Warrior News

Inspired by the recently released hit movie 'Project X,' a teenager allegedly was preparing to re-create it in the empty house next door.

A 21-year-old Maryland college student accused of eating a man's heart and part of his brain was studying electrical engineering and a member of ROTC.

Deputy State Superintendent of Education Craig Pouncey presents the state's recommendations on how to cut more than $12 million in spending from the Birmingham schools budget during a special Birmingham Board of Education meeting in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, May 31, 2012.

A meeting to reveal a financial plan that will cut $12 million from the Birmingham Board of Educations budget will be revealed during a special-called meeting at Birmingham City Schools Thursday.

A Jefferson County judge today set a preliminary hearing date of June 21 for a Birmingham police officer charged in a string of fires in Warrior.

An attorney for Curtis Thornton filed a motion asking a court to reduce his bond from $315,000, which the motion says would present an undue burden on Thornton's family.

A Warrior man died early today from injuries he had suffered in a motorcycle crash in Concord a week ago, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office reports.

Samuel Furman and his son timmy cut grass twice a month at 490 Dana Road in Warrior, Al.

Jefferson County has sold about 47 acres of land along Interstate 65 to Dewey Barber Chevrolet for $275,000, according to county information.

A Birmingham police officer has been arrested in connection to a recent series of Warrior arsons, said Warrior Fire Chief Clay Neely.

A 41-year-old man accused of an attempted carjacking in Blount County this afternoon, earlier today doused his Warrior home with gasoline and told his 8-year-old son he was going to kill his wife and himself.

Authorities say a 41-year-old man has been arrested after deputies say he threatened his wife and son and then tried to carjack a driver in a school parking lot when his vehicle broke down.

In late 2010, the computer programmer had been out of work for more than a year and had long since reached out to acquaintances for possible employment leads, he said.

According to an FBI press release dated May 7, 2012, a Warrior, Alabama man was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy, federal programs bribery, and operating an illegal gambling business.

Authorities say a federal gambling and bribery investigation that involved Kimberly Mayor Craig Harris wearing a wire for the FBI has resulted in two more plea agreements and an indictment.

The small, north Jefferson County city might not be ready for a woman mayor, but Mikell said Hudson, a former city clerk, was the right person for the job.