Opelika News

The city council in Opelika has awarded a contract to Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions to install and maintain the city's red-light camera project.

Opelika thieves hit victims' bank accounts and credit cards hard this week by attempting to cash forged checks and trying to make unauthorized purchases.

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Opelika police officers will return to a mobile home park where human remains were first found Jan.

Carol Feuger, left, and Katie Standish check out their boot purchases Friday with cashier Heather Hatcher of Shoe Station on Hillcrest Road in west Mobile.

The Opelika City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a bid that would replace the football field lights at Opelika High School.

Gregory Henderson, a Georgia-native, is accused of running over and killing Lee County sheriff's deputy James Anderson in 2009.

Multiple burglaries and thefts were reported in Opelika today. Thieves got away with cash, jewelry and more than $2,000 worth of copper wire, according to a release from the Opelika Police Department.

Preliminary results on skeletal remains found at an Opelika trailer park last week show the person "died by homicidal means". The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences made the determination, and an official homicide investigation became active.

A child whose skeletal remains were found in an Opelika trailer park on Jan. 28 was the victim of a homicide, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris announced this afternoon.

Several crimes reported over the weekend in Opelika, including cases of identity theft, criminal mischief and burglary, according to the Opelika Police Department.

OPELIKA, AL The Federal Bureau of Investigations is joining in on efforts to identify a child's skull and other remains found this week in Opelika.

Several thefts were reported to police Wednesday, including a case of identity theft, two car break-ins and multiple reports of stolen property.

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment is approximately $124 billion.

According to a release from the Opelika Police Department, approximately 20 officers and investigators of the Opelika Police Department, Auburn Police Department and Lee County Sheriff's Office went back to the area of 1700 Hurst Street to continue the investigation earlier today.

A cleaning business reports it is missing $2,100 worth of equipment and supplies entrusted to an employee and police made an arrest on outstanding theft charges, according to a statement issued today.

An Opelika teen is accused of robbing the Jack's at 1903 Pepperell Parkway on Monday after police discovered a handgun suspected to have been used in the crime in his car following a chase, according to police statement.

A 17-year-old accused in connection with the robbery of an Opelika, Ala. restaurant Monday night and leading police on a car chase was arrested hours afterward, reports state.

On Friday, January 27, 2012 the Auburn Police Division arrested Jeremy B. Davis, age 25, of Opelika, Alabama, and Jermichael L. Hart, age 25, of Auburn on warrants charging both with Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree.

Flowery Branch High golfers Kameron Williams and Colby Stone excelled this weekend, winning the overall championship at the SJGT Four-Ball Championship in Opelika, Ala.

Monday morning Opelika police say they found what appear to be human remains off Hurst Street.