Christian Tuck   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A Cottage Grove man was arrested last month on a grand jury indictment for reckless manslaughter. On November 10 Deputy Logan Mitchell arrested 23-year-old Christian Tuck on the indictment. His bond was set at $100,000, and on November 17 he was released on bond to…

Patricia Sheppard Swain   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A Childersburg woman was arrested last Thursday on multiple charges for failure to appear in court. On December 1, 54-year-old Patricia Sheppard Swain was arrested on 10 total charges, all of which were for not appearing in court on prior charges. Swain was arrested…

Santiago Sonny Grijalva   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A Stewartville man was indicted by a grand jury and arrested late last month on drug-related charges. On November 28, Capt. Scott Hammond arrested 20-year-old Santiago Sonny Grijalva on indictments of possession of a controlled substance and first-degree possession of marijuana. Grijalva was previously…

Richard Mordecai   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A former escapee was indicted by a grand jury and arrested late last month on that indictment for first-degree escape. On November 28 Capt. Scott Hammond arrested 49-year-old Richard Mordecai of Alexander City on that indictment. His bond was set at $30,000, and as of…

Randy and Jennifer Householder capture the setting sun at Cheaha State Park’s Pulpit Rock. Photo by Evan Lanier   Randy and Jennifer Householder were wed at Cheaha State Park, one of their favorite hiking locations. Photo by Evan Lanier   By David Rainer Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources   Alabama’s great outdoors offers…

Special to the News   A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4:35 p.m. Friday, December 2, has claimed the life of a Verbena man. Antonio Amiru Hinton, 19, was fatally injured when the 2004 Honda Accord, in which he was a passenger, collided head on with a 2012 Chevrolet Captiva driven by an 18-year-old…