Category Archives: Local News

On Wednesday, schools in Macon County hosted an open house to highlight the training going on at its career tech center. 

Brian Blackmon is officially resigning as head football coach and athletic director at Opelika High School. After 21 years as a football coach at Opelika and 8 years as head football coach, Blackmon is moving to the next

People often say the news is depressing and there’s never anything positive being reported. Well, we’d have to disagree. Take a look at these feel-good stories from earlier this week.

Ole Miss football announced a self-imposed one-year postseason ban for 2017.

An Opelika man appeared in court Wednesday in connection to the murder of an Auburn woman. 

A New Mexico woman tried to prove her sobriety with cartwheels, but she landed herself in deeper trouble.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection to a carjacking last November. 

The Columbus Police Department needs your help locating an "armed and dangerous" wanted suspect.  

St. Francis Hospital in Columbus has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care and one of America’s Best Stroke Centers by Women’s Choice Award. 

Authorities have not confirmed the identities of the slain man and the person suspected of killing him. Nor have they said how the shooting happened Wednesday afternoon at a residence in the 1700 block of U.S. Highway