Opelika News

Valley police are seeking help from the public as they investigate the sexual assault of a 91-year-old woman in her home.

That means that students who hoped to become pilots with degrees from Auburn University will now have to earn their professional flight degrees through another flight school.

The bank, a division of Clearwater, Fla.-based USAmeriBancorp - which just announced its most recent earnings , grew its deposits in Alabama to $870 million for the three months ended March 31, from $769 million the previous year.

HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES:To honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their spouses, Gov.

We're following an unbelievable story out of Ohio. Three young women who'd been missing for a decade were all found safe at a home in Ohio after one of the women escaped and called 911.

Representatives from food banks across Alabama visited Montgomery May 6 to receive the peanut butter donation.

Opelika authorities received a 911 call about 10:24 a.m. Friday morning to an unresponsive 7-year-old girl at Jeter Primary School in Opelika.

Opelika officials say activities will include a luncheon, a meet & greet event, and an evening reception.

The City Council unanimously approved a Department of Homeland Security grant of up to $173,240 for firefighter equipment at its meeting Wednesday morning.

The Lee County coroner released this afternoon that the child, whose name isn't being released, went into cardiac arrest after being rushed to the emergency room.

The Anniston Star reports that the trial for 25-year-old Joshua Eugene Russell will be held in Opelika in September.

Johnston previously worked as managing editor of the Eufaula Tribune and began in his new role this week.

During a meeting with constituents in Auburn this week U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, was asked about the prospects of impeaching President Barack Obama, according to reports in the Huffington Post and the Opelika-Auburn News .

OPELIKA, AL) - Congressman Mike Rogers met today with his Third District Veterans Advisory Committee in Opelika, a volunteer panel of Veterans across the Third District which advises Rogers on issues important to Veterans and their families.

Gov. Robert Bentley and other state and local officials were on hand Monday to celebrate the facility's grant opening.

The Auburn University Regional Airport is bringing the first true air show to eastern Alabama since 1984 when the Auburn-Opelika Airshow kicks off on May 11.

According to police, a 10-foot by 18-foot trailer with a bright green IHI Model 28J Mini Excavator loaded on it was taken from the business at 2105 Airport Road at approximately 12:40 a.m. The excavator was stamped with the initials RSC on the The suspects in the theft were believed to be driving a silver Ford Expedition.

An East Alabama high school was place on lockdown Thursday as law enforcement officers of the Chambers County Sheriff's Department, Lanett Police Department, Opelika Police Department and Auburn Police Department, as well as Officers of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force, conducted a joint K-9 Search for illegal drugs.

A Lee County Detention Facility inmate is now in satisfactory condition in a Columbus, Ga.

The Commerce School System will lose its superintendent on June 30 as James E. "Mac" McCoy is taking a job as superintendent of the Lee County, AL, school system.