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.

The first-year hits came from unexpected places on the 2024 coaching carousel after college football grappled with a series of seismic openings late in the calendar. Nick Saban's January retirement set off dominoes that led to coaching changes at Washington,

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 ...

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.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Alabama baseball head coach Rob Vaughn expects to see a leap forward from his team's bullpen during the 2025 season, aided by additional depth and outside reinforcements. Accompanying one of those arms as he takes that next step is something that won't show up on a scorecard.

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.

Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas are asking a federal judge to block the upcoming execution.

Jason Jones is a former player for Alabama football and has since made coaching stops at UNC, Indiana and more.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.

ACC schedules in full are revealed Monday on ACC Network, but the opponents are known. This is a doozy for Mike Norvell's team. Florida State opens against Alabama, the first of four games against opponents ranked inside the top 20 of 247Sports rankings. One of the only positives for the Seminoles is not having to deal with 2024 ACC runner-up SMU.

Sam McKewon has five ways to decide whether Nebraska is a top-25 team in 2025 while Husker hoops rides the roller coaster for teams built by the transfer portal.