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

The Hanceville Police Department’s former evidence custodian claimed in a lawsuit filed in August 2024, less than a week after a city dispatcher was found dead in his office, that he was ...

All employees at the Hanceville Police Department were placed on leave as of 5 p.m. on Thursday and local law enforcement duties have temporarily been taken over by the Cullman County Sheriff's ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The mayor of Hanceville on Thursday announced that the Cullman County Sheriff's Office has agreed to ...

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

Five Hanceville, Ala., officers and one of their spouses were accused of “negligence, lack of procedure, general incompetence and disregard for human life,” Cullman County District Attorney ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — 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 ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — As a small Alabama city weighs whether to disband its police department accused of having a “rampant culture of corruption,” residents are split over how to weigh the need ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — 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 ...