Fugitive inmate and jail official had "special relationship," sheriff says
The sheriff's office did not provide any additional information about the alleged relationship.
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The sheriff's office did not provide any additional information about the alleged relationship.
The U.S. Marshals are asking for the public's help in finding Casey White, an Alabama inmate accused of murder, and Vicky White, a corrections officer suspected of helping him escape. Authorities say they are driving an orange or copper 2007 Ford Edge with minor damage to the rear bumper.
A warrant has been issued for the Alabama corrections officer involved in a suspected murderer's escape. Vicky White could now face time behind bars for allegedly helping inmate Casey White break out of Lauderdale County's jail. The two are not related. Janet Shamlian reports as the search for those fugitives intensifies.
Authorities in Alabama announced a warrant has been issued for corrections official Vicky White after she disappeared with suspected killer Casey Cole White last week.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said the dogs' owner, Brandy Dowdy, 39, has been charged with manslaughter.
Authorities said the inmate, who was being held on capital murder charges, should be considered "armed and extremely dangerous."
Marvin McClendon, a 74-year-old retired correction officer, was arrested in the 1988 death of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay. McClendon was taken into custody in Alabama for the murder that took place in Massachusetts. CBS Boston's Beth Germano reports.
Melissa Tremblay was found stabbed to death in a freight yard on September 12, 1988, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
"He sat outside of our station until he finally got up the nerve to give us a call," Bessemer Police Lt. Christian Clemons said.
As President Biden prepares to lift Title 42, a pandemic-era restriction on immigrants seeking asylum, he faces some resistance within his own party. Some Democrats are concerned the president's move could hurt the party in the midterm elections. CBS News political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joined Vladimir Duthiers and Nancy Chen to discuss the possible political fallout.
A cigarette with Derrill Ennis' DNA was found near Lori Ann Slesinski's burned vehicle.
The law makes it a crime for doctors to treat trans youth under 19 with puberty blockers or hormones to help affirm their gender identity.
Under the new law, doctors face criminal penalties for providing puberty blockers or hormones for those under 19.
The topic of transgender and LGBTQ identity has become one of the GOP's "wedge" issues aimed at securing votes because they are popular with the party's base.
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Dauphin Island off the Gulf coast of Alabama. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Former President Donald Trump's influence on Republican voters is being tested by the success of his endorsements in upcoming elections. CBS News political reporters Caitlin Huey-Burns and Adam Brewster join "Red and Blue" to discuss the impact.
Former President Donald Trump has withdrawn his endorsement of Alabama Senate candidate Mo Brooks, saying he has turned "woke." Natalie Allison, a national political reporter for Politico, has all the details on CBS News' "Red & Blue."
Investigators initially believed just one person was inside the vehicle, but two more bodies were found.
Flash floods hit Birmingham, Alabama, after parts of the city received up to four inches of rain. Several people had to be rescued from flooded roads.
A multi-day storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and created a tornado in Alabama, where at least one person was killed.
Claudette Colvin was 15 in 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. "My name was cleared," she told "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stop the ordered redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map, which has only one Black-majority congressional district for 2022 elections. Voting rights advocates argue Alabama’s increasing Black population should be represented by an additional congressional district. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports from the Supreme Court.
Charles McCrory has twice refused plea deals, including one in 2021 that would have set him free in exchange for a guilty plea.
Monday marks 57 years since "Bloody Sunday," when approximately 600 people were attacked by state and local police while marching peacefully in Alabama to demand an end to discrimination in voter registration laws. CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright joins CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss the significance of that day as well as its relation to voting rights legislation currently in congressional limbo.
Lowndes County, Alabama, is facing a wastewater crisis as there's no municipal sewage system and many households don't have adequate septic systems. Adam Yamaguchi takes a look.