Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department will temporarily take over over law enforcement duties as city officials mull the next steps.

Welcome back, and I sure hope you’re somewhere warm. Lots to cover this morning. Thanks for reading, Ike Police-corruption claims The Hanceville police chief and four police officers have been arrested,

Across Alabama, high school basketball regionals are tipping off Tuesday. The games get started at four locations around the state, Wallace State in Hanceville, Pete Matthews Coliseum in Jacksonville and Garrett Coliseum and Alabama State in Montgomery.

Five Hanceville police officers were arrested and charged amid a probe into the department, Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said. The spouse of one of the officers was also

A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has “operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency.

Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers are accused of multiple crimes, including removing evidence from the department's evidence room.

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a "rampant culture of corruption" after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

A grand jury handed down felony indictments against roughly half the Hanceville, Alabama, police force and recommended the department be abolished.

An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city’s police department be “immediately abolished,” finding there is a “rampant culture of corruption,” officials said Wednesday while announcing the indictment of five of the agency’s officers,

A small Alabama city has placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be abolished.

The Hanceville police chief and four of his officers are accused of mishandling or removing materials from the department's evidence room.

Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers are accused of multiple crimes, including removing evidence from the department's evidence room.