RED BAY — A Vina man is facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot his girlfriend in the arm on Tuesday.

MONTGOMERY — Jimmy O’Neal Spencer, the man whose alleged 2018 killings of three people in Guntersville led to leadership and policy changes at the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, has a parole hearing in August.

NEW YORK — R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

MONTGOMERY — Two inmates serving time for Shoals murders are up for parole this week, authorities said.

FLORENCE — A Florence man is facing a first-degree sodomy charge after allegedly forcing a teenage boy to perform oral sex on him on June 4, according to court documents.

RUSSELLVILLE — A Russellville man is facing a murder charge when an argument allegedly led to the fatal stabbing of his 42-year-old roommate Thursday night.

RUSSELLVILLE — The president of the Franklin County Rescue Squad faces a felony theft charge allegedly after taking more than $13,000 from the rescue squad to purchase various items like a video game, a back massager and internet service for his residence.

TUSCUMBIA — Police Chief Tony Logan has made some changes in reaction to the recent escape of a female inmate who just walked out a back door.

FLORENCE — A Florence man is facing trafficking charges after agents with the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force found about 15 pounds of marijuana and 2,400 fentanyl pills inside a Florence residence last week.

RUSSELLVILLE — Four of the five women who are implicated in the death of a 4-month-old girl at a Red Bay day care pled not guilty and waived their right to an arraignment, which was scheduled for today.

TUSCUMBIA — A Tuscumbia man is facing animal cruelty charges after the Colbert County Sheriff’s Department and Animal Control confiscated 33 dogs and two cats which were emaciated, suffering from mange and other medical problems.

TUSCUMBIA — Manslaughter suspect Lisa Ann Fretwell’s story of what transpired surrounding the shooting death of her boyfriend on June 9 changed when she was interviewed by investigators a day later, according to court documents.