Category Archives: Local News

Sunday, June 24, at approximately 10 p.m. the Lee County Sheriff’s Office assisted a Troup County Sheriff’s Office police unit that was in pursuit of a blue Chevy Malibu for speeding. The suspect vehicle was traveling southbound on

Charleston County deputies say the 69-year-old woman who died in a wrong-way crash with GOP Congressional candidate Katie Arrington was involved in a hit-and-run collision just before the deadly crash.

On June 25, at approximately 12 a.m. the Phenix City Police Department Patrol Division responded to a call at 928 28th Ave Evangeline Heights in reference to shots fired and a person being shot. 

While the doors are back open–only between the basement and the 8th floor is in full function with only 2 elevators available.  

Police believe the father of two girls, ages 2 and 4, was shot and killed inside his tent on Friday, while no suspect or motive is yet known.

The construction on a road in Phenix City is complete. Brickyard Road is now open to normal traffic operations. Monday, June 18, Brickyard Road in Phenix City closed due to emergency construction. 

It appears someone placed soap or detergent in the fountain on Courthouse Square in Opelika.  The large amounts of suds cover the ground in front of the courthouse which resembles large clouds.  

Thousands of job openings will be available at a job fair in Columbus tomorrow.  Unemployment Eliminators is hosting the job fair at the Convention and Trade Center from 9 a.m. until noon.  

On Sunday, June 24, at 12:53 p.m., Officers from the LaGrange Police Department responded to 905 Troup Street, LaGrange, GA, in reference to a group of people fighting.

The Conway Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two people who allegedly abandoned their children at a Conway business on June 5. Kiwa Johnathan Davis, 51, of Conway, and Sarah Mae Smith, 36, of