FRANKLIN, Ind. — An Alabama man, who previously called Johnson County home, was convicted Thursday for child sex crimes. Mark LaPlante, 51, of Grant, Alabama, was convicted by a Johnson County jury on Jan. 16 for two felony counts of child molestation.

An Alabama man was convicted of high-level child molestation charges by a Johnson County jury on Wednesday. Mark LaPlante, 51, was found guilty of child molesting, both as a Level 1 and Level 4 felony, by a jury in Johnson Superior Court 3. LaPlante, of Grant, Alabama and formerly of Franklin, was charged in October 2022.

An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September ...

A Starbucks employee was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey, Alabama police say. The incident happened Jan. 10, the Mobile Police Department said in an email Sunday. The animal and its owner were gone by the time officers arrived, but investigators pieced together what happened.

Taylor Elgersma is trying to become the first player to get drafted into the NFL without playing a snap at an American college.

Tyler Daly said he is still processing the killing of his sister Madison Daly and stepsister Kayden Lynch, who were shot and killed in a Christmas Eve shooting in the Beulah community.

DEAR INCENSED: Do the responsible thing. For the safety of those children, inform the police that a neighbor has been bringing a registered violent sex offender to her home in spite of the fact that minor children live on either side of her. The authorities can take it from there.

A player from LSU made a striking admissions on star Johni Broome and the No. 1 team in the country after another impressive win

A fter a sluggish performance in a tough loss to Illinois, Northwestern is gearing up for a crucial three-game home stand. With matchups against Rutgers, No. 17 Wisconsin and USC

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

Dayton Flyers coach Anthony Grant had a long conversation with a group including Reggie Witherspoon, the former Canisius head coach who spent a season on Grant’s staff at Alabama, after the game Tuesday at the Reilly Center.

Meet the eight former University of Georgia Bulldogs heading to New Orleans to compete in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9.