Category Archives: Local News

Read Across America Week is coming to an end — but not without a bang.  Mount Olive Primary School in Fort Mitchell, AL closed out the week with a Character Parade through the school.  

The family of a Lafayette homicide speaks exclusively to News Leader 9, saying they devastated by his death and crushed to learn his nephew may be involved. The family of the victim, 52 year old John Smith,

A fugitive wanted in Illinois has been captured in the Columbus, GA area. U.S. Marshals located and apprehended 33-year-old Dashon Lamar Ward on outstanding warrants from Rockford, IL. 

At a press conference Friday morning, Eufaula Police Chief Steve Watkins stated that Officer Adam Campbell was arrested Thursday, March 3 and charged with criminal conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime. 

A father and son are taking what some would consider extreme measures to raise money for a worthy cause. Since Monday Brad Hooks and his 9-year-old son Banjo have called this foam board structure home. 

IHOP restaurants will once again offer each guest a free short stack of their famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day on Tuesday, March 8. This family-friendly tradition aims to raise needed funds and awareness for The

While Republican front runner Donald Trump continued piling up victories in states like Georgia and Alabama during the Super Tuesday election, many in the Chattahoochee Valley still oppose the billionaire’s beliefs and actions.

The leader of voluntary insurance sales at the work site in the United States announced that it has been named one of Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to work for. This is the 18th consecutive year Aflac

Two Florida men pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 3 in federal court to charges stemming from their operation of a “pill mill” in Opelika, AL. In 2012 Erik Torres, 33, formed EMED Medical Management Corporation – the