FRANKLIN, Ind. — An Alabama man, who previously called Johnson County home, was convicted Thursday for child sex crimes. Mark LaPlante, 51, of Grant, Alabama, was convicted by a Johnson County jury on Jan. 16 for two felony counts of child molestation.

An Alabama man was convicted of high-level child molestation charges by a Johnson County jury on Wednesday. Mark LaPlante, 51, was found guilty of child molesting, both as a Level 1 and Level 4 felony, by a jury in Johnson Superior Court 3. LaPlante, of Grant, Alabama and formerly of Franklin, was charged in October 2022.

The Wall Street Journal and Indiana University Columbus associate finance professor Ryan Brewer recently conducted a study to determine the most valuable progra

An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September ...

A Starbucks employee was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey, Alabama police say. The incident happened Jan. 10, the Mobile Police Department said in an email Sunday. The animal and its owner were gone by the time officers arrived, but investigators pieced together what happened.

Following a disappointing year, Alabama made a coaching move that should affect the defense. The Crimson Tide announced the hiring of assistant defensive backs coach Jason Jones. "Welcome back to Tuscaloosa," posted Alabama.

A fter a sluggish performance in a tough loss to Illinois, Northwestern is gearing up for a crucial three-game home stand. With matchups against Rutgers, No. 17 Wisconsin and USC

The AHSAA announced the future sites for the Super 7 state football championships on Wednesday. The AHSAA announced in a release that Birmingham’s Protective Stadium and Mobile’s Hancock Whitney Stadium — which is on the campus of the University of South Alabama — will be the hosts for the next four years.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

Dayton Flyers coach Anthony Grant had a long conversation with a group including Reggie Witherspoon, the former Canisius head coach who spent a season on Grant’s staff at Alabama, after the game Tuesday at the Reilly Center.

The longest college football season in history is over, and if you are an Ohio State fan, it had some peaks and valleys, but the team finished on top of the mountain by winning the College

The Pacers will host conference opponent Detroit. Wednesday's meeting is the first of the season for the two squads.