Lafayette News

A 33-year-old Opelika man was arrested Wednesday after investigators with the LaFayette Police Department determined he had falsely reported an armed robbery at the Kentucky Fried Chicken in LaFayette earlier this month.

A good day for curling up with a good book or movie, but for those of us who have to leave the house, the National Weather Service has issued a weather advisory until 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Valley has no city administrator and only an acting police chief; Lanett has been without a city manager since November; and LaFayette until recently had a vacancy on its City Council.

Michael Dwaye Pike, an unemployed painter from LaFayette, Ala., was arrested May 7 on a charge of retail theft.

A one-car accident in Chambers County early today has left a Lafayette, Ala., teenager dead.

The Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force is expected to be renewed under a new name tonight.

A LaFayette city council member is expected to resign from office after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife.

Jamie Horton of Centerville, Ala., won the Wal-mart Bass Fishing League Dixie Division tournament on Lake Martin Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 18 pounds.

LAFAYETTE, Ala. - A one-car crash in Alabama has left an Atlanta area couple dead.

Opelika police are investigating a report from a 58-year-old LaFayette woman who alleges she was kidnapped and robbed by two women Thursday morning.

LAFAYETTE -- Alabama State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk said two rural churches in Chambers County have been destroyed by suspicious fires.

A two-car collision in Chambers County, Ala., Friday has left one woman dead and a man in critical condition.

LAFAYETTE -- A veteran Chambers County commissioner who lost the November election by one vote is challenging the results in court.

A Lafayette, Ala. man was arrested by Auburn police Monday on burglary charges. Tommy Burton, 44, was charged with third-degree burglary and second-degree theft of property.