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.

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.

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Taylor Elgersma is trying to become the first player to get drafted into the NFL without playing a snap at an American college.

A player from LSU made a striking admissions on star Johni Broome and the No. 1 team in the country after another impressive win

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,

Aden Holloway finished with 19 points, four teammates also scored in double figures and No. 4 Alabama defeated LSU 80-73 on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Ohio State reigned supreme in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame on its road to glory. Like most things in college sports right now,

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.

DEAR INCENSED: Do the responsible thing. For the safety of those children, inform the police that a neighbor has been bringing a registered violent sex offender to her home in spite of the fact that minor children live on either side of her. The authorities can take it from there.

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