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    U.S. Supreme Court decisions advance 6 Alabama capital sentences, 2 for...

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    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Attorney Gen. Steve Marshall welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on Monday not to review several Alabama death penalty cases, including...

    (Updated) Former AL Senate Majority Leader Zeb Little pleads guilty to...

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    Updated 9-24-19 11:47 a.m. CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman native and former Alabama Senate Majority Leader Zebulon “Zeb” Little, 51, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts...

    Fite pleads guilty to BUI, gets 2 years probation

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    WINSTON COUNTY, Ala. - William Jackson Fite, 23, of Decatur, the driver of the boat from which Kelsey Starling, 26, of Troy disappeared during...

    Espy, Jr. pleads guilty to murder, Garner convicted of attempted murder

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - On Friday, Aug. 9, three days ahead of a trial scheduled on the Aug. 12, 2019 docket, Robert Gene Espy, Jr.,...

    Morgan County man who faked own death pleads guilty

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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Morgan County man who faked his death pled guilty Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Jay...

    The wheels of justice: active homicide cases in Cullman County, part...

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    Editor’s note: All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. CULLMAN, Ala. - The Tribune continues its review of pending homicide cases in Cullman County,...

    Case of man accused of killing Tommy Piper heading to grand...

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman County District Court, with Circuit Judge Gregory Nicholas as authorized acting district judge on behalf of District Judge Rusty Turner,...

    The wheels of justice: active homicide cases in Cullman County, part...

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    Editor’s note: All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. CULLMAN, Ala.  - It has been said that the wheels of justice turn slowly, and...

    Inside the Tyson/Mulberry Fork lawsuit: Who did what, who’s asking for...

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    JASPER, Ala. - On Friday, the Sipsey Heritage Commission and Chandler Holdings, along with 40 individual property owners along the Mulberry and Sipsey Forks...

    BREAKING: Residents, organizations file suit against Tyson over spill, plant conditions

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    JASPER, Ala. - On Friday, the Sipsey Heritage Commission and Chandler Holdings, along with 40 individual property owners along the Mulberry and Sipsey Forks...

    Crane Hill man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - United States District Judge Abdul K. Kallon sentenced Danny Ray Tucker, 51, of Crane Hill, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 to...

    Meet Brooksie, the Cullman County Courthouse’s new facility dog

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Courthouse on Monday officially welcomed its newest officer, Brooksie, a 2-year-old female labradoodle trained by Service Dogs Alabama...

    Bremen man’s 3rd trial in shooting of neighbor ends in mistrial

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - Jack Harold Wilson, 74, of Bremen this week made his third trial appearance in the shooting of his neighbor, with the...

    Hanceville man convicted in 35-year-old sex abuse case

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    Updated 6-12-19 6:52 p.m. CULLMAN, Ala. - Hanceville area resident Glen Leon Yarbrough, 78, on Wednesday was found guilty of one count of sexual abuse...

    Out on bond: What has ‘free bail’ meant for Cullman County?

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - Since the institution of a federal judge’s injunction against Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry last fall, an injunction which requires him...

    First Veterans Treatment Court docket day declared success

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - On Thursday, Cullman County’s brand new Veterans Treatment Court (see www.cullmantribune.com/2019/05/30/cullman-county-veterans-treatment-court-gets-underway-today/) held its first docket day, and presiding Judge Wells “Rusty”...

    Cullman County Veterans Treatment Court gets underway today

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    CULLMAN, Ala. - As of Thursday morning, Cullman County’s court system now gives veterans who struggle with the mental and emotional aftermath of their...

    Judge Kim Chaney on relationship between drugs and human trafficking

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    Cullman County District Judge Kim Chaney (W.C. Mann for The Cullman Tribune) CULLMAN - In many cases of human trafficking and illegal sex trade across...

    Surrett pleads guilty in 2017 hit and run death of Good...

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    Larry Dewayne Surrett's booking photo from May 2017 (Cullman County Sheriff's Office) CULLMAN - Days ahead of a jury trial scheduled to begin this week,...

    Ed Henry pleads guilty to theft of government property

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    Former Alabama Rep. Ed Henry represented Alabama House District 9, which includes parts of Cullman, Marshall and Morgan Counties. (State of Alabama) MONTGOMERY -  On...

    Cullman County man’s bond revoked in manslaughter case

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    Donald Wayne Trammell (Cullman Police Department) CULLMAN - On Friday morning, Cullman County Circuit Judge Gregory Nicholas revoked the bond of Donald Wayne Trammell, 43,...

