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Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Residents plead for road to be fixed, say services refuse to use it
HARTSELLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Orchid Private Drive in Hartselle is about a half-mile stretch of gravel, dirt, and potholes that are so big that emergency services refuse to use it. 'We have to deal with the road, and we have to worry about the kids getting hit and getting stuck and getting our cars torn up,' said homeowner Leighia Hudson. 'Safe and effective': Pediatrician discusses MMR vaccine amid high measles case numbers Hudson is one of the homeowners on Orchid Private Drive where mail services, vehicles, school buses and trash pickup are just not possible to receive. 'All of the water on the road and the holes and everything just tears things up,' Betty Cobb said. 'That's why the buses would not come or none of the mail and the garbage trucks or anybody like that would come.' According to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), Orchid Private Drive is a private road and is not listed in the county registry. But the homeowners believe that if the county would accept the road into its inventory, then the county could help maintain it. News 19 reached out to the Morgan County Commission, which provided a statement that reads in part: 'The Morgan County Commission does not perform any maintenance or has any legal authority to do so. This private drive is not part of the Morgan County Road System.' Leighia Hudson said that her grandmother owned and maintained the road until they lost ownership of the state in 2007. 'The state picked it up and once the state picked it up, they gave her time to get it back, and she did not,' Hudson explained. While the proprietorship of the road remains unclear, the homeowners are pleading with the county to help them fix it before further damage is done. 'It would be plenty helpful if we knew they could do something, so this way we would not have to worry no more,' said Cobb. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Yahoo
Man charged with capital murder in shooting of Hartselle woman
Jul. 3—A Falkville man was charged with capital murder after he fatally shot a Hartselle woman Thursday morning, according to Hartselle police. At about 9 a.m., Hartselle police responded to a report of a male subject armed with a firearm at a residence on Stage Road. "While officers were en route, dispatchers received information indicating an argument was occurring at the residence, followed by the sound of gunshots," police said. Upon arrival, officers located Wyatt Braxton Young, 25, in the front yard. He was unarmed and cooperated with law enforcement, police said. The victim, identified as Nancy Deanne Sandlin Fox, 59, of Hartselle, was found dead at the scene. Young was charged with capital murder and is being held in the Morgan County Jail without bond. — eric@ or 256-340-2435
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Yahoo
Hartselle man charged with producing child sexual abuse material
Jun. 20—A Hartselle man was charged with child sexual abuse, producing child pornography and other child sex crimes after authorities with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency arrested him earlier this week, according to a complaint filed in Morgan County District Court. Caleb Sean Wheeler, 27, was arrested Wednesday and booked in the Morgan County Jail on charges of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, production of child sexual abuse material, possession with intent to disseminate obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts, and dissemination or public display of child sexual abuse material. He remained in jail Friday in lieu of a $105,000 bond. The complaint said on Tuesday, Wheeler shared an image of a minor child displaying their genitalia on the Kik Messenger app. Wheeler also produced images of a minor child without clothing and a video of himself masturbating with the child present, according to the complaint. — or 256-340-2442.
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Hartselle City Schools administrator wins award
Jun. 19—Hartselle City Schools Secondary Curriculum Coordinator Josh Swindall was recognized with the Alabama ACCESS Administrator of the Year Award. ACCESS, which stands for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educations and Students Statewide, is a virtual learning program that provides students with opportunities to take courses not otherwise offered at their school. Each year, the Alabama State Department of Education recognizes an administrator, counselor, facilitator, teacher and student of the year for their work with ACCESS. Swindall received the award Wednesday at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference in Mobile. HCS Superintendent Brian Clayton said teacher Wynette Orr was also recognized with the ACCESS regional award for facilitators for her work with its Academy program. "It signifies the level of excellence that Hartselle City Schools continues to provide," Clayton said. "Whether we want to talk about online classes or face-to-face classes, I think there's a high level of expectation in Hartselle, and our employees do their best to try to meet that standard, and I think it is widely recognized through the state." — or 256-340-2437
Fox News
11-06-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Chiropractor accused of poisoning wife with lead during divorce now claims he was a victim too: report
An Alabama chiropractor accused of attempting to kill his wife by lacing her pills with lead is insisting that he was also a victim of being poisoned. Brian Mann, 36, is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say he used lead from a construction project to lace his wife's pills, according to court documents obtained by the Hartselle Enquirer. Mann allegedly began giving his wife Hannah Pettey, 25, pills in the summer of 2021 under the guise of strengthening her immune system as the couple was going through a contentious divorce, according to her attorney. Pettey was reportedly hospitalized for two months in what authorities believed was a plot by Mann to "intentionally cause her to unwittingly ingest particles of lead." However, Mann's attorneys insist their client was also subjected to lead poisoning within the couple's home. Authorities were reportedly sent to investigate possible sources of lead throughout the house, with Mann initially cooperating with investigators by handing over medications and vitamins Pettey was taking at the time of her hospitalization. After conducting two separate searches, officials reportedly did not find evidence of a source of lead, with Mann telling police he was "still trying" to find a place for the couple's children to be tested. Shortly before Mann's arrest, a nurse at Decatur General Hospital reportedly called the police after Mann told her "he did an X-ray on himself and observed a substance in his gut, which he believed to be lead," according to an affidavit obtained by the Hartselle Enquirer. When the nurse reportedly told him another X-ray was needed to determine the severity of the ingestion, Mann "became visibly nervous, and she thought he may leave." Following the second scan, the nurse practitioner told police that she did find a "substance in [Mann's] colon," but it "didn't appear to have been there for very long." The affidavit, signed by Hartselle Police Capt. Alan McDearmond, reveals authorities subpoenaed Mann's medical records and "believes the medical records indicate [he] intentionally ingested lead to provide the impression he was also being poisoned." Shortly after Mann's visit to the hospital, a tipster called local authorities to inform them he had been involved in a construction project installing lead in the walls of an X-ray room at Mann's chiropractor office. The caller reportedly revealed he had left the extra lead with Mann. Mann was subsequently arrested in September 2022. Mann's defense team has looked to block evidence from being presented in court, reportedly claiming the collection was done so in an improper manner, with the "procedure to extract the alleged lead from [Mann's wife's] urine was done in the back parking lot of the Hartselle Police Department using a five-gallon bucket and a strainer," according to the Hartselle Enquirer. Both the prosecuting attorney and Mann's defense team did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Mann was released on $500,000 bond and faces trial after pleading not guilty to attempted murder.
