Lanett News

A new report makes it clear: The death penalty is on the decline, and it's time for Alabama to abolish it.

A Lanett man is facing charges for stealing from the dead. Authorities arrested Warren Smallwood Monday night for outstanding warrants.

A downtown "Winterfest," highlighted by the annual Christmas parade, will get the holidays started in Hogansville on Saturday.

Montgomery County Board of Education member Charlotte Meadows has been elected a 2009 district director for the Alabama Association of School Boards.

Opelika police arrested Gredarius Stefan Brooks, 17, of Lanett at 11:30 a.m. Friday and charged him with four counts of robbery, said Opelika police Capt.

A Lanett teen has been arrested and Opelika police believe he is responsible for at least four armed robberies in the city.

On Monday, October 19, 2009, members of the Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration executed two federal indictments and a search warrant in Lanett.

The house on First Avenue is like all the others along this quiet, narrow street.

In the confusion of the three-car accident, the man suspected of stealing a victim's purse actually has been called a hero who helped a woman in need.

Concord's Terry Gleason got busy when most people really start to relax. "I started volunteering for the Habitat of Humanity after I retired," said Gleason, 73, who had a long career as an engineer.

UC students, in partnership with Cincinnati Habitat For Humanity, will complete the work that will result in six families becoming first-time homeowners.

From Staff Reports AMERICUS - Last week, thousands of volunteers with The Fuller Center for Housing in more than 25 U.S. cities and nine other countries were building, renovating or dedicating 100 homes for families in need as part of the inaugural Millard Fuller Legacy Build.

As the shovels dug deep into the Georgia red clay Friday afternoon, broken ground began to be made whole, in a manner of speaking, as Koinonia Farm, Fuller Center for Housing, and New Horizons Habitat for Humanity come together for the first time to complete a joint-project at Koinonia Farm, replacing the house lost to fire earlier this year.

A 43-year-old Lanett man was killed as a result of a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning in Valley.

A Lanett, Ala. man died early Thursday when the SUV he was driving crossed the center lane and collided with a dump truck in Valley, Ala., police said.

More than 600 people, including volunteer builders, residents, dignitaries and a former president, gathered to kick off the Fuller Center Legacy Build on Sunday on Millard and Linda Fuller's 50th wedding anniversary.

The house on First Avenue is like all the others along this quiet, narrow street.

Former President Jimmy Carter says he's honored to speak at ceremonies Aug. 30 that officially will kick off the Fuller Legacy Build in Lanett, Ala.

The Troup County school board has filled several administrative positions for the upcoming school year.

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.