Picture of noose on car prompts local, federal investigationOct 26, 2007 05:50 PM CDT Authorities in DeKalb County are investigating a hate crime at a Valley school.
The crime is serious enough that the FBI is now getting involved.
With the help of our news partners, the Times-Journal in Fort Payne, and the Sand Mountain Reporter […]

A Geraldine man died Saturday in a traffic accident.
Danny Joe Puckett, 39, was killed in a one-vehicle accident on DeKalb County 23 at about 5:15 p.m.
Puckett was traveling in a 2003 Pontiac.
A report from the Alabama State Troopers said the accident occurred seven miles northeast of Albertville.
The accident remains under investigation.
Funeral services will be […]

A man who fell off a cliff at High Falls gave a false name at the scene, DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said.   Now, the man whose identity was used is pretty upset about the situation.  The victim was identified later as Mark Anthony Upton, who was in the surgical intensive care unit at […]

GERALDINE, AL  - A man, Mark Anthony Upton, 39, of Horton , is wanted for parole violation by the Alabama Department of Corrections, was seriously injured Tuesday night when he fell 40 feet onto the rocks at an area known as High Falls in Geraldine, Alabama.  Sherriff Jimmy Harris said the main is wanted on several felony warrants […]

A wreck over the weekend left the passenger dead and the driver – her son – in jail on DUI charges.
The crash happened in the Painter community about four miles from Geraldine on Alabama Highway 75 late Friday night.
State Troopers responded to the scene of the single-car wreck at 11:10 p.m. on Friday, where […]

Sherriff Jimmy Harris, newly elected sherriff of Dekalb County and originally from the Geraldine, Alabama area, is re-opening up a cold case murder from 1997 of a 19 year old murder victim, Tina Payton,  of Geraldine.  The girl was a cashier at Geraldine Super Valu at the time and the case had never been solved.  […]