JASPER, AL — On a brisk December morning in Walker County, Alabama, the temperature in Sheriff Nick Smith’s office is a welcome shelter from the cold. After ushering a reporter inside, Smith tilts his ...

Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith has been indicted, accused of knowingly employing six deputies who were not certified. Smith, 41, is charged with six misdemeanor counts of violating the standards for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama sheriff's deputy will plead guilty to assaulting a man suffering from a mental health crisis who later died of sepsis and hypothermia in the local jail, court filings ...

On the Monday, March 9, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Tony Mitchell died after being held in a concrete cell known as “The Freezer.” Alabama’s Walker County Jail Sheriff Nick Smith denies ...

A Walker County sheriff’s deputy airlifted to a Birmingham hospital following a Wednesday night crash is expected to be OK. Late Wednesday night, Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies were involved in a ...