Mar. 16, 2025
John and Mary Sisk.Photo: LinkedIn; Huntsville City Schools
After just two hours of deliberation, a jury found an Alabama teenager guilty of killing his family in 2019, according to multiple news reports.
Sisk had been charged with killing his father, John Sisk, 38, mother, Mary Sisk, 35, and siblings Kane, 6, Rorrie, 4, and Colson, 6 months, on Sept. 2, 2019 in Elkmont when he was 14 years old,Alabama Localreports.
Mar. 16, 2025
An Alabama teenagerwho killed five members of his familybecause he was “fed up” with them, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
It followed Sisk’s April conviction on four counts of capital murder over the shooting deaths of his father John Sisk, 38, mother Mary Sisk, 35, and siblings Kane, 6, Rorrie, 4, and Colson, 6 months, on Sept. 2, 2019, in Elkmont, Alabama, when he was 14 years old.
Mar. 16, 2025
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An Alabama teenager is celebrating big time after being crowned Miss Photogenic at the Miss Saraland pageant.
Jada Braxton, who was diagnosed with autism at age 7,took home the honoron Jan. 22.
“I was surprised, and I was glad they called my name to be Miss Photogenic,” Jada, now 17, toldFox 10following the pageant.
Her mother, Danisha Braxton, shared the significance of Jada winning the title. “By her being autistic, one of the characteristic traits is not being able to make direct eye contact, especially when she’s taking pictures,” she told the outlet.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: WVTM 13 News/ YouTubeA veteran with disabilities said it was a “miracle” that his support dog survived after an arrow impaled the canine in Oak Grove, Alabama.On Monday, Billy Morris discovered that his four-year-old Great Pyrenees named Cotton had an arrow stabbed in his side after the veteran noticed the dog walking slowly and decided to check on the pet, according toWBRC.Morris told the news station that he saw “an object sticking out of his [dog’s] side.
Mar. 16, 2025
Storm damage to a home near Birmingham.Photo: Butch Dill/AP/Shutterstock
Fortunately, the couple had a storm shelter that could resist an E-F5 tornado installed when they built their new home a few years ago, and that’s exactly where Karen went when the storm approached.
“A huge tree just missed our house!” Karen told the WBMA staff after she came out of the shelter to inspect the destruction to the area. “It’s unbelievable!