    Suspect in hit and run fatality denied bond

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    Brett Steven Amerson (Cullman Police Department) Updated 12-20-18 at 7:05 p.m. CULLMAN - The Morris man charged in Tuesday night's fatal hit and run on Alabama...

    Cullman man acquitted in 2016 murder in Phelan

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    Windell Joe Campbell was acquitted in a Cullman County court on Wednesday. (Cullman County Sheriff’s Office) CULLMAN - A Cullman County man denied his motion...

    Cullman man denied ‘stand your ground’ defense in 2016 murder

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    Windell Joe Campbell was denied his motion for a “stand your ground” defense in a Cullman County court on Friday. (Cullman County Sheriff’s Office) CULLMAN...

    Fairview man pleads guilty to felony murder, sentenced to 30 years

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    John Edward Cole (Cullman County Sheriff’s Office) CULLMAN - A Fairview man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony...

    Charges dismissed against former Cullman High Principal Bouldin; previous guilty verdict...

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    Former Cullman High School Principal Dr. Elton Bouldin, right, thanks his attorney Champ Crocker, left, at a Wednesday afternoon post-trial debriefing at Crocker’s office....

    Former CHS principal Elton Bouldin’s re-trial on trespassing charges underway

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    Former Cullman High School Principal, Dr. Elton Bouldin (center) in court on Tuesday (W.C. Mann for The Cullman Tribune) CULLMAN - Former Cullman High School...

    Hudson denied youthful offender status in Osborn murder; Maresh claiming mental...

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    Tyler Hudson, who was arrested for the murder of Daniel Ray Osborn II in March, on Tuesday was denied youthful offender status in the...

    UPDATE: Federal judge rules Cullman County bail system is unconstitutional

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    BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge has ordered the Cullman County sheriff and court officials to modify Cullman County’s bond procedures, in a class action...

    TRIBUNE EXCLUSIVE: Federal judge issues preliminary injunction in Cullman County indigent...

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    The Cullman County Detention Center (Wendy Sack for The Cullman Tribune) BIRMINGHAM - On Tuesday, Sept. 4, U.S. Federal District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala issued...

    Bond revoked in human trafficking case

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    Kenneth Loyd Woods (Cullman County Sheriff’s Office) CULLMAN - On Thursday afternoon, Kenneth Loyd Woods, the first Cullman County resident to be charged with human...

    Reasonable doubt: Crystal Bulliner acquitted on all charges in 2014 death...

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    Crystal Lynn Bulliner (original mug shot from the Cullman County Detention Center) CULLMAN - Late Friday evening, Cullman resident Crystal Lynn Bulliner and her defense...

    AG candidate King files lawsuit against Alabama AG Marshall’s campaign

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    Troy King, left; Steve Marshall, right (Tribune file photos) MONTGOMERY - Republican Alabama attorney general candidate Troy King on Wednesday morning filed a lawsuit against...

    Suspects in Daniel Osborn murder seeking youthful offender status

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    Tyler Hudson, left, and Andrew Maresh, right, were arrested and charged with the murder of Daniel Ray Osborn II, center, after Osborn’s body was...

    U.S. Supreme Court says states can require online-only retailers to collect...

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    MONTGOMERY - In a landmark ruling in the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a 26-year-old decision...

    Visiting judge promotes establishment of Veterans Court in Cullman County

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    Baldwin County Presiding District Judge Michelle Thomason visited veterans in Cullman this week to talk about her mission to bring a Veterans Court to...

    Cullman man indicted for counterfeiting

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    BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury on Friday indicted two north Alabama men in unrelated counterfeiting cases, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and...

    Cullman judges update bail bond schedule; drug trafficking, manufacturing bond amounts...

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    CULLMAN - Cullman County’s circuit and district judges recently decided to update the county’s bail bond schedule, which had been in effect since 2016....

    Alleged human trafficking victims appear at Hames’s hearing

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    The alleged victims of Cullman attorney Randy Hames came to the hearing as a group, wearing matching shirts emblazoned with a barcode, which has...

    2 more women come forward in case against Cullman attorney Randy...

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    Cullman attorney Randy Hames, shown here in his mugshot from Monday, March 5, 2018 / Cullman County Sheriff's Office CULLMAN - Two more civil lawsuits...

    Cullman attorney Randy Hames charged with additional counts of human trafficking

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    Cullman attorney Randy Hames, shown here in his mugshot from Saturday, March 10, 2018, has been charged with additional counts of human trafficking. /...

    2 advocacy groups sue 49 AL sheriffs over feeding of inmates

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    GREENSBORO - On Friday, the Southern Center for Human Rights and Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice filed Southern Center for Human Rights...

