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A 16-year-old has been arrested in the shooting of a 15-year-old girl Monday.

Opelika’s off to a hot start. 4-and-0 with wins against two teams that made the state semifinals and another that made the quarterfinals last season. One of the reasons for winning: clutch plays from key players like

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. must pay more than $6.7 million in damages in the death of a garbage truck driver killed when a tire he was inflating exploded, a judge in a New Orleans suburb has

Two law enforcement officers were able to save the life of a man who was trying to jump off a bridge, and it was captured on a body camera.

Former Sgt. William Talley is in isolation and on suicide watch and his attorney fears if he stays in jail, instead of a mental hospital, he won’t be fit to stand trial when the time comes.

The 5-year-old’s mother says she recently began to notice her son coming home from school with scratches on his neck and upper back, headaches, and recently, a busted lip.

University of California President Janet Napolitano, who oversaw historic expansions of the 10-campus system and championed immigrant students, but whose management structure faced criticism and embarrassing scrutiny, said Wednesday she will step down in August 2020.

The Troup County Sheriff’s Office is asking everyone to avoid West Point Rd. as they attempt to apprehend a shooting suspect.

The video was released Wednesday by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit that was founded in the aftermath of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

The other former and current corrections officers have already pleaded guilty to their roles in the incident.