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There’s a heavy police presence at the intersection of 17th Avenue and 16th Street near the Phenix City-Russell County Library.

For most people across the Chattahoochee Valley, the last time there was a really good, soaking rain was at the end of August or early September.

A study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA finds that up to a quarter of all United States health care spending is wasteful.

Jaheim Thomas was last seen May 8, 2019. Police say he is possibly staying in the area of Wilson Apartments.

The five family members were found in an Abington condominium complex at about 7:30 a.m. by a relative who showed up to take the children to school, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said at a news conference.

Two major retailers say they will no longer sell e-cigarettes in the U.S. amid mounting health questions surrounding vaping.

Twenty new moons have been found around Saturn, giving the ringed planet a total of 82, scientists said.

Samuel Little, 79, has confessed to 93 homicides of mostly women between 1970 and 2005

The principal of Paragon Charter Academy said her red extensions violated school policy, but her father told WILX there’s more to this than just her hair.

News Leader 9 reached out to local officials and members of the community to see what ideas people have to stop these violent crimes.