Jacksonville Apartment Fire Leads to Two Arson Arrests
November 15, 2021Jim Evancho On November 7, 2021 the Jacksonville Fire Department was dispatched to the Pheasant Run apartment complex [see article]. Today the City of Jacksonville Police Department and the Fire Department issued a press release that they had conducted an arson investigation over the past week and were able to determine that the […]
Anniston Homicide Arrest
November 11, 2021 Jim Evancho At approximately 6:30 pm on November 10, 2021 the Anniston Police Department PIO, Lt. Tim Suits issued a press release that they had made an arrest in the Christian Nobles murder. The suspect, 19 year old Brancen Tripp Champion, was taken into custody and charged with murder. He was brought […]
The Anniston Police Foundation Wraps Up Another Successful Year
November 10, 2021 Jim Evancho This past weekend was the final event held by The Anniston Police Foundation with “Breakfast with the Chief”. Chief Nick Bowles was present to meet and greet all of the attendee’s and to thank the foundation for all its help for the Anniston Police Department in the last year. Also present […]
Calhoun County Most Wanted by Sheriff’s Office – 11/9/21
November 9, 2021 Jim Evancho Each week the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office released their current “Most Wanted” list. A “FTA” means that a person failed to appear for a court date and does not necessarily mean guilty of a criminal charge. A “Probation Violation” means that a person has been found guilty of a charge and […]
Homicide in Anniston – No Suspect(s) in Custody
November 9, 2021 Jim Evancho UPDATE 11/11/21: An arrest has been made [see article] On Monday at approximately 10:00 pm Anniston police officers were dispatched to the 500 block of East 6th Street to investigate a possible gunshot victim. When the officers arrived on scene they located a male, later identified as Christian M. Nobles, deceased […]
Republican’s, Democrat’s, Bama Fans, and Tiger Fans – All Welcome
November 11, 2021 Jim Evancho On April 1, 2021 we officially launched the Calhoun County Journal. We discussed how we could best serve the residents of Calhoun County and our many readers across the United States. It was a unanimous decision that we would report only the news without any spin or leaning in any direction. […]
Early Morning Jacksonville Apartment Fire – Two Injured
November 7, 2021 Jim Evancho On Sunday at approximately 5:25 in the morning the Jacksonville Fire Department received a call for a possible structure fire at 210 Greenleaf Street. When fire fighters arrived they located an apartment building in the Pheasant Run complex that was showing heavy smoke and flames. As Jacksonville began their attack […]
Most Wanted by Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office – 11/2/21
August 31, 2021 Jim Evancho Each week the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office released their current “Most Wanted” list. A “FTA” means that a person failed to appear for a court date and does not necessarily mean guilty of a criminal charge. A “Probation Violation” means that a person has been found guilty of a charge and […]
The Surgery Center Hosts 7th Annual Monster Dash
October 31, 2021 Jim Evancho On a cool misty morning in Oxford over 125 people prepared to start their Monster Dash 5k Run. Some of the runners were dressed in their Halloween costumes and others wore traditional running attire, but everyone was dedicated to completing the course. At 8:00 am the starting gun was fired […]
Police Conduct Soliciting Prostitution Sting in Jacksonville
October 29, 2021 Jim Evancho On Thursday October 28, 2021 in the afternoon members of the East Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force, put together a prostitution sting that resulted in 11 arrests for solicitation of prostitution with two of them having felony narcotics in their possession. Chief Marcus Wood advised that this was a joint operation […]