Opelika News

Adrian L. Avila: 19-year-old who died Oct. 29 of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related accident while in Kuwait.

Montgomery police have suspended a landfill search for the body of a baby they believe was placed in the trash.

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.

Funeral services are scheduled Friday for a member of a Fort Payne-based Army National Guard unit killed in Kuwait.

A search by Montgomery police for an infant's body ended this afternoon at a Lee County landfill in Salem and moved on to a landfill at Tallassee, west of Lee County, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

As of Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at least 4,357 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action.

As George Wallace presumably faded into the sunset, Fob James took the reigns of Alabama state government in January of 1979.

Major Huey Thornton told the Opelika-Auburn News Tuesday night that officers will meet Wednesday to discuss their next steps.

The Department of Defense has identified 4,346 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war.

There is the possiblity of foul play in the death of a Montgomery infant. According to Montgomery Police, on the 19th of October a female, 26 or 27 years old, showed up at her doctor's office about to deliver a baby.

OPELIKA, Ala. -- An Auburn radio personality and newspaper columnist has been found dead of natural causes.

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

A guardsman based in Fort Payne, Ala., died Thursday in Khabari Crossing, Kuwait, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related accident, the Department of Defense Today.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson: Tells Tuskegee University crowd the 'predators' have gotten a bailout, now the regular people need one.

A Lee County jury found a former Russell County sheriff's corrections officer Michael Britton not guilty of killing his son-in-law last October, the Opelika-Auburn News reports.

Opelika police are investigating a traffic accident that killed one person and sent two others to the hospital Wednesday evening.

"I intend to utilize every means available," Bridges told the Opelika-Auburn News on Wednesday.

The 1978 governor's race between the three heavyweights, former Governor Albert Brewer, Attorney General Bill Baxley, and Lt.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. The Alabama Historical Commission has awarded a 2009 Distinguished Service Award to Downtown Gadsden Inc., Gadsden's Main Street organization.

Auburn University plans to host an Alabama Gubernatorial Forum 2010 on Tuesday, Nov.