A small Alabama city has been roiled by accusations that the local police department has a “rampant culture of corruption.” ...

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

Tensions are rising in Hanceville as City Clerk Tania Wilcox publicly criticized the lack of response from authorities ...

Hanceville, a small Alabama city of around 3,200 located about 45 miles north of Birmingham, placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after the grand jury recommendation.

Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said five Hanceville police officers were indicted on corruption and drug charges.

A small Alabama city placed its entire police force ... as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency." Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the Cullman ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has “operated as more of ...

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because ... announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers ...

The grand jury said that the Hanceville Police Department, which had eight officers as of last August, had been operating “as ...

As a small Alabama city weighs whether to disband its police department accused of having a "rampant culture of corruption," ...

An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — As a small Alabama city weighs whether to disband its police department accused of having a “rampant culture of corruption,” residents are split over how to weigh the ...