A Tuscaloosa County circuit judge ruled today that there is probable cause to believe a Fayette County man currently serving a sentence on house arrest violated Alabama’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Timothy Vess Benton, convicted in 2019 on two counts of second-degree sodomy, was originally sentenced to 17 years in prison. In June 2025, Fayette County Circuit Judge Samuel Junkin unexpectedly modified Benton’s sentence, moving him from state prison into the Community C

A man walking along the Whitewater River in Fayette County, Indiana, made a rare discovery: a 4,000-year-old human skull buried beneath layers of sediment, believed to have belonged to a Native American adult who lived in the region around 2300 B.C. #nbcla | NBC LA

Roxy and Luna escaped from their leashes earlier this month in Fayette County. Their owner, Lara Mickey, says the dogs were “loved beyond measure,” and they searched to bring them home. Instead, investigators say an animal control officer took the dogs to his home and 24 hours later, shot them both in the head >>> wpxi.tv/3VApYwn | WPXI-TV Pittsburgh

A skull found in Fayette County, Indiana, was determined to be over 4,200 years old, the local coroner announced. It's believed to date back to around 2300 B.C. More: https://tinyurl.com/4nnxh39s | NewsNation