The Speedy Trial Act has officially taken effect, and it’s hitting close to home in a high-profile, nationally known case.

For the family of Dadeville couple Barbara and Willie Tidwell, justice has been served.

Derrick Hightower, 39, of Columbus, Georgia, has been sentenced to death for the capital murders of Dadeville couple Barbara and Willie Tidwel…

The fate of a convicted murderer will have to wait until after the new year. 

The defense’s case was short-lived, and now all that’s left in the case of the State of Alabama versus Derrick Hightower is closing arguments.

For the first time in nearly three decades, the death penalty will be considered in Dadeville as one of the alleged murderers involved in the …

Capital murder suspect Nicholas Seth Harrison has a new attorney.