    Birmingham man gets 20 years for selling heroin that killed Cullman...

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    Michael Dewayne "Big Boi" Johnson Updated 12-15-17 at 10:45 a.m. BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Birmingham man to 20 years in prison...

    Ohio man indicted for reckless murder in deaths of Cold Springs...

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    CULLMAN - A Dayton, Ohio man was extradited to Cullman on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 to face six charges stemming from his alleged role...

    Berlin man sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison...

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    CULLMAN - A Berlin man was sentenced this week to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for unlawful possession with intent to...

    Brad Meeks indicted for reckless murder for wreck that killed CHS...

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    CULLMAN - Bradford Neal Meeks, the man who has been at the center of the investigation into the fatal car crash that claimed the...

    More details on Judge Chaney’s alleged ethics violation involving nepotism

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    Judge Kim Chaney, left; Attorney Thomas E. Drake, II, center; Attorney Alex Chaney, right (credits Tribune file photo, Facebook) CULLMAN - More details are coming...

    $800K judgment in sexual harassment case involving Surgery Center of Cullman,...

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    CULLMAN - A local woman was awarded a total of $800,000 in damages by a federal judge on Sept. 29 following a civil jury...

    AG Marshall reviewing Chaney’s alleged ethics violation involving nepotism

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    Judge Kim Chaney, left; Attorney Thomas E. Drake, II, right CULLMAN - Cullman attorney Thomas E. Drake, II confirmed to The Tribune Thursday that he...

    Birmingham man pleads guilty to selling heroin that killed Cullman man,...

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    BIRMINGHAM – A Birmingham man pled guilty today in federal court to selling heroin last year that caused the death of one person and...

    Judge declares mistrial in trial of former CHS principal Elton Bouldin

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    Former Cullman High School Principal, Dr. Elton Bouldin, faces the judge during the second day of his jury trial for third-degree trespassing. / Nick...

    Former CHS principal Elton Bouldin’s jury trial begins

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    The jury trial of Dr. Elton Bouldin, center, began today, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - The jury trial of former Cullman...

    Graves changes plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease...

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    James Graves / Cullman County Sheriff's Office CULLMAN - Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Graves, 74, of Vinemont, arrested and charged Wednesday, May 10...

    Drug trafficking defendants sue county officials: Sheriff responds

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    CULLMAN - A group of Cullman County drug trafficking defendants have filed a class action civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court against...

    Brad Meeks, insurance companies answer charges in Curt Wilson wrongful death...

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    Editor's note: This story has been updated (see italicized text) to provide clarity. 6-13-17 CULLMAN - On May 18, Ashley Wilson, mother of Curtis James...

    Mother of CHS student killed in car wreck files wrongful death...

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    Curt Wilson CULLMAN - Ashley Wilson, the mother of Cullman High School student Curtis James Wilson, 15, who died May 7 as a result of...

    Former Commission Chairman James Graves makes bond; preliminary hearing date set

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    CULLMAN - Former Cullman County Commission Chairman James Graves, arrested and charged Wednesday, May 10 with felony first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, has...

    Former Double Springs MS teacher sentenced for attempted sodomy, transmitting obscene...

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    WINSTON COUNTY - According to the Office of the District Attorney for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, former Winston County teacher, Rickie Leath...

    Honorable Kim Chaney sworn in for fifth term as Cullman County...

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    Honorable Kim Chaney straightens his tie as his children look on. CULLMAN - On Friday afternoon, the Honorable Kim Chaney was sworn in for his...

    Man in Cullman Co. officer-involved shooting indicted for attempted murder

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    Updated 1-19-17 at 2:50 p.m. CULLMAN - The man who was part of an officer-involved shooting in Cullman County last fall has been indicted for...

    Judge Brown issues statement on end of common law marriage in...

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    CULLMAN - Back in June, Gov. Robert Bentley signed a bill abolishing common law marriage in the state of Alabama. That law went into...

    Man pleads guilty to 2014 murder of sex offender in Berlin

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    CULLMAN - Jay Maynor, 43, of Cullman pleaded guilty today in Cullman County Circuit Court to murder and attempted murder, charges stemming from the...

    Former CHS principal Bouldin appeals guilty verdict

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    CULLMAN - Former Cullman High School Principal Dr. Elton Bouldin on Tuesday appealed Cullman County Circuit Judge Martha Williams’ bench trial verdict of guilty,...

    Bouldin verdict possible on Wednesday

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    Photo: Dr. Elton Bouldin appears at his trial for trespassing and failure to report and incident of school violence on Tuesday, Oct. 11 CULLMAN -...