Phenix City News

Chambers hope to create partnership

Daily Home - Sat Sep 06

Chamber of Commerce president Joe Richardson and Childersburg Chamber president Pete Storey met with other chamber directors Thursday in hopes of creating a partnership between the organizations in cities along ...

Phenix City Church Pays Tribute To Accident Victim

WRBL News 3 - Fri Sep 05

Work is progressing on a busy east Alabama highway. Officials tell News 3 the road widening project on highway 431 should be completed by September 2009.

Smiths Station man dies after driving off road

Topix - Fri Sep 05

Officials with the Georgia State Patrol say, shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Interstate 85, near the 16 mile marker, a 50-year-old Smiths Station man was driving southbound, when he ran off the roadway and hit a pine tree...

Lockhart's lawyer asks for judge's recusal

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Thu Sep 04

Defense attorneys for the Smiths Station, Ala., man accused of killing Auburn freshman Lauren Burk asked a Lee County judge Wednesday to recuse himself from the case.

Phenix City buys Triangle land

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Wed Sep 03

In a move that is expected to trigger more riverfront development on the Alabama side, Phenix City has acquired nearly four acres of riverfront property from the Phenix City Housing Authority.

Accused killer's lawyers want judges recused

Ledger-Enquirer.com - Wed Sep 03

OPELIKA -- Defense attorneys for the Smiths Station, Ala., man accused of killing Auburn freshman Lauren Burk asked a Lee County judge Wednesday to recuse himself from the case.

Some evacuees heading home, some staying put

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Wed Sep 03

The Red Cross shelter in Phenix City closed Wednesday afternoon, while the one in Columbus remained open.

Hurtsboro Will Keep Its Charter

Topix - Tue Sep 02

A Macon County judge has made a decision about the future of the town of Hurtsboro. The town will keep its charter according to Russell County probate judge Alford Hardin, Macon county Judge Alfonza Menefee ruled in favor of the town of Hurtsboro because the petitioners did not prove their case.

Lee County Red Cross Needs Help with Evacuees

Topix - Tue Sep 02

The Lee County Red Cross disaster relief shelter located at the Covington Recreation Center at 213 Carver Avenue in Opelika is currently housing 193 people who fled Hurricane Gustav. That shelter has now been filled to capacity and the Lee County Red Cross has partnered with Southern Union Community College to use its Health Sciences building on the campus located at 1701 LaFayette Parkway in Opelika to house additional evacuees.

Alabama Beaches Escaping Gustav Damage

Topix - Mon Sep 01

Flooding has forced road closings in low-lying areas of coastal Alabama. But the state's beach resorts, bayous and port city appear to have dodged serious damage from Hurricane Gustav, which made landfall southwest of New Orleans.