Park Avenue South traffic stop turned up 27,098 grams of methamphetamine, roughly 59.74 pounds, authorities say.

A police vehicle and another car collided on 9th Avenue Southwest, shutting down the busy road Monday night.