Officials in Calhoun County confirm Betty Cobb was located around 7:15 p.m. Monday evening, July 4. Authorities say Cobb was found at a residence on South Wilmer Street in Anniston.
Athletes and visitors for the World Games will be jumping from one venue to the next starting this week, and today city and World Games leaders demonstrated one of the bus lines that will connect the city from end to end.
The assailant’s shots were initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panicked revelers fled in terror in Highland Park, a close-knit community on the shores of Lake Michigan.
The Assistant Fire Chief with Rocky Ridge Fire Department confirmed at first they had reports of children trapped and people jumping from the building.
Anniston Police Chief Nick Chief Bowles says there was a car club in town and they responded to several calls about fights. Shots were also fired in the 200 block of Wilmer Avenue.
After last month’s deadly church shooting in Vestavia Hills , one local sheriff’s department is trying to make sure no other churches experience the same kind of attack. The Walker County Sheriff’s Department is re-launching church security classes for congregations all around the state.
A homicide investigation is ongoing by Birmingham Police following an incident on Sunday, July 3. According to BPD, around 11:45 p.m. officers responded to a report of a person down at 600 3rd Ave N.
Data shows the city’s murder rate is up eleven and a half percent from this time last year and a large number of the firearms used in these violent crimes are stolen. At one point in April BPD reported ten guns stolen from unattended vehicles in a three day span.