FORT PAYNE, Ala. – On Thursday May 1st, at the conclusion of a 21-day investigation into Homicide of Marcus Adam Battles that occurred on April 10, 2025 in Mentone, a Capital Murder warrant was issued for CHRISTOPHER BRAYDEN JONES (23 of Calhoun, Georgia). JONES is currently incarcerated at the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, where he was remanded into custody…
04/11/2025 Mentone Shooting Update FORT PAYNE, Ala. – On Thursday, April 10th, 2025, at 6:16pm Dekalb County 911 received a call in the 3000 block of US HWY 117 in Mentone regarding a vehicle that had struck a residence there. The caller also reported that a male inside the vehicle had been shot.Mentone Police, Dekalb…
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. – On Friday, December 6, 2024, the DeKalb County 911 center received an emergency call from a male individual residing in Mentone, who reported a need for law enforcement at his residence due to multiple fatalities. While dispatchers coordinated the response, they maintained…
HUNTSVILLE —The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists that Alabama117 between Mentone and Valley Head is now open, following the first phase of a $1.4 million emergency repair project to correct a landslide. A 300-foot-long section of the highway on the side of Lookout Mountain was reconstructed as part of the project, which included stabilization…
HUNTSVILLE —The Alabama Department of Transportation will close Alabama 117 betweenMentone and Valley Head about noon today as a precaution, pending further investigation and repair of a landslide below the roadway on the side of Lookout Mountain. Official detours for commercial traffic are below. Northbound AL 117 traffic (traveling toward Valley Head): AL 117 SB…
Gadsden Post — A single-vehicle crash at approximately 8:40 p.m. Friday, March 5, has claimed the life of a Georgia man. Mark L. Wilson, 59, was fatally injured when the 2020 Ford Ranger in which he was a passenger left the roadway, struck a culvert and overturned. Wilson was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver,…
Yesterday (May 12, 2020), a contractor doing work on a home near Mentone discovered human remains in a wooded area off of County Road 948. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office was notified, and immediately began an investigation. Additional remains were located by investigators later in the afternoon. Early this morning, DeKalb County Investigators were assisted…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 3, 2020 Delays possible on AL 117 in Mentone HUNTSVILLE —The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists to expectperiodic delays on Alabama 117 as a contractor sets arches on the new bridge over the West Fork of Little River in Mentone. Intermittent lane closures will be possible from 7 a.m. to…
