Category Archives: Local News

There is a heavy police and fire presence at a house on Granite Way in the Stonegate subdivision in Wetumpka.

Two divers will accompany each boy as they are gradually extracted. It is expected to take at least 11 hours for the first person to be rescued.

The new school year is approaching, and today Amerigroup Community Care and Community Partners held their annual Back to School Jam.  Parents and children filled the Columbus Civic Center this afternoon for a free fun celebration.

Michael Floyd Wilson has been caught and taken into police custody around 6 p.m in the St. Martin area. 

Sharon Chambers says her sister was murdered in November of 2017… and the homicide has yet to be solved. “My sister’s name is Jennifer Lee Chamber and a lot of people knew her as Dee,” 

Members of the city’s NAACP branch have a set date for when the latest slate of officers will be wiped clean, leaving room for a new crop of leaders to take over the historical advocacy organization. 

Here is a look at some of the top stories locally and nationally that happened this week.  

Around 30 City of LaGrange employees and community members including Mayor Jim Thornton and his wife Corinne participated in the city’s voluntary litter clean- up event today. 

This morning around 11 a.m. a man walked into the Wells Fargo located at 1oth Avenue and 18th street.  A man walked up to the teller at the main desk and pulled a firearm.  

World Chocolate Day is celebrated annually on July 7. This day is a day to indulge in your favorite chocolate, whether it is your favorite candy bar, chocolate milk, chocolate cake, or something covered in chocolate.