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An Opelika woman is charged with domestic violence and assault following a Lee County shooting that left a man injured. 38-year-old Heather Manning allegedly shot her husband at 169 Bar and Grill. She was arrested and faces the following charges: According to Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones, deputies arrived at the restaurant around 1:30 a.m. CST on Sept. 1 and found a 45-year-old male who had been shot in the abdomen in the parking lot. Jones said Manning was with the victim and identified as the shooter. The victim’s name has not been released. The victim was transported to the...

A massive multi-agency manhunt including the FBI and U.S. Marshals was launched in Austin on Sunday for an armed former sheriff's detective wanted for killing at least three people near an apartment complex.Austin police said that the three lifeless bodies were all adults, including two Hispanic females, and one Black male. They said they believe the suspect is Stephen Nicholas Broderick, who is a former Travis County Sheriff's Office detective that was charged with raping a 16-year-old girl last summer. The Austin Police Department said the suspect was still on the run Sunday evening and is considered armed and dangerous.

The tattoo gave it away. A Greensburg police officer knew a city man was giving him a fake name, according to court papers. The evidence was right there in front of him — tattooed on the suspect's neck. Chad M. Stitch, who turns 35 Friday, was riding in a car that was pulled over Wednesday after it was suspected to be involved in a drug deal, according to police. Stitch is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $300,000 bail. A witness reported to police an apparent drug deal involving a blue Chevrolet Malibu at 7:15 p.m. in a...