ATMORE, Ala. - An Alabama man whose execution was delayed in February was put to death on Thursday for the 1991 shooting death of a 22-year-old woman who was abducted during a robbery and later shot ...

ALABAMA (WRBL) – According to a news release from Governor Kay Ivey, Willie B. Smith was executed Oct. 21, 2021, 9:47 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama for the ...

Saturday is Wet Willie Day in the state of Alabama, but keep your nasty fingers out of your friends’ ears -- this is a celebration of a home-grown musical legacy. In conjunction with Tavern Fest, an ...

Atmore, Alabama — An Alabama inmate on Thursday won a reprieve from a scheduled lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state must allow his personal pastor in the death chamber. The ...

Alabama prisoner Willie Smith declined a possible final meal on Thursday as he awaits news of his fate amid an execution stay. Smith ate a snack of potato chips during visitation Thursday, but ...

As part of Major League Baseball’s upcoming event at Rickwood Field, AL.com and The Birmingham News will be producing weekly stories that showcase the history of Rickwood Field, and history of ...

Montgomery, Alabama — Alabama is seeking to carry out what would be the first execution by a state in 2021, that of a 51-year-old inmate convicted of the shotgun slaying of a police detective's sister ...

Oct. 22 (UPI) --Alabama corrections officials executed Willie Smith on Thursday night, eight months after the Supreme Court halted his lethal injection over a dispute about having his pastor present ...

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Fans in ...

Alabama will not execute Willie Smith on Thursday night following an eleventh-hour Supreme Court ruling upholding a religious liberties injunction. In concurrent rulings shortly after 11 p.m., the U.S ...

Former Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Guillermo "Willie" Hernández, who won the American League MVP award, AL Cy Young award and World Series championship in 1984 as part of his 13-year MLB career, ...