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Sonya Rae Reese Lehman, 40, of Phenix City, AL, pled guilty to three counts of production of obscene matter and sentenced to 20 years on each count, to serve concurrently.

Lily Gristina, a young dancer studying at the CSU Dance Conservatory, has been invited to attend the Boston Ballet School’s Summer Intensive Program. The Columbus youth was one of 35 ballet dancers auditioning for the prestigious Boston

On Tuesday, the Auburn Police Division arrested Aaron J. Hippely, 20, from Auburn on felony warrants charging him with second-degree burglary and second-degree theft of property.

Military official will hold a press conference on the helicopter crash that has taken the lives of 11 military members after they went missing on Tuesday.

There are new details in two club shootings that happened early Tuesday in Columbus, and we’ve learned the names of the victims who were injured and sent to the hospital.

Miranda Spurlin, 14, received a heart on Tuesday and is currently undergoing surgery at the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital on Wednesday, the family posted on the “A Heart for Miranda” Facebook page.

Mark Poole, of Smiths Station, was found guilty on all charges, including first degree sodomy and sex abuse of two victims under the age of 12.

With just one week left until the controversial Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or SPLOST, is voted on, the latest nearly voting numbers on the referendum have been released.

In case you missed News Leader 9 Morning on Tuesday, Chuck and his wife Carole celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary.

Losing a loved one is always difficult. It’s why friends and family find ways to memorialize their loved one; a headstone in a cemetery, a memorial or ashes in an urn. Christine Nicholson did something a little