• Two Killed in Crash-Update

    A two-vehicle crash Tuesday, March 28, has claimed two lives.  Billy Ray Massey, 72, and Carolyn Walker Massey, 69, of Double Springs were killed when the 2006 Buick Lacrosse they were in collided with a 1996 Freightliner driven by James Gregory Garrett, 42, of Monroeville.  Billy Massey, the Buick’s driver, and Carolyn Massey, the passenger, were both pronounced dead at the sceneGarrett was transported to DCH Hospital in Tuscaloosa.  The crash occurred at 11:48 a.m. on Alabama 13 near the 229-mile marker, three miles north of Berry.  Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.

    Funeral Service at Nichols Funeral Home. http://hbtv.us/News-for-Haleyville/funerals/

  • Escapee Captured

    Just after 1 a.m. Thursday morning, March 30, law enforcement officers working into the night located and arrested Corey Dean, 22, in Carbon Hill. He was charged with second-degree escape and first-degree theft of property and returned to the Marion County jail from which he and another inmate had escaped on March 17. See previous stories on hbtv.us about the previous apprehension of the other inmate and the eight people arrested for aiding the two.