Winston County Jail

An error under the misdemeanor arrests in the December 18, 2024, edition of the Northwest Alabamian listed several people as having been booked into the Winston County Jail from December 6-12, when they were actually released from jail during that time frame.

The following people were not booked into the jail during this time period, but were released from the jail:

John Travis Whitlock, 48, of Haleyville;

Daniel Ray Earley, 40, of Guntersville;

Catherine Mary Ann Dawson, 60, of Haleyville;

Tyler Dakota Hays, 34, of Graysville;

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Budget concerns will possibly be facing the Winston County Commission, after they reached a new agreement with the company providing healthcare services for county jail inmates, at a cost of over $100,000 more per year than the previous agreement.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Officials with the company that provides medical services for Winston County Jail inmates are claiming to be in the red, offering a solution which would cost the Winston County Commission an additional $84,000 per year.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Winston County Commission has responded to a letter to the editor published recently in the Alabamian, noting that costs related to the county judicial/jail facility have put a “hole in the road repair and maintenance bucket.”

WINSTON COUNTY - During a busy four days of making fentanyl-related arrests, one subject was found hiding in an attic, while a subject in a separate case was found splashing water in a ditch and lying in a driveway, according to the Winston County Sheriff’s Office.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Jeffery Lee Adair, the suspect in the shooting of a Double Springs Police Department officer and ensuing standoff, has reportedly died at the Winston County Jail, where he was being held.  No further details regarding his death have been released at this time.

At the Winston County Sheriff's Office's request, the State Bureau of Investigation will be handling the investigation into Adair's death, Winston County Sheriff Caleb Snoddy stated.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Winston County Sheriff Horace Moore has announced changes to the inmate visitation policy at the Winston County jail out of precaution over coronavirus or COVID-19, after 29 cases were confirmed in the state by press time.