Lamar County Courthouse in Vernon, Alabama - Wikimedia Commons Public Domain A blink-and-you'll-miss-it turn about 12 minutes from the Mississippi state line leads to Vernon, Alabama, an unassuming ...

Vernon Forrest routinely jogged to the top of Georgia’s steeply treacherous Stone Mountain to strengthen his legs and fortify his spirit for the endurance test that was being a world champion boxer.

Vernon Madison was 34 when he was charged with capital murder. He is shown at left in a Mobile Press Register file photo from April 1985. Now 65, Madison is scheduled for execution on May 12, 2016, ...

A blink-and-you'll-miss-it turn about 12 minutes from the Mississippi state line leads to Vernon, Alabama, an unassuming town eager to put itself in the traveler spotlight. With only around 1,700 ...