Jay Reeves

October 19, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Mayor Larry Langford, who could be tossed out of office and go to prison if convicted of federal bribery charges, recently offered some advice to a new Birmingham City Council member."The illusion of power is the most dangerous drug on the planet," Langford said. "A little bit of power - nothing intoxicates like it.

By JAY REEVES

4 minute read

November 03, 2011 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - On his website, militia leader-turned-blogger Mike Vanderboegh writes about fed-up Americans responding to government violence with guns and grenades. It's an attempt to warn the government that people are armed and angry, he says, just like last year when he urged those upset with President Barack Obama's health care plan to toss bricks at Democratic Party offices.

By Greg Bluestein and Jay Reeves

6 minute read

June 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The three-day hunt for a man charged with killing three people near Auburn University ended with the suspect walking up the steps of an Alabama courthouse and peacefully turning himself in to a U.S. Marshal waiting inside.

By Jay Reeves and Phillip Rawls

4 minute read

August 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JAY REEVES

5 minute read

April 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

CARROLLTON, Ala. AP - Church pianist Bridget Lee lived in fear of Alabama's death row for more than two years. The small-town mother of two committed adultery, became pregnant and panicked - then she hid her stillborn baby in a plastic container for several days in the back of her sport utility vehicle.She was accused of suffocating her baby boy and charged with the unspeakable crime.

By JAY REEVES

4 minute read

October 30, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By JAY REEVES

4 minute read

October 29, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans.

By Jay Reeves and Mark Sherman

5 minute read

February 24, 2006 | Law.com

HealthSouth Corp. said Thursday it had reached a $445 million preliminary agreement to settle federal lawsuits resulting from a massive financial fraud that nearly drove the rehabilitation chain to ruin. The company will pay $215 million in common stock and warrants under the global settlement, and insurance companies will pay another $230 million in cash. HealthSouth did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the agreement, which still must be approved by a judge.

By Jay Reeves

3 minute read

July 14, 2005 | Law.com

The government dropped plans to retry Richard Scrushy on Wednesday, saying it would not appeal a judge's decision to dismiss perjury charges against the fired HealthSouth Corp. chief executive, acquitted of directing a $2.7 billion fraud. Scrushy is still named in dozens of civil lawsuits over the HealthSouth fraud, including one filed by the SEC accusing him of leading the accounting scheme.

By Jay Reeves

2 minute read

January 25, 2005 | Law.com

By Jay Reeves

3 minute read