2 juveniles shot while watching fight at Sonic in Jasper
The Jasper Police Department investigated a shooting that took place at Sonic, involving juveniles, according to a post shared on the department’s Facebook.
Jun 26, 2026Open source
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Jasper, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Walker. Associated ZIP codes: 35501, 35502, 35503, 35504.
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Jasper is in Walker County, Alabama.
Region: North Alabama
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35501, 35502, 35503, 35504
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Jasper, the seat of Walker County, is named for Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero. Walker County was created on December 26, 1823, and named for John W. Walker, chairman of Alabama's 1819 constitutional convention and one of its first U.S. senators. The town was settled around 1815. Its founder, Dr. Edward Gordon Musgrove, gave land for the courthouse and most of downtown, and in 1826 he and others built a log building that served as both Methodist church and school.
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In 1872 the Reverend John Anthony had a printing press hauled by wagon from Tuscaloosa to start the Mountain Eagle; its printer said only an eagle could reach some homes in the mountainous county. Jasper was incorporated on August 18, 1886, the year the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham and the Sheffield and Birmingham railroads were completed through town, and its population grew from 200 to more than 3,000 by 1890. In 1891 the Eagle counted six coal mines, two sandstone quarries, 400 coke ovens, four hotels and two banks. William Brockman Bankhead of Jasper served in Congress from 1917 to 1940 and as Speaker of the House for his last four years. His daughter, the actress Tallulah Bankhead, was married in his Jasper home on August 31, 1937, and when he died on September 15, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and future President Harry S. Truman attended his funeral at First United Methodist Church, whose white marble building was dedicated in 1927. Sources Wikipedia: Jasper, Alabama The Historical Marker Database: Walker County; William Brockman Bankhead Home (Alabama Historical Association) The Historical Marker Database: First United Methodist Church Jasper (Alabama Historical Commission); Daily Mountain Eagle
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