A known member of a violent Birmingham street gang has been sentenced to prison for possession of a machine gun, authorities say. Jadan O’Neal Cooper, aka “Tallapoosa Jay,” pleaded guilty to the ...

A close-up of police lights. An Alabama House committee last week approved a bill that would create a database of people who law enforcement identifies as being part of a gang. (Getty) An Alabama ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Federal law enforcement officials have made more than 500 immigration-related arrests in southern Alabama during the last 3½ months, including nine accused members of a notorious ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A lawyer representing the first person charged under Alabama’s new anti-gang law questioned its application in this case. Marcus Dewayne Cobbs Jr., 23, of Mobile, stands charged ...